100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time
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The American television channel Comedy Central aired this list in 2004. This special was five episodes long, showing clips from 20 esteemed comedians each night from April 12-16. Some critics believe this list is biased towards modern comedians or American comedians, overly politically correct, and/or aimed to sell Comedy Central DVDs.
- Richard Pryor
- George Carlin
- Lenny Bruce
- Woody Allen
- Chris Rock
- Steve Martin
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Bill Cosby
- Roseanne Barr
- Eddie Murphy
- Johnny Carson
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Robin Williams
- Bob Newhart
- David Letterman
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Don Rickles
- Jonathan Winters
- Bill Hicks
- Sam Kinison
- Dennis Miller
- Robert Klein
- Steven Wright
- Redd Foxx
- Bob Hope
- Ray Romano
- Jay Leno
- Jack Benny
- Milton Berle
- Garry Shandling
- George Burns
- Albert Brooks
- Andy Kaufman
- Buddy Hackett
- Phyllis Diller
- Jim Carrey
- Martin Lawrence
- Bill Maher
- Billy Crystal
- Mort Sahl
- Jon Stewart
- Flip Wilson
- Dave Chappelle
- Joan Rivers
- Richard Lewis
- Adam Sandler
- Henny Youngman
- Tim Allen
- Freddie Prinze
- Denis Leary
- Lewis Black
- Damon Wayans
- David Brenner
- D. L. Hughley
- Alan King
- Colin Quinn
- Richard Jeni
- Larry Miller
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Jeff Foxworthy
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Eddie Griffin
- Jackie Mason
- Richard Belzer
- Cedric the Entertainer
- Shelley Berman
- Kevin Pollak
- Dave Attell
- Pat Cooper
- Wanda Sykes
- Red Buttons
- Bernie Mac
- Billy Connolly
- Paul Rodriguez
- Eddie Izzard
- Robert Schimmel
- Paul Reiser
- Sinbad
- Dom Irrera
- Bobby Slayton
- Dick Gregory
- Howie Mandel
- Norm MacDonald
- Drew Carey
- David Cross
- Jay Mohr
- Brett Butler
- Paula Poundstone
- Kevin James
- Dana Carvey
- Jim Breuer
- Louie Anderson
- George Wallace
- David Alan Grier
- Andrew 'Dice' Clay
- Joey Bishop
- Sandra Bernhard
- Louis CK
- Janeane Garofalo
- Gallagher
See also
Sources
- http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1532323
- http://humor.about.com/b/a/078274.htm
- http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.18481
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