The Comedian's Comedian
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The Comedians' Comedian was a three-hour programme broadcast on UK's Channel 4 on January 1 2005. The show listed the top fifty comedians of all time, as voted for by fellow comedians and business insiders, rather than the general public.
Among the comedians were three double acts (making a total of 53 comedians), three members of Monty Python, 33 British comedians, 18 Americans, one Irishman, and one Canadian; 48 men, and five women.
The list
- Peter Cook
- John Cleese
- Woody Allen
- Eric Morecambe
- Groucho Marx
- Tommy Cooper
- Laurel and Hardy
- Billy Connolly
- Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer
- Richard Pryor
- Chris Morris
- Tony Hancock
- Bill Hicks
- Peter Sellers
- Steve Martin
- Ronnie Barker
- Steve Coogan
- Charlie Chaplin
- Eddie Izzard
- Paul Merton
- Eric Idle
- Peter Kay
- Larry David
- Rowan Atkinson
- Bob Hope
- Harry Hill
- Victoria Wood
- Spike Milligan
- Christopher Guest
- Michael Palin
- French & Saunders
- Eddie Murphy
- Bob Monkhouse
- Rik Mayall
- Steven Wright
- Ken Dodd
- Les Dawson
- Chic Murray
- Stephen Fry
- Joan Rivers
- Joyce Grenfell
- Phil Silvers
- Jackie Mason
- Eric Sykes
- Robin Williams
- Paul Whitehouse
- Bill Cosby
- Mike Myers
- Ricky Gervais
- Mel Brooks
See also
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