dave chapelle, mitch hedberg and zach galifianakis. I actually don't like bill hicks or george carlin; "religion is bull****", blah blah blah. wasn't funny or challenging.

I also like John Pinette:

Not sure who I like the most, but Gilbert Gottfried's Olsen Twins joke from Bob Saget's roast was awesome. :p:

I think that's a very shallow description of their work.

I do think Carlin did more philosophical and political ranting than comedy, though I'm still a fan of him.

Hicks though, I enjoy him just for the comedy aspect of it, though unlike Carlin I agree with him on most things, definitely in my top 10 stand ups. Which is something like.

Bill Hicks, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Jim Gaffigan, Demetri Martin, Bill Maher, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Lewis Black, Ron White.

To say Hicks and Carlin weren't challenging is just plain wrong, Carlin along with Bruce and Pryor pretty much pioneered a new form of stand up, but Hicks mastered it IMO.

Personally I'm not a fan of Chapelle at all, he seems like a smart and cultured guy, I just don't think he's that funny.

Hi, Bill Hicks here, back from the grave to say fuck you.
You obviously haven't listened to what I (or my friend George) said before judging it. Congratulations, you're officially an American.

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I could have seen Bill Hicks live too.

During my first ever visit to London he was doing a series of shows at the Dominion Theater. They had some tickets left for that night but at the time I was under 18 & couldn't get in.

I was gutted.

it is; it's not really necessary to elaborate

I'm a pretty big fan of Hicks too. His bit on crime in the UK always gets me. I don't always agree with him but I don't really think I have to to laugh.

I love Robin Williams. He was absolutely hillarious. Kind of sold his soul to Disney, along the same lines as Eddy Murphey, maybe to make up for all the adult-oriented humour they've done, I don't know. All I do know is they have me in tears just about everytime.

Another big name I like is Jim Carrey. He doesn't really do stand up anymore but his old stuff is hillarious.

Zach Galifinakis, I was in the mood for some stand up, this was all I found on the instant q in netflix, very funny. Chris Rock and Dave Chappele also good mentions on here.

I recently got into Bill Hicks, and as far as over-opinionated and politically charged stand-up, he was the absolute best.