2006-09-21 01:44:37 · 84 answers · asked by NO1TOPICS 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Peter Kay or Billy Connolly
2006-09-21 01:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by Alana B 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To be a truly great comedian you should make your audience THINK as well as laugh.
For that reason my vote would have to go to the great, and very much missed...
...William Melvin Hicks
It's strange to think that some of the points he made 10-12 years ago still hold true today.
But, there's no point getting all political here.
"The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, 'hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride...'
And we... kill those people.
Ha ha
'Shut him up.'
'We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be real.'
Just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter because: It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defences each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace"
2006-09-21 03:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by Artaeus ✯ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Hicks.
Funniest comedian I have ever seen and a very intelligent guy to boot. Check out the Revelations special DVD which has a great documentary on it too. Also the sane man shows and relentless is pretty good. Unfortunately bill died in 1992 so my favourite live comedian would probably be Eddie Izzard.
2006-09-21 02:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by bearos3000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why, in a question about comedians, do I see the names Jim Carrey, Billy Connelly and the terminally unfunny Peter Kay?
It's about comedians... think Bill Cosby, Robin Williams, Lee Hurst, Ed Byrne... Does that help?
2006-09-21 10:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by anthonyconwayonline 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eddie Izzard, Billy Connelly, Denis Leary, Peter Kay
2006-09-21 01:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul Merton, Harry Hill, Larry David, Dave Gorman
2006-09-23 23:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Richard Pryor, George Carlin
2006-09-21 01:54:36 · answer #7 · answered by n/a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kenny Everett Freddy Star
2006-09-21 02:56:58 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Carlin
2006-09-21 01:52:42 · answer #9 · answered by nite_raideress 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean, Bill Cosby. Moderate, George Carlin. Raunchy, Redd Foxx.
2006-09-21 20:47:41 · answer #10 · answered by Craig G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are all wrong - the greatest comic legend of all time was BILL HICKS! R.I.P. Bill, wait for us at the peak of the evolutionary bell curve.
Runners up include John Bellushi, Andy Kaufman, Lenny Bruce, Richard Prior, and back in the day, Steve Martin - these days he's a sell out.
2006-09-21 02:09:04 · answer #11 · answered by V 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋