these men get the biggest laughs I got
finance from all over the world walking
up going any move it Jim
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
male stand-up comedians I used to do
drugs I still do but I used to – for
this list we’ve chosen those male comics
who defined and refined the art of
stand-up comedy lucky guy I got a lot
going for him I’m healthy relatively
young I’m white which thank God for that
shit boy
fred is huge leg up are you kidding me
number 10 Louie CK Louie CK is the
biggest name and stand up today
mastering the balance between quality
and quantity they got their phone
they’re like ah it won’t give it a
second
give it’s going to space after building
his rep in the 90s writing for shows
like Late Night with Conan O’Brien Louie
truly found his down-to-earth
razor-sharp comedic voice when he became
a father I walk in the kitchen she’s
talking to my wife she says uh mama
I saw a doggie today and I was like
really where did you see a doggie and
she’s like I’m telling mom and not you
I’m like hey you I’m just asking to be
nice anyway since then he’s dominated
and transformed the art form with a
stand-up based TV series and by changing
the way people consume comedy or you’ll
meet the perfect person who you love
infinitely and you even argue well and
you grow together and you have children
and then you get old together and then
she’s gonna die
that’s the best-case scenario number
nine Chris Rock his inauspicious run on
Saturday Night Live and middling film
career taking nothing away from Chris
Rock’s preeminence as a stand-up
throughout his HBO specials he’s shown
himself to be insightful brazen and
often the voice of reason in America you
know what cuz if a bullet cost $5,000
gonna be no more innocent bystander not
only is rock unafraid to tackle
political hot potatoes he also covers
romance music relationships and you
guessed it race using his sometimes
controversial and n-word Laden style
who’s more racist black people are white
people black people you know what we
hate black people too number eight Eddie
Murphy Christie welcome cool I heard you
just I’m talking about me no you did
maybe I didn’t
after decades of barely passable family
fare it’s hard to remember how
electrifying and hilarious Murphy was in
the early 80s just back voltic it was it
his turn as an SNL star got him noticed
and his film career made him famous but
it’s his 1983 concert delirious that
showcased the real Eddie Murphy a father
stand up in the middle of cookout say
it’s my half
note it is and if you don’t like it get
the fuck up profane politically
incorrect and full of impersonations it
remains one of the greatest stand-up
films ever made when Murphy was only 22
it look Steve I get too much mother
flack over this impression I don’t like
doing I ain’t doing the shit no more
Stevie said what I feel you that that’s
a shit number seven Jerry Seinfeld may
be the purest comic on our list Seinfeld
is so proficient an observational
comedian he’s now emblematic of the
style do the people that work in these
little shops in the airport have any
idea what the prices are every place
else in the world
yeah $14 tuna sandwich we think that’s
fair even without the use of expletives
or any particularly racing material
Seinfeld became the top earning comedian
in the world making Nothing hilarious
and becoming the master of his domain he
may have become a household name as a
sitcom star but he’s always carried
stand-up comedy in his bones women have
two types of orgasms the actual ones and
the ones that they make up on their own
and I can give you the male point of
view on this which is we’re fine with it
number six Robin Williams thank you for
the standing ovation you made the orgasm
up front let’s have a cigarette let’s
relax Juilliard educated and coke-fueled
for the first part of his career
Williams ripped his way to the top of
the renowned Comedy Store in the 1970s
before breaking big on Mork & Mindy oh
no not again
he’s something serious just the world as
we know it it’s coming to an end
Williams is a virtuoso performer of
stream-of-consciousness banter and
impersonations no one beats Williams
quick wit improbabilities and
versatility and because of his
wide-ranging themes no one beats him in
universality either they make porn
movies of my movies they made good will
humping it’s okay
what dreams may come all right
snatch Adam that was scary number five
Bill Hicks since his career was cut
short after his death from pancreatic
cancer at age 32
Hicks never reached the heights of the
other comedians on this list you know if
you play New Kids on the Block albums
backwards they sound better yes but his
Legend and legacy have grown as his
social critiques on the stupidity of
daily American life have remained
relevant though his material got him in
trouble at times
Hicks is the smart honest and nearly
forgotten genius of stand-up by the way
if anyone here is in advertising or
marketing kill yourself
number four Bill Cosby
while his contemporaries used their
soapbox for risque routines Cosby’s
accounts of growing up in Philadelphia
marriage and fatherhood painted a
wholesome but hilarious portrait of
American life and my children think that
my mother is the most wonderful person
on the face of desert and I keep telling
my children that’s not the same woman I
grew up with without cursing using the
n-word or discussing race Cosby proved
Universal comedy exists which is why his
TV series are so successful who’s in
trouble
Theodore oh good because I thought it
was me through his stand-up he became
the fatherly voice for the nation that
almost no one can impersonate well you
don’t want to say that your jobs are you
sensing yourself and you sound like an
idiot
so wake up get your Oh put on
get out of my face number three Lenny
Bruce after starting out cleaner
Bruce broke barriers in comedy and
ensured the art form was never the same
but guys can have head-on collisions way
home buses disaster areas fifty P Blaine
get on the highway on the way the
hospital EMS guy makes pay for the nurse
she’s having a good thing at I my dad I
get hot
he’s act combines sex politics and
religion at a time when sex politics and
religion were not fit topics for mixed
company the result was a lifetime of
legal troubles for Bruce with several
charges of obscenity but his legacy
paved the way for the next comedians on
this list Catholic asshole shit I don’t
see the yarn and in the park and tits
and shit and Catholics and Jews and shit
that’s about all I remember it so that’s
what the general tenor of the act number
two Richard Pryor fire was a prophet he
translated personal experience into deep
truths about the human condition and
reached a wide audience with his profane
and colorful examinations of race and
racism you ever notice how nice white
people get when there’s a bunch of
ground
right they get outside they stop to
everybody right Izzy hi hi how you doing
I don’t know you but here’s my wife
hello bye as Bill Cosby once said
drawing the line between comedy and
tragedy as thin as one could possibly
paint it Pryor became both a
counterculture icon and a mainstream
success who influenced all who followed
women gets a heart broke they cry man
don’t do that shit man hold that shit in
like it don’t hurt walk around and get
hit by trucks didn’t he see that truck
well he wouldn’t have seen a 747 number
1 George Carlin if Bill Cosby is the
fatherly voice of America George Carlin
was the bristly uncle my job is thinking
up goofy shit Pryor was a prophet but
Karlin was a workhorse scrapping an hour
of material every year to start from
scratch quite the accomplishment
considering his career spanned over 50
years you don’t want to be sitting in
your doctor’s office and hear this well
Jim there’s no reason why you shouldn’t
live another 20 to 30 years however you
will be bleeding constantly from both
eyes another comic who pushed the
envelope far past its breaking point
Karlin made dissecting language the
status quo and everyday life his
profession and became the ultimate
stand-up comedian in the process it’s
called the American dream because you
have to be asleep to believe it you
agree or disagree with our list that
shit ain’t funny mother which stand-up
comedian Rivini your top ten that’s a
story my life no respect they’re gonna
respect it all
be sure to let us know and subscribe to
watchmojo.com for more great top tens
I’m not into that one night thing I
think a person should get to know
someone and even be in love with them
before you use and degrade them
finance from all over the world walking
up going any move it Jim
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
male stand-up comedians I used to do
drugs I still do but I used to – for
this list we’ve chosen those male comics
who defined and refined the art of
stand-up comedy lucky guy I got a lot
going for him I’m healthy relatively
young I’m white which thank God for that
shit boy
fred is huge leg up are you kidding me
number 10 Louie CK Louie CK is the
biggest name and stand up today
mastering the balance between quality
and quantity they got their phone
they’re like ah it won’t give it a
second
give it’s going to space after building
his rep in the 90s writing for shows
like Late Night with Conan O’Brien Louie
truly found his down-to-earth
razor-sharp comedic voice when he became
a father I walk in the kitchen she’s
talking to my wife she says uh mama
I saw a doggie today and I was like
really where did you see a doggie and
she’s like I’m telling mom and not you
I’m like hey you I’m just asking to be
nice anyway since then he’s dominated
and transformed the art form with a
stand-up based TV series and by changing
the way people consume comedy or you’ll
meet the perfect person who you love
infinitely and you even argue well and
you grow together and you have children
and then you get old together and then
she’s gonna die
that’s the best-case scenario number
nine Chris Rock his inauspicious run on
Saturday Night Live and middling film
career taking nothing away from Chris
Rock’s preeminence as a stand-up
throughout his HBO specials he’s shown
himself to be insightful brazen and
often the voice of reason in America you
know what cuz if a bullet cost $5,000
gonna be no more innocent bystander not
only is rock unafraid to tackle
political hot potatoes he also covers
romance music relationships and you
guessed it race using his sometimes
controversial and n-word Laden style
who’s more racist black people are white
people black people you know what we
hate black people too number eight Eddie
Murphy Christie welcome cool I heard you
just I’m talking about me no you did
maybe I didn’t
after decades of barely passable family
fare it’s hard to remember how
electrifying and hilarious Murphy was in
the early 80s just back voltic it was it
his turn as an SNL star got him noticed
and his film career made him famous but
it’s his 1983 concert delirious that
showcased the real Eddie Murphy a father
stand up in the middle of cookout say
it’s my half
note it is and if you don’t like it get
the fuck up profane politically
incorrect and full of impersonations it
remains one of the greatest stand-up
films ever made when Murphy was only 22
it look Steve I get too much mother
flack over this impression I don’t like
doing I ain’t doing the shit no more
Stevie said what I feel you that that’s
a shit number seven Jerry Seinfeld may
be the purest comic on our list Seinfeld
is so proficient an observational
comedian he’s now emblematic of the
style do the people that work in these
little shops in the airport have any
idea what the prices are every place
else in the world
yeah $14 tuna sandwich we think that’s
fair even without the use of expletives
or any particularly racing material
Seinfeld became the top earning comedian
in the world making Nothing hilarious
and becoming the master of his domain he
may have become a household name as a
sitcom star but he’s always carried
stand-up comedy in his bones women have
two types of orgasms the actual ones and
the ones that they make up on their own
and I can give you the male point of
view on this which is we’re fine with it
number six Robin Williams thank you for
the standing ovation you made the orgasm
up front let’s have a cigarette let’s
relax Juilliard educated and coke-fueled
for the first part of his career
Williams ripped his way to the top of
the renowned Comedy Store in the 1970s
before breaking big on Mork & Mindy oh
no not again
he’s something serious just the world as
we know it it’s coming to an end
Williams is a virtuoso performer of
stream-of-consciousness banter and
impersonations no one beats Williams
quick wit improbabilities and
versatility and because of his
wide-ranging themes no one beats him in
universality either they make porn
movies of my movies they made good will
humping it’s okay
what dreams may come all right
snatch Adam that was scary number five
Bill Hicks since his career was cut
short after his death from pancreatic
cancer at age 32
Hicks never reached the heights of the
other comedians on this list you know if
you play New Kids on the Block albums
backwards they sound better yes but his
Legend and legacy have grown as his
social critiques on the stupidity of
daily American life have remained
relevant though his material got him in
trouble at times
Hicks is the smart honest and nearly
forgotten genius of stand-up by the way
if anyone here is in advertising or
marketing kill yourself
number four Bill Cosby
while his contemporaries used their
soapbox for risque routines Cosby’s
accounts of growing up in Philadelphia
marriage and fatherhood painted a
wholesome but hilarious portrait of
American life and my children think that
my mother is the most wonderful person
on the face of desert and I keep telling
my children that’s not the same woman I
grew up with without cursing using the
n-word or discussing race Cosby proved
Universal comedy exists which is why his
TV series are so successful who’s in
trouble
Theodore oh good because I thought it
was me through his stand-up he became
the fatherly voice for the nation that
almost no one can impersonate well you
don’t want to say that your jobs are you
sensing yourself and you sound like an
idiot
so wake up get your Oh put on
get out of my face number three Lenny
Bruce after starting out cleaner
Bruce broke barriers in comedy and
ensured the art form was never the same
but guys can have head-on collisions way
home buses disaster areas fifty P Blaine
get on the highway on the way the
hospital EMS guy makes pay for the nurse
she’s having a good thing at I my dad I
get hot
he’s act combines sex politics and
religion at a time when sex politics and
religion were not fit topics for mixed
company the result was a lifetime of
legal troubles for Bruce with several
charges of obscenity but his legacy
paved the way for the next comedians on
this list Catholic asshole shit I don’t
see the yarn and in the park and tits
and shit and Catholics and Jews and shit
that’s about all I remember it so that’s
what the general tenor of the act number
two Richard Pryor fire was a prophet he
translated personal experience into deep
truths about the human condition and
reached a wide audience with his profane
and colorful examinations of race and
racism you ever notice how nice white
people get when there’s a bunch of
ground
right they get outside they stop to
everybody right Izzy hi hi how you doing
I don’t know you but here’s my wife
hello bye as Bill Cosby once said
drawing the line between comedy and
tragedy as thin as one could possibly
paint it Pryor became both a
counterculture icon and a mainstream
success who influenced all who followed
women gets a heart broke they cry man
don’t do that shit man hold that shit in
like it don’t hurt walk around and get
hit by trucks didn’t he see that truck
well he wouldn’t have seen a 747 number
1 George Carlin if Bill Cosby is the
fatherly voice of America George Carlin
was the bristly uncle my job is thinking
up goofy shit Pryor was a prophet but
Karlin was a workhorse scrapping an hour
of material every year to start from
scratch quite the accomplishment
considering his career spanned over 50
years you don’t want to be sitting in
your doctor’s office and hear this well
Jim there’s no reason why you shouldn’t
live another 20 to 30 years however you
will be bleeding constantly from both
eyes another comic who pushed the
envelope far past its breaking point
Karlin made dissecting language the
status quo and everyday life his
profession and became the ultimate
stand-up comedian in the process it’s
called the American dream because you
have to be asleep to believe it you
agree or disagree with our list that
shit ain’t funny mother which stand-up
comedian Rivini your top ten that’s a
story my life no respect they’re gonna
respect it all
be sure to let us know and subscribe to
watchmojo.com for more great top tens
I’m not into that one night thing I
think a person should get to know
someone and even be in love with them
before you use and degrade them
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