Fucks it up in the end
Top 50 Stand up of all time
http://thecomicscomic.com/2017/02/14/rolling-stone-presents-an-updated-50-best-stand-ups-of-all-time-as-of-2017/

Rolling Stone’s “50 Best Stand-Ups of All Time” as of Feb. 14, 2017

Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Lenny Bruce
Louis C.K.
Chris Rock
Joan Rivers
Jerry Seinfeld
Bill Cosby
Dave Chappelle
Mort Sahl
Steve Martin
Robin Williams
Bill Hicks
Andy Kaufman
Steven Wright
Billy Connolly
Bill Burr
Kevin Hart
Albert Brooks
Mitch Hedberg
Bob Newhart
Jonathan Winters
Don Rickles
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Murphy
Rodney Dangerfield
Redd Foxx
Robert Klein
Dick Gregory
Woody Allen
Sarah Silverman
Patrice Oneal
Janeane Garofalo
Patton Oswalt
Tig Notaro
Daniel Kitson
Sam Kinison
Roseanne Barr
Moms Mabley
Garry Shandling
Bernie Mac
Phyllis Diller
Amy Schumer
Russell Peters
Freddie Prinze
Reggie Watts
Elayne Boosler
Margaret Cho
Aziz Ansari
Wanda Sykes

#4,no not that high. My boys Hicks,Burr and Kinison. The travesty is no Lewis Black.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

If longevity didn't matter Hicks would be top 3.

I like Louis CK a lot but him ranked 4th while having Eddie Murphy ranked 25th is just laughable

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

A LOT of filler in that list....

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That right there invalidates this stupid fucking list automatically .

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

What the fuck is Amy Schumer on there for?

Better question might be: Whose cock did her fat, ugly, pig-nosed ass suck over at Rolling Stone?

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

Yup

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

The very idea that Joan Rivers is above Steve Martin, Don Rickles, Eddie Murphy, Patrice O'Neal, not to mention Bill Burr for chrissakes is pure, unadulterated pandering bullshit.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Oh grow the fuck up, Don.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

edit: now I get it

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Margaret Cho is horrible.
Wanda Sykes is not funny.

Elayne Boolser, Amy Schumer, and Aziz Ansari are OK, but I don't think they are Top 50 of all time.

I didn't think Andy Kaufman was funny when I was a kid. I went back and watched some of his work as an adult thinking maybe I missed something others seemed to be getting. I did not. I think people who like Kaufman, like Kaufman because they think they will look stupid if they don't like Kaufman.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

i don't think andy kaufman would have considered himself a "stand up comedian". he didn't like that kind of labeling. he was a performer. he was what is now called an anti-humorist, but he wasn't doing it as a subgenre the way that modern "comics" are. it isn't anti-humor for the sake of feeding their egos, it was just performance art. i don't think it was about "getting it" either. he felt if you were entertained, so was he. but even if you weren't, he entertained himself. selfish, yes, but that was just who he was.

I would agree. Zmuda's book on Andy illustrated that rather well, along with explaining how when Andy did the the Tony Clifton gimmick that he was essentially an entirely different person, not just someone doing a bit.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Robert Klein is the white Paul Rodriguez.

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The inclusion of some of the female comics is sketchy at best. Someone like Jim Gaffigan is funnier than Amy Schumer has ever been, but he's not top 50 of all time. Plus I don't think Kevin Hart is top 50 all time either.

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

Bob Hope
Jack Benny
George Burns

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Who here can speak to the greatness that allegedly is Mort Sahl. He may be a sacred cow, but I don't recall anything or any old recordings of him. Along that same line, Steve Martin is sophomoric and little he did held up well.

Steven Wright, Margaret Cho, Aziz Ansari & Patrice O'Neal can go scratch as well

And I must admit I've never even seen the names of Reggie Watts, Russell Peters, Tig Notaro or Daniel Kitson.

I am kind of shocked at no Lewis Black, Flip Wilson or Seinfeld

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

No Doug Stanhope. List invalid.

No jimmypasta on the list?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

He made my list:
http://chicagofanatics.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=102891&p=2579567&hilit=threads#p2579567

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I think Jerry's #7.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Look at number 7 dipshit

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Seinfeld stand up sucks.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

What is the deal with that?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Agree. Or Joe Rogan? Jeselnik? Jim Jefferies? How the hell is Janeane Garofalo or Reggie Watts on the list.

Jim Jeffries? I'm not sure one viral bit qualifies one for top 50 of all time. I think we can all agree this list is ridiculous though.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Just because I've always thought you to be an ignorant ass, decorum had been preventing me from expressly saying it. I'll give you credit though, that you picked up on my beliefs about you says you're not quite as stupid as I thought you were.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I'm glad he was entertained because I certainly was not. The wrestling stuff wasn't entertaining, the mighty mouse was not entertaining...it was all just like a bad snl skit that might get a mercy laugh

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.