28 Aug 07
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundWell, George Carlin might get the guffaws from the barbershop crowd with stories of how he used to finger-roll in San Antonio, but Bill Connolly's gift is the humor he delivers with brutal honesty, tempered with his experiences of highs in Portland and Boston and his lows with foot/leg injuries throughout his career. Bill just tells it like it is from his own (ever so slightly) skewed perspective, and there's nothing funnier than the truth. I'd have to say Bill is the funniest.
Who is the funniest ?
I reckon they're both of the same era, and just as funny...who is the best ?
29 Aug 07
"Barbershop crowd" i would take umbrage, but i cut my own--hair, that is. For me, there few funnier than GC--Robin Williams, perhaps. Choosing who is the funniest? It is so highly subjective that i am just tempted to say--enjoy them all. To evoke laughter is one of the greatest of gifts.
29 Aug 07
Carlin is funnier.
Billy has his moments but I feel the best comedians are those that make you laugh and also make you think.
Real great comedy is all about challenging the listener and disturbing the status quo.
Any list of the greatest comedians of all time is bound to include in the top ten those that really challenge the society and culture they inhabit.
Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Charlie Chaplin, Chris Rock, Monty Python,
and to a lesser extent George Carlin
29 Aug 07
Originally posted by kcamsChris Rock ? You've got to be kidding me. On his tombstone will read the words "One trick pony" 😛
Carlin is funnier.
Billy has his moments but I feel the best comedians are those that make you laugh and also make you think.
Real great comedy is all about challenging the listener and disturbing the status quo.
Any list of the greatest comedians of all time is bound to include in the top ten those that really challenge the society and culture they i ...[text shortened]... , Bill Hicks, Charlie Chaplin, Chris Rock, Monty Python,
and to a lesser extent George Carlin
29 Aug 07
Originally posted by kcamswholeheartedly agree---EXCEPT using the wor "lesser" for GC and the omission of Lord Buckley.
Carlin is funnier.
Billy has his moments but I feel the best comedians are those that make you laugh and also make you think.
Real great comedy is all about challenging the listener and disturbing the status quo.
Any list of the greatest comedians of all time is bound to include in the top ten those that really challenge the society and culture they i ...[text shortened]... , Bill Hicks, Charlie Chaplin, Chris Rock, Monty Python,
and to a lesser extent George Carlin
29 Aug 07
Originally posted by uzless[I]You guys are missing Eddie Murphy Delerious though![/I]
Not fair to compare Carlin and Connoly.
Connoly is pure humour whereas Carlin does social commentary. Whichever kind of comedy you find funnier is the one you will choose.
You guys are missing Eddie Murphy Delerious though!
"Norton my friend...."
To this day, I still think about him whistling that speghetti western music in that bit where the mom throws her shoe.
29 Aug 07
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Originally posted by ddarchiveGeorge did a Nike commercial where he was sitting in a barbershop with a bunch of friends who were listening to his stories. I didn't like it. I didn't understand the "punch line." George walks into the barber shop with David Robinson, and you see some old clips of George performing, someone asks about him flipping a ball from the free throw line, and then George says: "One thing I could do... was finger-roll!" And his buddies burst out laughing in the barbershop, laughing a bit too loud, trying a bit too hard. End of the commercial. And I'm like, "what?"
"Barbershop crowd" i would take umbrage, but i cut my own--hair, that is. For me, there few funnier than GC--Robin Williams, perhaps. Choosing who is the funniest? It is so highly subjective that i am just tempted to say--enjoy them all. To evoke laughter is one of the greatest of gifts.
If you're known for the finger-roll, which George was, you don't burst out laughing when he says that. If I were to say, "Of course... I always could... shoot the hook shot" or "Of course... I always could shoot free throws" my friends wouldn't burst out laughing. They'd nod and say, "yeah that's right, you were always good at that." What you DO laugh at is when you're joking about something you couldn't do well, like me saying, "Of course... I always brought the pain when I faked in the lane to bring down the thunder with a two handed monster jam!" You can bet that THEN my friends would laugh and have a good time with that, because I was never able to do that.
So that's why I always hated George's commercial, because it made no sense for his buddies sitting there in the barber shop to suddenly start laughing when he talked about something he was well known for doing. Unless his buddies were just a bunch of hirsute keister-kissers who would have laughed at anything that came out of George's mouth. Nothing against George, but I couldn't stand the direction that commercial took.
Unbelievably, the commercial is on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mBxBb57H4
29 Aug 07
Originally posted by Doctor RatA finger roll is a basketball term for a kind of lay-up.
George did a Nike commercial where he was sitting in a barbershop with a bunch of friends who were listening to his stories. I didn't like it. I didn't understand the "punch line." George walks into the barber shop with David Robinson, and you see some old clips of George performing, someone asks about him flipping a ball from the free throw line, and th ...[text shortened]... , the commercial is on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mBxBb57H4
I guess you missed the double entendre
29 Aug 07
Originally posted by uzlessI have to question this point.
Not fair to compare Carlin and Connoly.
Connoly is pure humour whereas Carlin does social commentary. Whichever kind of comedy you find funnier is the one you will choose.
You guys are missing Eddie Murphy Delerious though!
"Norton my friend...."
I recently watched Carlin at Carnagie....it was pure crap, and his routine consisted of food with silly names, people saying "nice", and other totally unpolitical irrelevant gob poop.
At the same time (during the troubles in Northern Ireland, where people were blowing each other up for religious beliefs - Catholic v Protestant) Billy Connolly was appearing on stage dressed as the pope, and doing long sketches about the crucifixion. I think the Americans in the debating forum are only looking at the HBC version of events, and not what actually happened.
Richard prior in the 70s...politically sound, Billy Connolly in the 70s...politically atune.
Carlin in the 70s.....kamquats and abaloni.
30 Aug 07
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundThere really is no doubt. Connolly makes me cry when I watch him. Carlin... well, I saw him in concert once and it was the longest night of my life. Horrid.
Who is the funniest ?
I reckon they're both of the same era, and just as funny...who is the best ?
Connolly gets my vote.