Comments on: Top 5 Dead Comedians

By: Wheatstraw

Wheatstraw — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:52:26 +0000

Hicks and Hedberg were (still are) my favorites. I would put Hartman on my top five list.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:15:23 +0000

Just an aside – I think the list is fine (and it’s obviously your prerogative to select whomever you want), but usually it’s a bad idea to rely on saying “that was before my time” about anything having to do with art. It’s like compiling a list of best films of all time and saying nothing counts before I was ten years old. Realizing stand up comedy is a bit different because access to full routines aren’t as easy, one can read about and see many clips of stand-ups from the 1930s/40s on. Personally, my own response would be – well, I never saw Lenny Bruce, and he was dead before I was born, but from what I have seen of him in clips he wasn’t the slightest bit funny.

By: ShortAttention

ShortAttention — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:47 +0000

Thanks Joey, and I am glad you like the list. The people that dont read the comments and keep saying the same stuff drive me out of my mind!

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:46:17 +0000

@ShortAttention: Great list!! I loved all five of these guys!

And to those that keep mentioning Lenny Bruce, umm, do you not even read comments before you post? How many times does SA need to say that, if he hadn’t died 10 years before he was born, and was more relevant to him growing up, he probably would have listed him?

Just don’t understand why people keep posting the same things. PLEASE read comments!!!

Again, SA, great list!! Thanks for the laughs!

By: ShortAttention

ShortAttention — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:31:07 +0000

He is still alive I believe.

By: Steve C

Steve C — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:24:12 +0000

You left off Jim Norton. It is sad that he could only wear a robe and eat broth for the last month. Godspeed Nordin.

By: Jambonij

Jambonij — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:20:25 +0000

Nice list…you nailed it. I’d go the exact same order, but sub in Lenny Bruce for Hedberg…for now anyways…I’m not terribly familiar with Hedberg’s material yet. And to all the clowns who suggest Chris Farley, Hartman or Bernie Mac etc, I think you’re missing the point. Sure they’re funny, but that’s not what this list is about.

And to everyone thinking that Hicks shouldn’t be up that high, pay attention. He was as much as a visionary as he was a comic; way more than just taking the mic to lay down some good jokes. We could use more people to speak as much truth as he did, never mind in such a comedic manner. To the King!

Nice posting

By: ShortAttention

ShortAttention — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:46:20 +0000

Yes, I have said that many times on Digg and here but considering he died 10 yrs. before I was born he is not personally relevant to me, and therefore not on my list.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:29:23 +0000

lenny bruce made all of them possible.

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By: EvilGod

EvilGod — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:22:37 +0000

This only proves that if you label someone a comedian people will laugh at what they say. If Mitch Hedberg was introduced on stage as a man that states random observations and no one was expected to laugh, i.e. not at a comedy club, you would smile a few times but you would not laugh out loud. It’s like most sitcoms, turn off the sound (the laugh track) and turn on the subtitles. Almost everything you would have laughed along with you won’t find funny because it generally isn’t. See how many deaf people watch sitcoms. Very few.
The standards for what passes as comedy have slipped so far that the average person will laugh at almost anything.

By: ShortAttention

ShortAttention — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:14:45 +0000

Thanks, it is nice to see another person with great taste in stand up!

By: Lester Bangs

Lester Bangs — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:41:36 +0000

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT LIST !
Hicks is without a doubt the greatest “stand – up” ever to pick up a mic and walk on a stage…Just ask Denis Leary…or any of the other thousand comics who picked that dude’s ‘bits’ dry after he died. Because they knew he was just under the radar enough for no one to notice. It’s a shame…
I mean, the guy was selling out comedy clubs @ 15, for christssake…
For my money it just doesn’t get any better or feel more tragic to not have him around anymore…

By: ShortAttention

ShortAttention — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:29:53 +0000

Thanks man, I totally agree that Lenny Bruce was a huge inspiration to all these guys and if he didn’t die 10 years before I was born I am sure he would have been more personally relevant to me and on this list.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:25:09 +0000

Great list man, love all these guys, but Lenny Bruce should be on the list for no other reason than he inspired Kinison, Hicks and Carlin for sure.