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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jim Jefferies' childhood friend brothel story will always crack me up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also Australian and a master is Luke Heggie. Very dry, and worth a listen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not stand up. David Sedaris, his life essays, not the short stories.

The Ship Shape, amiright?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Kyle Kinane

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

10 that I have enjoyed a lot:

  • Kyle Kinane
  • Hannibal Buress
  • Patton Oswalt
  • Mike Birbiglia
  • Tig Notaro
  • Matt Braunger
  • Marc Maron
  • Bo Burnham
  • Jackie Kashian
  • Tim Robinson
  • Norm Macdonald
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm going with the niche german option: Jan Philip Zymny. He is a former Poetry Slammer and writes hilarious dadaistic texts. An he can also do that spontaneous together with the audience.

And of course the german comedian Thorsten StrΓ€ter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Milton Jones. His style is basically one-liners, but he's amazing at them. If you've ever watched his appearances on Mock the Week you'll know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Jeff Arcuri - his funniest stuff is his crowd work so he constantly has new stuff to watch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Rodney Dangerfield.

Still the king of one liners.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Bruan Reagan and Norm McDonald are two of my favorites.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That guy that's always drinking whiskey

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

"I'm Doug Stanhope, and that's why I drink"?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My personal favourite is Jon Richardson.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ross Nobel has a surrealist ability beyond all others, delivered in a geordie accent makes it perfect.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The end of the supermarket episode of Joe Pera Talks With You made me laugh harder than I have ever laughed in my life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Jimmy O. Yang.

Jo Koy.

There are others, but these are the most recent I've watched.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Taylor Tomlinson, Matteo Lane

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Joke answer: Peter Molyneux

Serious answer: The sadly now retired Eckart von Hirschhausen, who does comedy mostly about health and medical topics.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Joe Lycett, Stewart Lee, Philomena Cunk

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Patton Oswalt and Michelle Buteau. Kind of an odd pairing considering their comedy is very different, but they both make me regularly wheeze laugh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chris Estrada. His TV show This Fool is one of the best things to watch, it's SO good.

Also Maria Bamford is a riot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Frankie Boyle

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Stavros Halkias

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Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Shane gilis and Matt mcusker mostly when they're not doing stand up. The conversations are just so perfectly stupid that it cracks me up every time.

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