Stand-up Comedy

Who likes stand-up comedy?

How about some Jerry Clower? 



The Christian Bear

I watched some of Kevin Hart' stuff on Netflix that made me laugh some. Nothing made me laugh as hard as Hot and Fluffy by Gabriel Iglesias though. Nearly suffocated on that one.

That Jerry Clower is seriously old school. My dad used to listen to him. Norman, I've got two words for ya... Fluffy Rocks!!

One of my all-time favorites:

To be certain, this is NOT Bill's best delivery.  He seems stilted and uncomfortable the whole time.  What it is, is about the only clip that can be posted on CMR.  It's really too bad, I think he has some of the best material I've ever heard, but somehow feels the need to drop about 3 f-bombs per sentence.  He's brilliant and doesn't "need" the cussing at all, IMO, but here's about as family-friendly as he's capable of:

Gaffigan is a genius at lampooning the mundane in an understated way.

Love Bill Burr, he is best in rant form.

Can't stand Gabriel Iglesias and his constant CB radio sound effects.

metaldude wrote:That Jerry Clower is seriously old school. My dad used to listen to him. Norman, I've got two words for ya... Fluffy Rocks!!

Yeah...Jerry Clower is old school. Not many people are familiar with him, that's why I mentioned him. I like his southern brand of storytelling humor 

That joke about the Christian bear goes well with the topic of "Christian labels" that we've been discussing here at CMR. It's a short and funny joke

And yes...I even like some of Gabriel Iglesias' stuff.

I like Norm McDonald myself, both on SNL and his stand-up stuff.

Have you heard Jerry Clower's story about Mr. Duval Scott?

Right now at this very MOMENT I am watching Justin Bieber Roast. It's hilarious.

Jerry Clower tells about his pet peeve, and it's hilarious 



Jerry Clower talks about how he got into show business 

..speaking of Jim Gaffigan..one of my favs..

ya know...I just watched that whole jim gaffigan show last night and most of it was pretty funny. That is until he started getting into religion, and specifically talking about Jesus and God. I don't mind when he makes fun of aspects of religious practices, but jokes involving the Holy and sacred are a big NO for me.

I can see where some would get that sentient.  To me he stays on the side of good-natured as opposed to derogatory or inflammatory, but I can respect that for sure.

Give this one a try though.  Not only is it a really pretty solid bit, but the first time I saw it I almost had a stroke at the very end (watch ALL the way through).  Stand-up is a pretty dark and difficult place for a Christian:

Take a look at this one.

(skip the commercial first....)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY_HVDvAhRI

The Funniest Person In The World.

(And this guy is really as natural on off-stage as on stage. We were in the army at the same time years ago....he hasn`t change...at all.)

I've always found this hilarious.

I discovered this guy through Pandora




I've always loved Steven Wright




And of course, Tim Hawkins

That Finnish guy sounds like he's pretty funny, but between the accent and the poor audio it's hard to listen to (mostly the poor audio).  What I got was strong though.

I LOVE Birbiglia, absolutely on my short list of favorites.  As relates to this forum, I thought this was funny (the Catholic piece was easy and obnoxious IMO, but the Christian and Jewish I thought was hilarious):

Some good comedians have been mentioned so far. Keep 'em coming.

Here's more Jerry Clower. I love this dude.

The Chauffeur and the Professor

Here's some good stuff from James Gregory. He's a good comedian too.

Heavy Metal Songs For Kids

Jim Breuer's Lars Ulrich story is legendary.  I won't list it here though.

Louis CK, all the way

"We need some rock music to save children's music."

Oh, the irony 

Here's a great Norm moment (its all in the way its delivered):