Who do you think is the best comedian? who has the best material to use and why? And its gotta be funny i just need names and examples. I would appriciate the comments thanx!

Zipper

Billy Connolly (before he got lured to Hollywood).

The Big Yin in full flow is killingly funny.

Nez

Tommy Cooper,the late great British comedian.His magic tricks were appauling,very funny,and had me in agony.Sorely missed.

Zipper

Did you know that Sir Anthony Hopkins is not only a member of the Tommy Cooper Appreciation Society but does a KILLER impression of the great man ?

fredg

Hi,
George Carlin.
Here is a link to some of his quotes:
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Carlin

magprob

RickJ

For me it's Jerry Sinefeld and Ellen Degeneres.

magprob

Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)

“It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing.
But I couldn’t give it up because by then I was too famous.”

The humorous Robert Charles Benchley wrote numerous whismsical whirlwinds. He once wrote, “I had just dozed off into a stupor when I heard what I thought was myself talking to myself. I didn’t pay much attention to it, as I knew practically everything I would have to say to myself, and wasn’t particularly interested.” In addition to being a genius joke writer, Benchley was also a well-loved actor of the screen and radio.