Comedians that you just don't get why people think they are funny

[Possum Jenkins]

Norm McDonald

I still don't get him. Was he ironically trying to be unfunny and that is what made him funny? Or is he playing a character of an unfunny comedian? If so, why did he never go out of character?

I find it wild that basically ALL comics have him pegged as a genius.

 

[deviake]

More than I could remember to list.

 

[Meatspin]

Carlin.
Bill Hicks.
Doug Stanhope.
My favs.

 

[ssBaldy]

I think 99% of standup comedy is unfunny and cringe.
Of the popular ones I would say George Carlin was not funny. Not in a bad way though, when I watch him I usually think to myself "Why are people laughing, that grumpy old man is just spitting facts". Provocative and thought-inducing, but not really funny.

 

[Lucas1980]

Wtf? Pryor is one of the goats

For me it's ( off the top of the head)

Dane cook
Any schumer
Jeff Dunham
Larry the cable guy

Are you suggesting Amy Schumer who never once said anything funny is better then Pryor?

 

[Boomb]

I can't stand Kevin Hart...the screaming, he talks too fast...he's just not funny to me. I checked him out after watching this bit but his comedy does nothing to me.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Hot take: I don't think Patrice O'Neal's stand up is that funny. He keeps being mentioned as one of the GOATS due to him roasting everyone in media appearances and saying edgy shit. But his actual standup is meh IMO.

Louis CK is the shit. Dice Clay, Chappelle, Burr, etc.

I think it's hard to have consistently good material forever though. Yea Shane Gillis is the man of the moment but will he still be good 10 years, 20 years from now?

 

[SKYNET]

Never once laughing at Pryor?

This obvious troll thread might just be a cry for help from TS.
 

 

[bandicoot]

Norm McDonald

I still don't get him. Was he ironically trying to be unfunny and that is what made him funny? Or is he playing a character of an unfunny comedian? If so, why did he never go out of character?

I find it wild that basically ALL comics have him pegged as a genius.

If you don't think that's funny, idk what to tell you.

Edit: of course it's age restricted.

 

[Staph infection]

Gabriel iglesias

 

[Staph infection]

Pete Davidson
Steve Harvey
Cedric the entertainer
Bernie Mac
DL Hueley
Joe rogan
Theo von
Jerry Seinfeld
Larry David

DL Huegly had a great show with come on home with. That was some funny standup right there. The joke about being drunk waiting for a stop to turn green was hilarious.

 

[Simple Southerner]

Are you suggesting Amy Schumer who never once said anything funny is better than pryor

Let's hope that was sarcasm on your end

 

[Lucas1980]

Let's hope that was sarcasm on your end

A vending machine is funnier then that Hag. Her name shouldn't even be mentioned near Pryors.

 

[Simple Southerner]

A vending machine is funnier then that Hag. Her name shouldn't even be mentioned near Pryors.

Still not sure where your going with this I said Richard was one of the goats & amy wasn't funny.

 

[Lucas1980]

Still not sure where your going with this I said Richard was one of the goats & amy wasn't funny.

Laughing...I thought you were saying the opposite, I misunderstood...My apologies.

 

[mmamxfan]

I don't care for stand up comedy, it feels too forced to me with the exception of Artie Lange's "It's the Whiskey Talking" is one of the funniest things Ive ever seen.

My buddy is obsessed with this stupid podcast with some comics I've never heard of called "Legion of Skanks"? It's horrible and I even got forced into watching some of their stand up shows and it was the most unentertaining thing ive ever heard. I don't get it.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Jerry Seinfeld, loved his show but comedy not so much.

Same Joe Rogan don't care for comedy but love his podcast.

Fuck yeah. Jerry Seinfeld is the worst comedian I’ve ever seen. I have no idea how he could be so unfunny, so nutless, and so corny, and somehow be a “legendary comedian.”

I have heard one or two bits of his I thought were relatively funny. But they weren’t great.

 

[blaseblase]

Norm McDonald

I still don't get him. Was he ironically trying to be unfunny and that is what made him funny? Or is he playing a character of an unfunny comedian? If so, why did he never go out of character?

I find it wild that basically ALL comics have him pegged as a genius.

Much of his material is anti-comedy, which people who do comedy for a living find hilarious. Sometimes he'll tell a long, meandering story only to end it with a dad joke. And that's the joke.

He also did dark humor very well. I find this fucking hilarious. He's doing an obvious parody of Marlo Brando, which makes you want to laugh, but he's also calling attention to real horrific events in American history. Everything Johnny Two Feathers said was accurate and stated seriously. He's making the celebrities in the audience laugh at a tragedy that they shouldn't be laughing at as privileged wealthy Americans. Its a genius troll:


And then sometimes he's just improvising shit and coming up with hilarious bits on the spot:

 

[DougieJones]

NOT this guy...

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

Chapelle. Have not enjoyed his last two comedy specials (haven't gotten around to watching the latest one yet). Just.......not that funny.

Jim Jeffries on the other hand.......hands down IMO one of the best stand up comedians in decades. I literally cry when I watch his show, I'm laughing so hard. Saw him live in 2022, and he did not disappoint.

Jim jefferies is honestly my personal favourite.

Legit was one of my favourite shows of all time.

Also an extremely friendly guy over the couple times I met and talked to him.