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Jim Carrey or Robin Williams - Who's funnier overall?

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Carrey for me but I fully see why anyone would disagree with that.
 
HUGHPHUG said:
Haha no way fuck that guy
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They were together once on Leno. Carrey was submissive to Williams.

Make of that what you will.
 
Dumb and Dumber… Pet Detective. Sorry man Jim is funnier.
 
The bigger question... why didn't they do a movie together? Could you imagine both of them trying to one-up the other? It would be outrageous!
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Adamant said:
The bigger question... why didn't they do a movie together? Could you imagine both of them trying to one-up the other? It would be outrageous!
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The outtakes and bloopers alone is worth a movie
 
Jim Carrey has that SNL level of humor if that makes any sense. Unexpected humor.

Robin Williams is a much better actor and has better setups imo. Not to mention his body of work is significantly more diverse. He can play more than just a comedian. It's hard for a lot of comedians to get away from that genre once they have been established as one and it's because you expect that from them. Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey , Eddie Murphy etc etc.

I'd rather watch a Robin Williams movie any day of the week so I'm picking him. He had the ability to elicit many different emotions and of course I like his humor better
 
I feel like Carrey is funnier, but both of them are capable of emotionally doing much more than comedy.
 
I think it boils down to personal preference. But Robin takes it for me.
 
Jim Carey.

I just don’t understand much of Robin Williams’s appeal. He was best in dramatic roles, tbh.
 
Williams was a known joke thief and asshole in comedy clubs, and his stand-up was pretty bad. He was all energy, nothing clever and nothing funny. He was also ironically a better dramatic actor than a comedic actor, and his comedy movies largely suck and he was rarely funny in them. Carrey, on the other hand, was a great stand-up and a great impressionist and that's before getting to his one-of-a-kind comedic acting. Not only was Carrey amazing on In Living Color, he also has half a dozen all-timer comedy films on his resume and turned in some of the funniest performances in film history.

This is like Fedor vs Tim Sylvia. Sure, Sylvia accomplished a lot and on paper is a solid HW champ, but Fedor still buzzsawed through him. Carrey obliterates Williams here and it's not close.

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Bullitt68 said:
Williams was a known joke thief and asshole in comedy clubs, and his stand-up was pretty bad. He was all energy, nothing clever and nothing funny. He was also ironically a better dramatic actor than a comedic actor, and his comedy movies largely suck and he was rarely funny in them. Carrey, on the other hand, was a great stand-up and a great impressionist and that's before getting to his one-of-a-kind comedic acting. Not only was Carrey amazing on In Living Color, he also has half a dozen all-timer comedy films on his resume and turned in some of the funniest performances in film history.

This is like Fedor vs Tim Sylvia. Sure, Sylvia accomplished a lot and on paper is a solid HW champ, but Fedor still buzzsawed through him. Carrey obliterates Williams here and it's not close.

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I disagree about Robin Williams, maybe his early stand-ups in the 80s weren't good and he was stealing jokes. But he has one of the best stand-ups I've ever seen on 2002 New York Broadway.

I doubt he stole any jokes there and it's as good as Carlin stand-ups imo.

 
Williams was a tortured soul and they truly make the best comedians.......
 
Takes Two To Tango said:
I disagree about Robin Williams, maybe his early stand-ups in the 80s weren't good and he was stealing jokes. But he has one of the best stand-ups I've ever seen on 2002 New York Broadway.

I doubt he stole any jokes there and it's as good as Carlin stand-ups imo.

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Dude, George Carlin is literally the GOAT. He is LIGHT YEARS ahead of Robin Williams in every single category of stand-up comedy. Williams' entire existence as a comedian is as a poor Jonathan Winters impersonator (which is to say that he spent his career just doing what Winters did...because that's the extent of Williams' "comedy," he just did other people's stuff loudly and with a ton of sweat).



Carlin was an original, a pioneer, and IMO the greatest to ever do it. Carrey, for his part, isn't one of the stand-up GOATs, but he too was an original and he had tremendous talent. Williams...not so much. But hey, if you like his stuff, go to it.
 
Bullitt68 said:
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Dude, George Carlin is literally the GOAT. He is LIGHT YEARS ahead of Robin Williams in every single category of stand-up comedy. Williams' entire existence as a comedian is as a poor Jonathan Winters impersonator (which is to say that he spent his career just doing what Winters did...because that's the extent of Williams' "comedy," he just did other people's stuff loudly and with a ton of sweat).



Carlin was an original, a pioneer, and IMO the greatest to ever do it. Carrey, for his part, isn't one of the stand-up GOATs, but he too was an original and he had tremendous talent. Williams...not so much. But hey, if you like his stuff, go to it.
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George Carlin is the GOAT. What I'm trying to say is Robin Williams stand-up 2002 rivals any stand-up Carlin has done in his career. Doesn't make Robin Williams the GOAT, he's far from that. But his stand-up in 2002 is brilliant and 10/10 imo.
 
cmw43 said:
I liked Jim Carrey as a kid but now I find a lot of Carrey's stuff to be too over the top to the point of being irritating instead of funny.

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His interviews are what made me not like him.
I’ve seen too many interviews with him trying way to hard to be funny, they turned cringey real quick.
He just gives off that annoying fuck vibe.
 
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