Channel 4s 100 greatest Stand-ups.
 

1 BILLY CONNOLLY
2 RICHARD PRYOR
3 RICKY GERVAIS
4 BILL HICKS
5 EDDIE IZZARD
6 PETER KAY
7 BILL BAILEY
8 CHRIS ROCK
9 MICHAEL MCINTYRE
10 VICTORIA WOOD
11 ROSS NOBLE
12 STEWART LEE
13 JIMMY CARR
14 DYLAN MORAN
15 WOODY ALLEN
16 DARA O'BRIAIN
17 LEE EVANS
18 HARRY HILL
19 SEAN LOCK
20 TOMMY COOPER
21 LEE MACK
22 RUSSELL BRAND
23 DANIEL KITSON
24 LES DAWSON
25 AL MURRAY
26 JACK DEE
27 ALAN CARR
28 GEORGE CARLIN
29 FRANKIE BOYLE
30 JO BRAND
31 ROBIN WILLIAMS
32 TOMMY TIERNAN
33 JERRY SADOWITZ
34 OMID DJALILI
35 RUSSELL HOWARD
36 TIM VINE
37 JASPER CARROTT
38 BEN ELTON
39 REG D HUNTER
40 EDDIE MURPHY
41 ED BYRNE
42 RHOD GILBERT
43 ALAN DAVIES
44 TOMMY TRINDER
45 FRANK SKINNER
46 DAVE GORMAN
47 BOB HOPE
48 JOHNNY VEGAS
49 ROB NEWMAN
50 STEVEN WRIGHT
51 BERNARD MANNING
52 CHRIS ADDISON
53 LENNY BRUCE
54 PAUL MERTON
55 DAVE ALLEN
56 JERRY SEINFELD
57 JOAN RIVERS
58 GRAHAM NORTON
59 STEVE COOGAN
60 ANDY KAUFMAN
61 STEVE MARTIN
62 CHUBBY BROWN
63 PHIL JUPITUS
64 BOB MONKHOUSE
65 JASON MANFORD
66 MARK THOMAS
67 DEMETRI MARTIN
68 PAUL O'GRADY
69 FRANKIE HOWERD
70 JENNY ÉCLAIR
71 DENIS LEARY
72 ALEXEI SAYLE
73 JIM DAVIDSON
74 BILL COSBY
75 PATRICK KIELTY
76 CHIC MURRAY
77 EMO PHILLIPS
78 ARDAL O'HANLON
79 JULIAN CLARY
80 RONNIE CORBETT
81 TIM MINCHIN
82 BOB NEWHART
83 LENNY HENRY
84 DAVE SPIKEY
85 BARRY HUMPHRIES
86 HARRY ENFIELD
87 JETHRO
88 JOE PASQUALE
89 SEAN HUGHES
90 **** GREGORY
91 RIK MAYALL
92 KEN DODD
93 ROSEANNE
94 ARTHUR SMITH
95 JACKIE MASON
96 LEE HURST
97 FRANK CARSON
98 DAVID BADDIEL
99 SHAPPI KHORSANDI
100 FREDDIE STARR

I personally think It's an Insult to Tommy Cooper who I expected to be at least in the top 5. Ricky Gervais is another one I wouldn't have predicted there.

Ricky Gervais is brilliant. Politics and Animals were a bit o' genius. :bowdown:

Let's give it up for Ricky :D

Get the fuck outta here!

I also cant stand Lenry Henry or Victoria Wood. Especially when Wood is higher than Noble and Moran. And Chubby Brown shouldn't be allowed to class himself as a stand up comedian. Stand up prick maybe but not a comedian.

I agree with CunningStunt about Gervais. I think he's very underrated by many as a stand up comedian.

chubby brown was good at what he did, even if you didn't like the topics he got into. Just because he's offensive doesn't mean he's not a good comedian.

Happy about Billy Connolly being at the top. Legend.

Plenty of comedians are offensive. Plenty of comedians are offensive and funny. Chubby Brown is just offensive.

Well, by definition that is. I dont get offended easily.

Lenny Henry is chronically unfunny, and the same for Russel Brand (which is weird because he's pretty damn hilarious when he's in a room with Noel Fielding). I hate Peter Kay too. Shame about the lack of Denis Leary on that list as well. Otherwise, I can't say a lot against it.

My personal top 10;

1. Eddie Izzard
2. Bill Hicks
3. Richard Pryor
4. Stewart Lee
5. Dylan Moran
6. Frankie Boyle
7. Ricky Gervais
8. George Carlin
9. Bill Bailey
10. Rhod Gilbert

Good to see Rhod Gilbert, Dylan Moran and Ricky Gervais on that list Bulldog. I cant really argue with anyt of it bar one cause im not a Frankie Boyle fan.

I like Peter Kay but how I remember him in the long run comes down to hs next tour. If he doesnt come up with any new materal than thats it.

And I didnt even notice Russel Brand initially. I would have bitched about him first before anyone else. Cant stand that guy.

Well, I'll admit it's mainly for those god-awful charity singles that I despise Peter Kay. I guess he's alright as a comic. Boltonians absolutely worship him - he's like a folk legend around here.

As for Frankie Boyle, I saw him in Aberdeen a few years ago, so I'm a bit biased there.

Eddie Izzard gets the top spot for that Death Star canteen joke on its own by the way.

I'm starting to see a trend, chubby brown and now frankie boyle, you say you're not easily offended but you dislike arguably two of the most offensive comedians that have existed.

Frankie Boyle is easily one of the greatest comedians alive right now.

"Last year the pope met victims of sexual abuse at the hands of catholic priests. If I'd been fingered by a priest the last person I'd like to meet is the ultra priest 9,000. It's like fighting the end-of-level boss in a video game."

That could mean of two things. It could mean I lied and I am easly offended and therefore think that these comedians should be black listed and widely discredited.

Or it could mean that I think Chubby Brown and Frankie Boyle just happen to be **** stand up comedians.

For the record I think Frankie Boyle is funny on Mock the Week. From the stand up ive seen though, ive only seem him recycle material that ive seen before and repeatedly insult his audience.