Mike Birbiglia, Kumail Nanjiani, and Patton Oswalt are three recentish faves of mine
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Two of my favorites are Kyle Kinaine and Dave Stone
Roy Wood Jr. is hilarious and so is Hannibal Buress, pretty much anything from them is great.
Stavros Halkias has good specials, just don't go near the crowd work (but that's pretty much every comic).
Aamer Rahman is great and he just came out from hiatus, check his older stuff first and see if you like it.
Michael Che has good stand up too, even if you know him from SNL and don't like his stuff there.
Mitch Hedburg is a legend. No one has ever had a comedic style like he had. He was taken from us way too young.
Sheng Wang is hilarious, I think his humor would align well with a lot of people here. He has a special on Netflix worth checking out
I'm amazed no one has mentioned Susie/Eddie Izzard yet. Their sets are rather old at this point so I shouldn't be too surprised, but they are all great and I highly recommend them, especially if you are into history at all.
Can I get some love for Stewart Lee?
He's a genius and so am I because I like him.
The randomness of python packaging attempts. Recommend reading the source code of Chimera Linux. How to build a distro and write everything as a script.
And any recent dramas bad reviews on imdb. Forget about watching the videos, the reviews are priceless
James Acaster has a good 4 part comedy special. Jeff Arcuri is pretty active on YouTube and instagram
Ya Iβve seen Jeff Arcuri. Heβs great but Iβve only seen his shorts. Does he have long form stuff online?
Bill Hickβs Rant in E Minor
George Carlin
Mitch Hedberg
Bill Burr
Wanda Sykes
Personally, as much as I loved Bill Hicks at the time, and he died far too young, I don't think his material has aged well. The level of corruption he was railing against just seems cute these days.
βI canβt watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.β - Bill Hicks
George Carlin. Start with Class Clown, it's more approachable than his later stuff but once you get him you can pick up anything.
Jimmy Carr
Fern Brady
Aisling Bea
Fiona Cauley
Lewis Black
Taylor Tomlinson
Jimmy Carr
Fern Brady
Starting off on the gentle stuff there.
Kevin Bridges' older stuff is world class too. Haven't seen him recently
Randy Feltface
Norm MacDonald has some great bits
Ismo Leikola
I think his international name is just βIsmoβ
I'm a big fan of both Jon Richardson and Joe Lycett.
I've recently started to like the sarcasm of Lisa Eckhart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXPKN_HfKQg
Jim Jeffries kills me with this bit. First time I saw it, I was crying with laughter...
Alex Edelman: Just for Us (2024). Itβs well constructed, original, and makes a statement.
I gigged with Alex Edelman, he's a nice dude.
Representing Scotland here with suggestions of Billy Connolly and Kevin Bridges.
Check out the YouTube channel 'Don't Tell Comedy's some pretty funny comedians on there. My favorite is JC Currais: https://youtu.be/3A4TLB7pDm4?si=ppY5EzsxrbZsLVWk
Ha! I came to post this! I've LMAO'd at every comedian I've seen on that channel!
I first watched JCs standup about edibles while I happened to be high off edibles, lol. LMFAO. Dude always makes me laugh.
If you have Netflix Sweet and Juicy featuring Sheng Wang, or Good Deal from Jimmy O. Yang on Amazon Prime.
More Trevor Noah please.
What are some of your current favorites?
Jimeoin. Northern Irish comedian.
Good Lord, zero akaash Singh mention. Lemme fix that.
Here's a Teaser for you.
And yes, he's racist AF, and I'm here for it.
Not standup, but a comedy improv group: shoot from the hip.
They have a lot of stuff on youtube
Nate Bargatze's earlier stuff.
I find his later stuff better, YMMV.
The latest I've seen was the one where he's on a round stage like Elvis' Christmas Special, I think it was 2022. My wife and I felt that he had become out of touch. He is visibly richer, and healthier, and his jokes are less relatable.
I'm surprised I received two downvotes for recommending him. He's about as vanilla as a comedian can get imo.
For me heβs tightened up his material and polished the delivery. But I agree with you, heβs less of a common guy and in danger of losing touch.
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