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- He was listed at number one on Comedy Central 's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.
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Jun 29, 2022 · He’s now rightly acknowledged as one of, if not the, best stand-up comedians of all time: He released multiple chart-topping and Grammy Award-winning albums and starred in hit movies.
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- Wanda Sykes. The title of Wanda Sykes best special to date – 2009's I'ma Be Me – gives a sense of exactly what people can expect from her. A veteran of The Chris Rock Show's writing room (the comedian had given her an early break by asking Sykes to open for him on tour), she's managed to project both street smarts and confessional intimacy while onstage, which give an audience the sense that they’re getting the real deal.
- Aziz Ansari. Forget the "Raaaandy!" character – even without his fictional fratboy persona from Funny People, there's few working stand-ups today that are as infectiously enthusiastic onstage as Aziz Ansari.
- Margaret Cho. Think back to Margaret Cho's first HBO Comedy Half-Hour, and the young comedian whose material ranged from how she might get laid after two years of celibacy (answer: cover her vagina with leaves and hope somebody falls in) to life growing up with a loud, Korean mother running a bookstore that sold gay porn ("What is ass master?!").
- Elayne Boosler. Imagine the prototypical female comic of the 1980s: Big hair, suit jacket with shoulder pads and the sleeves rolled up, the ubiquitous brick wall behind her.
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time.
Part live stand-up performance, part documentary, this film is one of comedian Richard Pryor's later stand-up performances. As foul-mouthed as ever, Pryor touches on most of the same topics as in his previous live shows.
Aug 1, 2023 · When discussing the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, Richard Pryor and George Carlin are usually the two names battling it out for first place, and with all due respect to Carlin,...
Jul 19, 2017 · The stand-ups of today are still feeling the shockwaves of Richard Pryor’s impact on the artform. The late comedian, writer and actor was, like his contemporaries Lily Tomlin and George...
Feb 3, 2022 · In 2019, Chapelle accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (via NPR), putting him on a par with his greatest influences, such as Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy, and solidifying his reputation as one of stand-up comedy's all-time greats.
