Comedy Central 100 Greatest Standups of all Time

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Thanks for posting this list, I've been looking for it! I kinda argee with the top 10, I'm not a big Rodney Dangerfield fan, but the rest are pretty much in the right stop. I also think that Adam Sandler, Dana Carvey and Bernie Mac should be higher. I am surprised that Gilda Radner isn't on the list. I love her she is so funny! Besides that, I think this is a good list.

Yes, thanks for posting the list. My alltime favorite remains steve Martin, but the top 10 are indeed good comedians.

Jim Carrey with his rubberface could be higher, or maybe just deserves a special mention on the side somewhere. If Freddie Prinze hadn't died, he might be higher up. Howie was great back in the day. Where's Emo?

Holy crap... you're right. No Emo Phillips on this list is blasphemy.

my favorite is Russell Peters. he is the best. scrabble cheat

Let me disagree with you! I'm surprised that Allen isn't #1!
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That list is like a bad joke. Louis ck should be allot higher, he is probably the best comedian in the world at the moment. I know this is meant to be the all time list, I am sure by the end of his career he will be near the top, if not the top. What is David Letterman even doing in the top hundred, he is with out doubt the unfunniest person on TV. I am guessing the person who made the list is a comedian hoping for a spot on Letterman's show.

No Mitch Hedberg? Come on!

No Brian Regan, Mike Birbiglia, or Kathleen Madigan? Come on now...

the top 2 are right,but it gets hairy from there. chris rock #5? please, I would barely put him in the top 25. Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Redd Foxx, and Bill Cosby are all better black comedians. And wtf is Adam Sandler doing on this list? He was great until I outgrew jiz jokes at 16. Am I the only one who thinks his movies suck too? Tim Allen? Seinfeld is in my opinion the greatest sitcom of all time, but this list is supposed to be about stand up comedy and Jerry is okay at best. And what bufoon decided Roseanne should be #9!!?? No I believe Pryor and Carlin are turning in there graves now, but thats just my opinion and what do I know.

Katt williams needs to be at the top of list

my top ten would be:

1) richard pryor
2) george carlin
3) eddie murphy
4) lenny bruce
5) bill cosby
6) dave chappelle
7) robin williams
8) dennis miller
9) redd foxx
10) don rickles

Yes seinfeld is very cool thank you for the list.

@Roberts34 Louis CK should not be up there, if hes up there where is Kevin Hart, right now kevin hart is the funniest comedian out right now he is like in the top 25

Chris Rock does seem a tad high, but he's probably important enough to be in the Top 10 -- maybe in the 8-10 range. Bill Hicks is an influential and seminal name, so he should have been in the Top 10, too.

WOW no mitch hedberg? really?? and fucking roseanne is in the top 10? mitch hedgerg was a comedic genius. he deserves to be high on this list.

He probably is deserving of a spot, but I couldn't see him awfully high. He does have quite a following even to this day, though.

I agree that Roseanne in the top 10 is a joke. What nobody seems to mention and disregards from even being on the list is the greates comedian of all time - Jackie Gleason.

No Whoopi Goldberg or Mel Brooks but a Gallagher, Janeane Garofalo and Sandra Bernhard? joke

This is really cool. Fantastic website, thanks for this.

1) Lenny Bruce
2) Richard Pryor
3) Roseanne
4) Redd Foxx
5) Bill Cosby
6) Eddie Mmurphy
7) Stiller & Meara
8) Buddy Hackett
9) Shelly Berman
10)Myron Cohen
11)Phyllis Diller
12)Alan King
13)Flip Wilson
14)Bernie Mac
15)Bob Newhart
16)Joan Rivers
16)Norm MacDonald
17)Patrice O'Neal
18)Mo'Nique
17)Rodney Dangerfield
18)John Pinette
19)Robert Schimmel
20)Woody Allen
21)Wil Sylvince
22)Sebastian Maniscalco
23)This tall, slim, pretty black female comedian I saw in Montreal who imitated a woman yelling at the man she killed by his grave "Why did you make me do this?"

Bo burnham isn't On there!!!!!!! Wtf!! Piece of sh** he should be # oneeeee!!!!!!!!¡¡