James Acaster has a good 4 part comedy special. Jeff Arcuri is pretty active on YouTube and instagram
Ya I’ve seen Jeff Arcuri. He’s great but I’ve only seen his shorts. Does he have long form stuff online?
Bill Hick’s 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.
“I can’t watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.” - Bill Hicks
Mitch Hedburg is a legend. No one has ever had a comedic style like he had. He was taken from us way too young.
Randy Feltface
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.
Jimmy Carr
Fern Brady
Aisling Bea
Fiona Cauley
Lewis Black
Taylor Tomlinson
Kevin Bridges' older stuff is world class too. Haven't seen him recently
Jimmy Carr
Fern Brady
Starting off on the gentle stuff there.
Ismo Leikola
I think his international name is just ”Ismo”
I'm a big fan of both Jon Richardson and Joe Lycett.
George Carlin. Start with Class Clown, it's more approachable than his later stuff but once you get him you can pick up anything.
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.
What are some of your current favorites?
Representing Scotland here with suggestions of Billy Connolly and Kevin Bridges.
Jim Jeffries kills me with this bit. First time I saw it, I was crying with laughter...
I've recently started to like the sarcasm of Lisa Eckhart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXPKN_HfKQg
Norm MacDonald has some great bits
Can I get some love for Stewart Lee?
He's a genius and so am I because I like him.
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
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 he’s tightened up his material and polished the delivery. But I agree with you, he’s less of a common guy and in danger of losing touch.
Mike Birbiglia, Kumail Nanjiani, and Patton Oswalt are three recentish faves of mine
Not standup, but a comedy improv group: shoot from the hip.
They have a lot of stuff on youtube
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.
Jimeoin. Northern Irish comedian.
Two of my favorites are Kyle Kinaine and Dave Stone
Alex Edelman: Just for Us (2024). It’s well constructed, original, and makes a statement.
I gigged with Alex Edelman, he's a nice dude.
More Trevor Noah please.
Kill Tony, sometimes the jokes are good and the interviews can be good when they aren't.
Anthony Jeselnek, if you like dark humor.
Older Amy Schumer, if you like dark humor, newer Amy Schumer if you have a liberal arts sense of humor.
Kam Patterson, if you like black humor, rocks, and hood shit
Randy Feltface, if you like puppet humor and Australian accents.
Jeff Dunham, if you like puppet humor and stereotypes.
Casey Rocket, if you like stupid irreverent brilliant insanity.
Bo Burnham, if you like brilliant poignant commentary of a jester mocking himself and society.
Theo Von, if you like redneck humor.
Ron White, if you like alcoholic redneck humor.
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