Todd Barry or Dave Attell would be up there for me.
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Pre-controversial Dave Chappelle was amazing. Then he lost his gd mind.
I agree with everything you say here. I also (right or wrong) tie comedians into their podcasts because all of them have one or make appearances. It's hard not to when you can get those once a week and a special drops every year or two. I listen to a ton of them.
This kind of makes my point I was trying to make earlier. None of those comedians listed peaked in the last 20 years. Maybe Chappelle but he started popping off in the mid 90's. It would be heavily biased based on the age of the people voting.
Awesome. Really like to get more participation on this so some regular committee people can get a break if they so choose.
Agree. Not saying he's my absolute favorite, but I don't see any way Murphy isn't a 1. 'Delirious' and 'Raw' are two of the best sets ever IMO.
Another tough one in comedy bracket is what do you do with Cosby. Vile human being but his comedy was good.
Comedian might be a bracket where getting a couple of younger CF people on committee might be necessary.
Comedian might be a bracket where getting a couple of younger CF people on committee might be necessary.
There was some discussion last year w/ the sitcoms tournament re: Cosby. My view is assessing it on merit. It'd be understandable if votes don't go his way with human element.
He might not get seeded too highly anyway because his stand-up period was so long ago and by this point lost in shuffle.
That indirectly brings us back to the time frame, discussed & mentioned earlier in this thread and something that was a challenge with sitcoms: not easy to assess impact and influence. Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce (and others) are considered trailblazers/legendary, but unless you're a stand-up completist, familiarity is limited.
I guess that indirectly supports the comment earlier by @AgronAlum, even though I disputed it somewhat in my response.
Liked Dennis Miller...but he went ultra RW. I still use his catch phrase " Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong".
I'd be interested to see where Norm got seeded. He's brilliant and deserving of a 1 to me, but his style isn't for everyone. I'd probably vote Chappelle as the best overall, but those older than me would put guys like Carlin and Pryor as their tops probably.
demoncore1031
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Also... Would the seedings be based strictly on a person's stand-up? Some of them become famous actors even though their stand-up act is garbage. For me, Carlin, Pryor, Murphy, and Hicks would be the 1 seeds. Robin Williams was a hack, and Seinfeld is not funny at all. Chappelle is great though. And I would have Mitch Hedberg rated pretty high.
If we do a stand-up tournament, we could post videos for each match-up. Maybe like 5 minutes of each comic's best material, or something along those lines.
IMO Yes which is why I have stand up in the choice.
demoncore1031
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I was hoping so. People probably won't vote just based on stand-up performances, though, but that's probably ok.
Do specials count?
Because Bo Burnham’s “Inside” was one of the most relatable performances in the history of comedy IMO.
Comedians are gonna be controversial and knowing CF it’s just gonna skew older like the Sitcom one.
Because Bo Burnham’s “Inside” was one of the most relatable performances in the history of comedy IMO.
Comedians are gonna be controversial and knowing CF it’s just gonna skew older like the Sitcom one.
