Stand up is the most irreverent entertainment – facing stadiums of people with nothing but a mic. Its best bits are truly modern day philosophy (shoutout Jester’s Privilege) or absurd enough to remind me to take things less seriously.
Below are the funniest comics I’ve seen. Always on the lookout for more.
* are those I’ve been lucky enough to see live
GOATs (Alphabetical not ranked):
- Bill Burr *
- Dave Chappelle *
- Jamie Foxx
- Eddie Griffin
- Kevin Hart
- Russell Peters *
- Chris Rock *
- Katt Williams
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Aries Spears
- Key and Peele (sketch comedy but too good to not include)
other greats (most specials worth watching): - Andrew Schulz *
- Neal Brennan *
- DL Hughley
- Jim Jefferies
- Eddie Murphy
- Ricky Gervais
- Robin Williams
- Bill Hicks
- George Carlin
- Aziz Ansari
- Mike Birbiglia
- Michael Che
- Ronny Chieng
- Gabriel Iglesias
- Sebastian Maniscalo
- Hasan Minhaj *
- Trevor Noah
- Nimesh Patel *
- Tom Segura
- Chris Tucker
- Jimmy Yang