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Subject: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/15/04 at 7:54 pm
My favorite would have to be Rodney Dangerfield.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/15/04 at 7:55 pm
George Carlin, Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, and Steve Martin are my favorites as well.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: gord on 11/15/04 at 8:21 pm
Eddie Murphy, remember Delirious, very funny ;D
Andrew Dice was ok but his routine got old really fast
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/15/04 at 8:30 pm
Eddie Murphy is also another one of my favorite comedians from the 80's.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: Tanya1976 on 11/15/04 at 8:41 pm
Eddie Murphy!!! Very funny!
Tanya
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: CatwomanofV on 11/15/04 at 9:29 pm
Other: Robin Williams
Cat
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: dinikid on 11/16/04 at 10:28 pm
My favorite 80's comedian was an English guy named Lenny Henry. He had his own show and it was really funny.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: Indy Gent on 11/18/04 at 4:21 pm
I picked Murphy. I lot of the locals liked Kinison because he was on The Bob and Tom Show a lot, but I never really got him. :-\\
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: rubixgirl on 11/18/04 at 4:40 pm
Eddie Murphy out of that group, but Robin Williams, as well as Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg were all great as well.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/18/04 at 4:44 pm
Billy Crystal is also one of my favorite comedians.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 11/19/04 at 9:42 am
Rodney Dangerfield
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: joedeertae on 11/19/04 at 11:06 am
Sam Kinison
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: _adam_ on 11/19/04 at 2:33 pm
Bill Murray and Dan Aykord
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: eightiesfan on 11/19/04 at 3:16 pm
I liked Sam Kinison - my favorite bit of his was when he was on the Tonight Show and did a hilarious take on Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight" - the part where Elvis would lament about his girl leaving him, that's where Kinison did his infamous screaming routine - "You lied to me. You said you loved me. AH AH!"
April of 1992 was a sad month for comedy - Sam Kinison and Benny Hill died within two weeks of each other. Benny Hill is another favorite of mine as well.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: Chris MegatronTHX on 11/19/04 at 4:32 pm
Eddie Murphy is the most iconic 80s comedian. Young, hip, razor sharp quick with his wit. The guy was very 80s. We all remember his Mr. T joke...."Hey boy, hey boy, you look mighty cute in them jeans". The bad thing is that Eddie Murphy's loud mouthed Black guy routine got old really fast. I remember by 1987 in Beverly Hills Cop II his act was really starting to get tired.
Steve Martin and Billy Murray were the most quality comedians of the 80s though.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/19/04 at 8:04 pm
Bill Murray is also one of my favorites especially in Caddyshack and Ghostbusters. John Candy and Monty Python are also my favorites too.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: dcs84 on 11/22/04 at 8:48 am
Bobcat Goldthwaite is incredibly underrated. His signature turn-of-phrase is not only original but very funny. I saw him some years ago on the Larry Sanders Show and I was in stitches. He had a little pot belly and looked a little older but was still as irreverant and inane as ever.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/22/04 at 9:23 am
Bobcat Goldthwaite is very funny, especially in the film Shakes The Clown.
http://shakes.ihateclowns.com/graphics/shakesbanner.jpg
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: Rio_Rhodes on 11/23/04 at 5:14 am
I had to go with Eddie Murphy cuz his funniest work came out in the 80s, but he lost his edge(I guess you'd call it) somewhere during that time and the present, he just isn't the same kind of funny anymore....except if we might be talking about Donkey, then you see it hasn't totally gone away! IMO....
Bill Murray came in second barely, he is probably one of my absolute favorite comedians of all time, any movie he is in is an automatic favorite of mine!!
Rio
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: mandamoo on 11/23/04 at 5:34 am
Most British comedians - male and female :)
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: Skippy on 12/06/04 at 8:33 pm
Who was that Jewish comedian that died in the late 80's/early 90's? He was a little pudgy, had curly reddish hair, I think a mustache, and usually wore sweaters. His bit was usually about family life. I really liked him but can't remember his name. He died of cancer.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: rubixgirl on 12/06/04 at 9:14 pm
Who was that Jewish comedian that died in the late 80's/early 90's? He was a little pudgy, had curly reddish hair, I think a mustache, and usually wore sweaters. His bit was usually about family life. I really liked him but can't remember his name. He died of cancer.
Are you talking about Gallagher?
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: eightiesfan on 12/07/04 at 10:21 am
I remember this one comedian who was popular in the late 80's/early 90's - Bruce something or other (can't remember his last name), but the thing I distinctly remember about him is that he looks exactly like David Crosby. I think I saw him on Full House a couple of times.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: 80smuzikhead on 12/07/04 at 10:39 am
Kevin Bloody Wilson -dirty old bastard, but he still cracks me up! ;D
"If you say you don't wank, you're a liar!
And a fool if you say that you do.
So next time you see Prince Charles on TV,
Remember he's wanked himself too!"
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: bamaman on 12/07/04 at 9:21 pm
can anyone tell me who the comedian was that used to talk real slow and never smiled. funny guy! any help? long hair, white guy.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: AL-B on 12/07/04 at 11:11 pm
can anyone tell me who the comedian was that used to talk real slow and never smiled. funny guy! any help? long hair, white guy.
Steven Wright?
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: AL-B on 12/07/04 at 11:14 pm
I chose Eddie Murphy. I think he's wasting his talent doing these "family comedies" and I wish he'd go back to doing stand up. (I thought he was really funny in "Bowfinger" though...)
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: JamieMcBain on 12/07/04 at 11:24 pm
Steven Wright?
I think so...
"If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?" ;D
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: rubixgirl on 12/08/04 at 10:18 am
http://www.weta.org/static/pressroom/onstage/newhart/images/swright_400x600.jpg
Steven Wright is not dead though.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: AL-B on 12/08/04 at 11:18 am
http://www.weta.org/static/pressroom/onstage/newhart/images/swright_400x600.jpg
Steven Wright is not dead though.
He was also the radio announcer on "K-Billy...where the 70's survived" in Reservoir Dogs.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: kslack on 12/09/04 at 11:36 am
I saw Delirious when I was 11 and I almost died from laughing so hard, so I choose Eddie Murphy. His music career was PURE COMEDY as well. also I'd like to add....anyone but Yakhov Shmirnov.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: Skippy on 12/10/04 at 7:33 pm
After exhaustive googling I found the name of that comedian. It is Dennis Wolfberg. I totally forgot that he was also in Quantum Leap. He died in 1994. After finding out he had cancer he kept on working, even had talked to a TV network about a show. I really miss him. He didn't use race or sex or anger to try to be funny, instead he used life.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: Sean1983 on 12/12/04 at 5:55 am
Quote from: Skippy on December 06, 2004, 07:33:58 PM
Who was that Jewish comedian that died in the late 80's/early 90's? He was a little pudgy, had curly reddish hair, I think a mustache, and usually wore sweaters. His bit was usually about family life. I really liked him but can't remember his name. He died of cancer.
Are you talking about Gallagher?
Can't be Gallagher because I just saw a commercial two weeks ago on TV that he was going to be performing at some riverboat casino near Seattle.
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: moonlightmaiden on 12/21/04 at 2:03 am
Robin Williams and Michael J. Fox
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: PrettyInPink on 12/21/04 at 1:25 pm
Eddie Murphy
Subject: Re: Favorite 80's Comedians
Written By: Howard on 12/21/04 at 6:11 pm
Rodney Dangerfield
Howard