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Some of My Favorite Contemporary Comedians

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By: Lee H | in: Music |

I started writing this post on June 22nd. I had no idea that 30 miles away from where I was typing that one of the greatest comedians alive was leaving us. In trying to highlight some of my favorite contemporary comedy albums I realized what a huge impact George Carlin had on the art from.

As a child my father always chastised me for listening to music like N. W. A. and Too Short stating that there was too much cursing. I guess he never realized that my first contact with those words was from his record collection that consisted of Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Cheech & Chong and of course George Carlin.

These tracks aren’t meant to be the be all end all of contemporary comedy albums. I just wanted to post some of my favorite bits. There are plenty of other comedians I love that aren’t included but for fear that the list would not stop. Comedians like David Cross, Daniel Tosh, Zach Galifianakis, Doug Benson, Brian Posehn, Dave Attell, Hard N Phirm, Mitch Hedberg (R.I.P.), Lewis Black, Norm MacDonald, Flight Of The Conchords etc.

Who we do have is:

Maria Bamford

Maria Bamford
You might recognize her for the Comedians of Comedy tour with Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn. I’m impressed by her ability to channel her neurosis into something that’s actually funny while most people go the easy route and just have nervous breakdowns.

I heart My Country

Michael

We have Michael Showalter tactfully kicking an audience member and a cat out of his show.

Cats

Patton

There’s Patton Oswalt doing his Robert Evens bit which is one of my favorites. FYI: Patton Oswalt doesn’t run his own MySpace page. Don’t ask me how I know.

Robert Evens

Tompkins

There’s Paul F. Tompkins who you may recognize from “Mr. Show with Bob & David.” What’s great about Paul F. Tompkins is that his comedy is 90% delivery. It hardly even matters what he’s saying.

I’m So Rich

Nick

Nick Thune’s first joke on this one kills me every time.

Comedy Death Ray

Mindy

And finally we have Mindy Kaling who plays the woman I would like to marry but you might be more familiar with her as Kelly Kapoor from The Office.

Comedy Death Ray

Thank you Mr. Carlin, you will be missed.

So, who are some of your favorite comedians?


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Posted on June 27, 2008

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2 Responses to “Some of My Favorite Contemporary Comedians”

  1. Rusty on June 29th, 2008 12:06 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZjMgbRUsZM


  2. Richard Swelling on June 29th, 2008 11:32 am

    Bill Hicks.


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