Tom Segura
I admit I had not really gone back to read the OP in this thread until just now. We seem to have limited the thread to comedians we have seen live, but was that the intention? I seen a bunch live over the years. Not sure I can pick out a favorite. Most have not seemed as good live as they have in recorded shows, but that does not mean they were not excellent. I saw Wanda Sykes (maybe she was Wanda Sykes Brown, when I saw her) in the second row of a large, sold out hall in Washington, DC. She was excellent. Better than I had really expected. From that close the feeling was that you could really see her working and she seemed somehow a bit distant from the audience. I bet she seemed more connected from further back in a very packed hall. But fabulous timing/comedic chops. Seemed like a real comedic star.We have threads for Movies, TV shoes, Music and Books but nothing for Comedians so I figured I would start one.
I Rodney once, and will never forget it. One of the greatest comedians ever.Would loved to have seen Rodney on a good night.
Hilarious!Oh wow. Been a while since I saw a comedy show.
My last was the late Paul Mooney at Caroline’s in NYC. Maybe 10 years ago. I love super rude humour but he was waaayyyy over the top and cleared out half the place within 30 minutes.
And he was half in the bag from drinking a few bottles of champagne and went on and on forever. We left after 2.5-3hrs and he was still going strong.
Not a great show from a super talented guy. I mean, he wrote for everyone from Red Foxx, Richard Pryor, SNL, In Living Color, Chappele, etc.
Funny story... After the Mooney show, my wife and I went back to the hotel and my sons (maybe 12/14 at the time) locked the door with the deadbolt. We couldn’t wake them up and it was $500 for the fire dept to knock down the door. My wife slept by the door in the hall and I went to a bar. Told my story to the bartender and he dropped a bottle of Jack Daniels in front of me with a laugh. I closed the place and sat on the steps of the NYC post office (Behind Penn Station/MSG) and smoked a few cigars all night with the bums. I actually had a good time.
Kids woke up at 7:00 and I almost killed the little buggers. Night for the books for sure!
Buddy Hackett's Duck joke was one of the great shaggy dog stories of its day.You brought back a lot of great memories @CCS !
Rodney Dangerfield and Buddy Hackett never failed to get a laugh out of Johnny Carson. Late night TV stinks today.
Tim Vine (British comedian)
I've not managed to see him live yet, but it always amazes me that comedians who predominantly use one lines and puns like Tim Vine, Milton Jones and Stewart Francis can make an entire show of it without it getting tedious.