Favorite Oldschool Comedian. Pre 1980. Mine is ......

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Maury Amsterdam. Henny Youngman is a close second.

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1. Red Skelton

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2. Red Skelton, followed by

Danny Kaye -- not really a stand-up, but hysterically funny, nonetheless.

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3. Jack Benny

Abbot & Costello

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4. Danny Kaye

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27. definitely nt

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5. Well favorite group of comedians was 3 Stooges. Curly my fav.

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6. Groucho Marx.

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7. Lucy. Todie Fields, too. She was a scream. n/t

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. Totie Fields. She was hilarious.

She died years ago but funny as hell.

On edit to say - Hickman? :yourock: !! We both have great taste apparently.

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13. HERETIC, I just googled her and there's something about

Rosie O'donnell playing her in a movie. :toast:

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. No shit? hmmm.....lets hope it does her justice......

Totie seemed to break a lot of ground for the likes of O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr. I remember her being on Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas as well as the occasional Tonight Show that i stayed up late enough to watch. She always made me laugh.

I understand her Vegas act used to have them rolling in the aisles.

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9. Buddy Hackett

or Myron Cohen. Two of my favorites.
Can't tell how old I am can 'ya.

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10. Danny Kaye

Mort Saul-------does George Carlin count? (the hippy dippy weatherman)

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12. I recently downloaded

a shit load of Mort Saul from the 50s and 60s. Night club stuff.

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24. Woody Allen..................then more than now.

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. Myron Cohen was great! A favorite joke of his:

Two fellas are sitting in the park.
One says "I can get you an elephant for $200
The other says "What am i gonna do with an elephant? I live in a tiny apartment. I aint got room for a chihuahua pup. WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH AN ELEPHANT?
The other says "He'll hang your hat for you. High. Eats peanuts. He'll press your pants for ya. I can get you an elephant for two hundred dollars"
WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH AN ELEPHANT?
I can get you TWO elephants for three hundred dollars"
The fella says

"NOW your talking"

We had one of Myrons albums. Some of the best Jewish humor/jokes ever!

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19. Two women are sitting in a bar.

Where did you go on your vacation this year?
We went to Majorca.
Where's that?
I don't' know, we flew.

[A HERETIC I AM]

20. A drunken bum.....

Driving the wrong way down a one way street.

The cop says "Hey! didnt you see the arrows?
The drunk says "Arrows? I didnt even see the indians"

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21. Ba-Ta-Bing!

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11. Charlie Callas

He used to be on all of the talk shows a lot. I don't knoe if he's still alive. It was a stupid kind of act, but I thought he was funny as hell.

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32. Callas was a genius...

Lots of comedy is "a stupid kind of act"... the main question is, did he make you laugh?...
Haven't heard his name in ages... he was cool...

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14. Groucho, Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters

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38. I love Jonathan Winters

I actually saw the great man in the flesh in Santa Barbara a couple of weeks ago hanging out in an open-air Indian bazaar on State Street. I acted very cool like I didn't see him there, but I was thrilled nonetheless.

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15. Richard Pryor

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16. Sid Caesar. Oscar Levant.

Levant was known more for his writing and script-fixes, though.

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22. Bob Newhart

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23. I love him!

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25. Phyllis Diller

Norm Crosby

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26. Lily Tomlin.

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28. Bill Cosby!.......Laughed till it hurt!

He's still among the very best imo.

Rowan and Martin......and the whole Laugh-In show was hysterical too.

[Dover]

29. Carol Burnett made me cry laughing too!

As well as her whole cast.

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30. Mort Sahl, Pat Paulsen and Lenny Bruce!

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31. Jonathan Winters

second place, Jonathan Winters

third place, Johnny Carson

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33. George Carlin!

I thought I'd be like the 81st person to post this choice...

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34. Does anyone remember Jackie Vernon? He did dead pan ..

that would make you cry!

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35. Belle Barth. Mike Nichols and Elaine May.

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36. Bob Newhart

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37. Rusty Warren

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