Greatest Comedian.

[BallisticBill]

Billy Connolly
Dave Allen
Jasper Carrott
Ronnie Barker

Occasionally hilarious: Tommy Cooper and (not yet mentioned?) Stanley Baxter.

 

[Vangard]

Stanley Baxter used to crack me up.

 

[Rudolph Hucker]

Mike Reid and Tommy Cooper for me, off the top of my head.

I used to like watching old Norman Wisdom films with Nan.

 

[Manley JP]

Norman Wisdom

Norman Wisdom lived in my Town. Must have been early 1950s maybe before. Just behind ASDA In Hatfield Town Centre, Hatfield. By what was Gracemead house, a former tax office.

 

[Shake2Much]

Billy Connolly and Dave Allen

I went to see Reginald D Hunter recently and he had the audience laughing while he wasn't doing anything - Tommy Cooper was the master of that.

 

[Pellet on Pellet]

Ken Dodd Billy Connolly Jim Davidson to name but a few
I was going to add Kier Starmer but he is just a clown

 

[Mac the Dog]

The greatest for me would be Will Hay, Spike Milligan and of course Mr Stanley Laurel & Mr Oliver Norvell Hardy

 

[Bandits11]

Couldn't pick just one..... sorry
Probably be a few of the above,
but someone who always makes me laugh is Lee Evans

 

[Manley JP]

The greatest for me would be Will Hay, Spike Milligan and of course Mr Stanley Laurel & Mr Oliver Norvell Hardy

Charles Hawtry from the carry ons , I am sure was one of Hays gang.

 

[briane]

An hard one to answer I know. Who do you think is or was the best of the best? For me it has to be Ken Dodd.

ill second that...an audience with ken dodd best ever i still watch both now and again

 

[Rich79]

I don't think there is a greatest as everyone's sense of humour is different.
I can't stand Lee Evans but Emo Phillips used to crack me up.

 

[Xjacket]

Bob monkhouse. I have his book by the way

 

[PBazBarrett]

Royston Vasey (chubby Brown), used to sneak into his garden to get our football back when at school, funny enough..
Not every ones cup of tea, but so so funny..

 

[Byronic]

It is all very subjective - needs at least a short list.
My first offering - which I might revise later...

Billy Connolly
Dave Allen

Russ Noble - has nobody mentioned him yet?

Morecambe and Wise - of course

Bob Newhart and Victor Borge for their soliloquies.
Ever seen this?

My favourite TV comedy show for many years has been
"Have I Got News For You."
Not to everybody's tastes, of course - but humour is very personal.

 

[Danthepainter]

Good question. I still have basic queries about the length of string.

 

[Bluesboydave]

My all time favourite is Spike Milligan, but today I enjoy Sarah Millican and Micky Flanagan.
I used to get dragged along by my wife to see TV shows being filmed at studios in Wembley. Bruce Forsyth was brilliant he didn't use a comedian to warm his audience up, he did it himself, and was great when there was dead time too

 

[Smiler123]

There are so many greats. I struggle with many of the new generation.

My all time favourite has to be Robin Williams.

 

[zx6fighter]

I've got a really sick sense of humour, so I'm going to throw in Doug Stanhope.

 

[Manley JP]

Bob monkhouse. I have his book by the

My all time favourite is Spike Milligan, but today I enjoy Sarah Millican and Micky Flanagan.
I used to get dragged along by my wife to see TV shows being filmed at studios in Wembley. Bruce Forsyth was brilliant he didn't use a comedian to warm his audience up, he did it himself, and was great when there was dead time too

my mom met Forsyth years ago, probably early 60s. He marched into the Ladies changing room/loo, wherever the venue was and started saying "come on ladies the shows starting soon, out you get, come on"... chasing them out of the changing room/cloak rooms into the venue where the show was soon to start.. he was a class act and no mistake- legendary.

 

[Jimbobjones]

Okay , looking through the lists , I now include all the cast of , The Navy Lark , Round the Horne, Just a minute , The Goon Show, Hancock's Half Hour, Whack-O and the Clithero kid.
Radio used to be brilliant.