This list is always changing. Its a little harder to stay up on the new comics and new material now that I'm not in Los Angeles, but I do what I can. There are a ton of great comics, both past and present, but I want this list to be my favorite comics at this moment. At some point I'm sure I will do all time favorite comedy cds, which will include guys like Dane Cook, who I just don't find as funny as I did when Harmful If Swallowed came out, and Brian Regan, who is great but nothing will ever be as funny as his first cd. I am also sure that I will make a list of all time greatest comics which would include guys like Cosby and Hicks. But for now, here are the guys I enjoy listening to...
5. John Caparulo - I think this guy is going to be huge one day. In all honesty, I haven't heard his cd, but I love his Comedy Central special and thought he was great in Vince Vaughn's movie. I saw him live the last time I went to the Comedy Store and he had me in stitches, more so then anyone one of the other 20 comics I saw that night. A lot of it is in his delivery. His rants are great, but at the same time he seems to enjoy his sets as much as the crowd.
4. Greg Giraldo - Again, I haven't heard his latest, but this guy is seriously underrated. OK, he was a judge on Last Comic Standing, so I guess he may not be as unheralded as he use to, but I still say he's underrated. He's the reason I watch the Comedy Central Roasts. Say all you want about Jeffrey Ross being the roast master, nobody is better then Giraldo.
3. Doug Stanhope - If all you know of Doug Stanhope is his stint on the Man Show after Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla left then you are in for a shock if you decide to sit down and listen to his stand-up. He is pretty much as raw as a comedian gets. I constantly find myself laughing extremely hard at stuff Doug says that I really shouldn't be laughing at. I lose it when he starts talking about fucking a Siamese twin and I'm pretty sure he's the only person who can get me to laugh at abortions. He is certainly not for everybody, but I can't get enough of his twisted point of view.
2. Mike Birbiglia - This guy is a true genius. His stuff makes me laugh no matter how many times I hear it. He has morphed as a comic as well. His first cd, Two Drink Mike, was great but your typical stand-up with rapid fire jokes. He's now changed his style to more of a story teller comic, a style that is super hard to pull off. If you have a ten minute bit you want to do and you lose the crowd in the first minute, you're done. But Birbigs never has that problem. He's great at keeping the jokes coming while continuing on with the bigger story. His Dennis Eckersley story is fall off the couch funny. He's well on his way to reaching the heights of the story telling stand-up master, Bill Cosby.
1. Daniel Tosh - I feel like this is a sell-out choice now that he is a huge cable TV star, but I've been listening to this guy since his cd came out in 2005. He's such a asshole, it's awesome! Nobody makes me laugh harder at the moment then Tosh. I love the fact that I get to watch him go off on a weekly basis. The intro to his Web Redemption's is the funniest thing on TV right now.
Honorable mentions... it kills me that Brian Regan, Dave Attel, Patton Oswalt and Greg Behrendt aren't on the list
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