1 Frankie Boyle
2 Ross Noble
3 Stewart Lee
4 David O'Doherty
5 Peter Kay

1. Peter Lawlell
2. Alex Salmond
3. Graham Speirs
4. Hugh keevins
5. Peter Kay

1. Frankie Boyle
2. Ed Byrne
3. Jimmy Carr
4. Lee Evans
5. Not strictly stand up - Nina Conti - the ventriliquoist. Amazing

Frankie Boyle
Lee Evans
Peter Kay
Jimmy Carr
Victoria Wood

1. Eddie Izzard
2. Emo Phillips
3. Dylan Moran
4. (Pre-1985) Billy Connolly
5. Jimmy Carr (there's probably better though).

Billy Connolly
Bill Hicks
Bob Monkhouse
Phil Kay
Bill Bailey

In addition to those mentioned above, I have to admit I once laughed so much at a Ken Dodd show, I got a stitch in my side.
About 25 or 30 years ago I made my annual pilgrimage to Wembley but was there from the Wednesday and my mate and I wandered around the west end looking for a place to have a few beers or see a show. We ended up in some nightclub which was quite full and very expensive. The act that night was Bob Monkhouse, and only knowing him from game shows we were going to leave just as he came on so decided to wait until the interval. I'm glad we stayed because he was superb. His material scanned the whole range of jokes from the silliest pun to the filthiest of blue. It was a masterclass.

1 - Bill Hicks
2 - Dylan Moran
3 - Eddie Izzard
4 - Rhys Darby
5 - Lee Mack

Only the first 2 are brilliant throughout a show though, the rest in patches

Billy Connolly

Frankie Boyal

Lee Evans

Peter Kay

Bill Bailley

What is it with people liking Frankie Boyle? He's about as funny as Root Canal Surgery.

My five are

Lee Evans
Peter Kay
Jackie Mason
Richard Pryor
Billy Connelly

David Cross
Dylan Moran
Demetri Martin
Bill Hicks
Richard Pryor

1/Billy Connelly

2/Roy Chubby Brown

3/Richard Prior

4/Steve Coogan(in his early years)

5/Bernard Manning

Frankie Boyle is a legend! Its how he pushes the boundary of what is acceptable and knows it. He has a funny little look in his eye when he knows he done it.

Peter Kay would have made my list if he'd ever actually done anymore stand up. As it is hes done one show at various places with the same material, and no stand up since.

1. Billy connelly
2. Peter kay
3. Richard pryor
4. Frankie boyle
5. Frank skinner

Frankie Boyle
Bily connelly
Peter Kay
Jimmy Carr
Micheal McIntyre

Bill Hicks

Jerry Sadowitz

Stewart Lee

Mark Thomas

Frankie Boyle


To be honest I cant believe so many folk put Peter Kay in, 1 hour of material in 10 years does not a great stand up make.

I put him in because he was the first stand up i watched over and over again, he got me in to stand up comedy in a big way. But i would agree that it is crap that he has no new shows or new material. Even if you watch him on comedy store when he was younger its the same jokes he does.

Frankie Boyle

Jimmy Carr

Peter Kay

Michael MacIntyre

Hugh Dennis (I think that's his name)

1. Frankie Boyle
2.Lee Evans
3.Ricky Gervais
4.Jimmy Carr
5.Russell Howard

I think you'll find Lee Evans is a fall over comedian. He's good at it, mind.

Dave Chapelle
Chris Rock
Frankie Boyle
Richard Pryor
Lee Evans

1. Dylan Moran
2. Stephen Wright
3. Frankie Boyle
4. Billy Connolly
5. Peter Kay

He hardly pushes the boudarys. He is the poor man's Jerry Sadowitz. Jerry is a far FAR better 'comedian' that the unfunny smug git Boyle.

1. Frankie Boyle
2. Lee Evans
3. Dara O'Briain
4. Russel Howard
5. Michael McIntyre

1. Bill Hicks
2. Richard Pryor
3. Dylan Moran
4. Chris Rock
5. Frankie Boyle

The first two are on a completely different level of brilliance from the other three.

Chris Rock
Richard Prior
Frankie Boyle
Rich Hall
Eddie Murphy

Bill Hicks
Richard Prior
Frankie Boyle
Jim Jeffries (Oz comic not the killie manager)
Lee Mack (very, very underestimated)

1. Jimmy Carr
2. Frankie Boyle
3. Demetri Martin
4. Billy Connolly
5. Bill Bailey

Michael McIntyre
Jimmy Carr
Sean Locke
Frankie Boyle
Reginald D. Hunter

In no particular order:

Frankie Boyle
David O'Doherty
Eddie Murphy (when he was funny, he was bloody funny)
Lee Evans
Richard Pryor

I haven't properly scanned the lists so far but I do hope no-one has plumped for Ricky Gervais. As he is an odious twat.

I quite like Ricky Gervais's stand up. Much funnier than that sweaty little twat Lee Evans.

UK
1.Bill Bailey
2.Peter Cook
3.Ricky Gervais
4.Jimmy Carr
5.Johnny Vegas....Just for the extra footage on some of his DVDs, unbelieveable.

US
1.Dave Chappelle
2.Zach Galifianakis
3.Eddie Murphy (his brother Charlie is good too)
4.Mitch Hedberg
5.Chris Rock

An honourable mention to Michael Richards for his ridiculous antics at the laugh factory. Not intentionally hilarious but definetely one of the funniest cringe moments i've ever seen.

Elsewhere
1.Jemaine Clement (New Zealand)
2.Bret McKenzie (New Zealand)
3.Jim Jefferies (Australia)
4.Dylan Moran (Ireland)
5.Ardal O'Hanlon (Ireland)

1. Kevin Bridges - Young guy from Clydebank seriously the funniest thing i have ever seen.
2. Robin Williams
3. Bill Hicks
4. Richard Pryor
5. Steve Coogan

1) Eddie Izzard
2) Stephen K Amos (based on live at the Appolo)
3) Dara O'Briain
4) Michael McIntyre
5) Bill Hicks

Before i would Frankie Boyle in there, but recently i've went off him, as i no longer see him as a comedian, his act is just saying outrageous things that people laugh at as they're pushing the boundary

Lee Evans
Peter Kay
Paddy McGuinness
Franky Boyle
Michael McIntyre

Frankie Boyle
Michael McIntyre
Jimmy Carr
Peter Kay
Lee Evans

thanks for posting that name, googled it and it turned out to be the guy who supported frankie boyle in greenock this year, i was well impressed, only on for 10 minutes or so tho but he had me in stitches!

id go for

robin williams
billy connolly
bill bailey
frankie boyle
dylan moran
no order but williams on top for definite!

According to a survey by "online bank Smile" the nation's favourite comedians are:

1. Peter Kay 2. Lee Evans 3. Alan Carr 4. Catherine Tate 5. Dawn French 6. Rowan Atkinson 7. Al Murray 8. Jack Dee 9. Eddie Izzard 10. Frankie Boyle
Some shockers on that list - Dawn French?! I also fail to see how anyone has ever laughed at Lee Evans.

Also, the nation's least favourite comedians are:

1. Jo Brand 2. Jonathan Ross 3. Victoria Wood 4. Ricky Gervais 5. Harry Hill 6. Jimmy Carr 7. Paul Merton 8. Russell Brand 9. Spike Milligan 10. Alan Bennett

No surprise to see these two highlighted.

saw rich hall other night on live at the apollo...seen him before doing a redneck alias and he was funny as f*ck

Frankie Boyle
Ricky Gervais
Dylan Moran
Jimmy Carr
Bill Bailey

Brilliant... someone else who has seen the legend that is Kevin Bridges - seriously the funniest stand up i have seen. When i saw him there was a table in the audience that werent getting into it at all so naturally fair game for the comics. One guy at the table happened to be the drummer from wet wet wet. Kevin being from Clydebank got tore into him for being in Wet Wet Wet with the immortal line "Marti Pellow... the only cnut who LEFT clydebank to become a junkie"

jimmy carr at 6th least favourite . i guess some people cant handle comedy where you actually have to think. instead they'd prefer lee evans who gets laughs by doing an impression of a retard after every joke.

brilliant, think i may be using that one. The guy was brilliant, just wish he was on a bit longer!

sadly Frankie Boyles ripping of a young boy who wanted to join the merchent navy is pretty much all i can remember joke wise!

Frankie Boyle
Peter Kay
Eddie Izzard
Dara O'Briain
Richard Pryor

1. Eddie Murphy (could watch RAW every week and still p**s myself laughing)
2. Richard Pryor
3. Billy Connelly
4. Dave Allan (brilliant)
5. Peter Kay

Also like Bill Bailley and Al Murray!

1. Ricky Gervais
2. Michael McIntyre
3. Noel Fielding
4. Robin Williams
5. Billy Connelly

Michael MacIntyre is brilliant! His scene about not fucking with Scottish people at airports, and Scottish money is hilarious!

DON'T f**k WITH SCOTTISH PEOPLE

1. Billy Connolly

2. Harry Hill

That's it really - don't really like jokes!

David O'Doherty is my current favourite.

Jerry Sadowitz is my all-time favourite.

To round out a top 5, I like Paul Merton, although I don't think I've ever seen him do stand-up, Harry Hill, and Chic Murray.

Richard Pryor
Bill Hicks
Bill Bailey
Woody Allen
Billy Connolly

Reg D Hunter
Frankie Boyle
Paul Merton
Jerry Sadowitz
Michael MacIntyre

Spike Milligan
Frankie Boyle
Steve Coogan (Though not on his tour just there, fecking useless)
Reg D Hunter
Billy Connolly before he turned into an arse