Gabriel Iglesias: Hot n Fluffy

American stand-up comedian, Gabriel Iglesias is known for impersonations, loud aloha shirts, and animated story telling.

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Some Highlights:

• Drive Through
• Making Cops Laugh
• Drunk
• Chocolate Cake Made me Late
  

AFV: America's Funniest Videos

Although not stand-up comedy as my previous posts, I feel this show needs some recognition because we can all agree, seeing others fall on their asses is funny as hell.

AFV was actually based off a Japanese show, "Fun TV". Bob Saget was the original host, now currently hosted by Dancing With the Stars host, Tom Bergeron.

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Some of my personal favorite videos.

• AFV Mix
• Scares
• Funny People
  

Jeff Dunham

A favorite among many, Jeff Dunham is an American Ventriloquist and stand up comedian who has also appeared on numerous shows and is one of the top-grossing stand up acts and is successful in Europe as well. He is known for reviving the art of ventriloquism using several characters he created for his comedy act. He is the third highest paid comedian in the US behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock.

Dunham uses several puppets, all of which have a unique personality, often times representing a stereotype. In his acts he uses Peanut (in above pic), Walter the grumpy old Vietnam war veteran, Jose the Jalapeno on a Stick, a Latin Jalapeno... on a stick, Achmed the Dead Terrorist (SILENCE! I KILL YOU!), Bubba J the red neck, Sweet Daddy Dee the P.I.M.P., and Melvin the Super hero guy who makes fun of other heroes (and seems to have x-ray vision).

Jeff Dunham Wiki

Below are some popular videos:

• Achmed the Dead Terrorist
• Peanut
• Melvin

Be sure to check youtube for other popular videos.

Stephen Lynch

Stephen Andrew Lynch born July 28 (hey same birthday as me :D), 1971 is a unique stand-up comedian for most of his jokes are in song form. Most of them mock daily life and culture. He released two studio albums and two live albums and has been featured in two Comedy Central Presents specials.

He has announced the making of a new Comedy Central Presents special that is to be aired later in 2010.

Stephen Lynch Wiki

Below are some of the more notable songs and pieces of Stephen Lynch. Enjoy =).

• Special Olympics
• If I Were Gay
• Special Ed
• Divorce Song

Pablo Francisco

A master of the impression genre of comedy, Pablo Francisco is an American stand up comedian of Chilean decent. Starting in the 1990s featured on MADtv, Pablo continued his career and became more well known in 2000 due to the Comedy Central Presents special. He toured with Carlos Mencia and Freddy Soto in "The Three Amigos" special in 2001 and 2002. Since then his been on The Tonight Show, VH1's ILL-ustrated, Mind of Mencia, and Frank TV.

Pablo Francisco is widely known for doing well done impressions of several people and characters, including Jackie Chan, Aaron Neville, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Howard Stern, Casey Kasem, Keanu Reeves, Michael J. Fox, Jerry Springer, Don Lapre, William Hung, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, and most notably Don LaFontaine (the Movie Voiceover King). As well as sound effects and character voices like Count Dracula (as a Spanish Radio DeeJay), Droopy Dog, Chris Rock, Jimi Hendrix, Tony Montana, R2-D2, Kermit the Frog, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ozzy Osbourne, Ricky Martin, Dennis Hopper, Aladdin, George Clooney, Dennis Haysbert, Anthony Sullivan, Christopher Walken, and Mr. Magoo. He also has a talent for beat boxing.

Pablo Francisco wiki page.

Pablo's latest special Who You Foolin? will be aired some time in summer of 2010.

Here is a list of some of my favorite video clips of Pablo Francisco on youtube:

How to cock block someone
Porno Music
Strip Club
Mexican Music
Previewman Parody
Chinatown
Ecstasy at a Nightclub

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George Carlin 1937 - 2008

Perhaps one of the most well known and well renowned stand up comedians is none other than George Denis Patrick Carlin (more commonly known as simply George Carlin). Carlin won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums, and the first of his 14 comedy specials on HBO was first aired in 1977. Carlin was the king of dark humor, and often times noted on politics, American culture, religion, and other taboo topics. Carlin placed second in Comedy Central's Top 100 comedians of all time behind Richard Pryor. He also hosted the first Saturday Night Live.

One of the most famous pieces is the "Seven Dirty Words You Can't Say on Television"

Although raised as Roman Catholic, Carlin became atheist and often denounced the idea of God in several of his routines, most notably in "You Are All Diseased". Check out this youtube video.

George Carlin's comedic themes often revolved around "observational humor" (George Carlin talks about Stuff and Similarities), "social commentary", and the English language, all of which revolve around his theme of "humanity's bullshit". During his "Life is Worth Losing" show, he gave this statement:

"I look at it this way... For centuries now, man has done everything he can to destroy, defile, and interfere with nature: clear-cutting forests, strip-mining mountains, poisoning the atmosphere, over-fishing the oceans, polluting the rivers and lakes, destroying wetlands and aquifers... so when nature strikes back, and smacks him on the head and kicks him in the nuts, I enjoy that. I have absolutely no sympathy for human beings whatsoever. None. And no matter what kind of problem humans are facing, whether it's natural or man-made, I always hope it gets worse."

Carlin's career as a comedian, actor, and author began in 1956 til June 22, 2008 when he died of heart failure.


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About The Blog

Hello any viewers. Or myself, considering I'll probably be the one reading and editing this. They say laughter is the best medicine, and in many ways, that statement is true. Laughing makes one feel good, it is part of an unconscious human behavior, and a signals acceptance and positive interactions with others. There are hundreds of different languages throughout the world, but laughter is pretty much the same anywhere one can go.

That being said, prepare to laugh because in this blog I will feature stand up comedians and other random comical tidbits I find. I will feature videos and info of several different comedians of the past and present. I will also find some not so well known comedians and feature them and their work as well. Expect some best moments, shocking facts, and a barrel of laughs.

- Ricki