Thanks for posting this. I need to think about funny people—something I haven’t done in a long time.
I probably have too many to list/remember, but here it goes:
Old school:
Johnny Carson (RIP) and the skits he did on the Tonight Show
Jack Benny (RIP)
Groucho (RIP) on You Bet your Life
Buddy Hackett (RIP)
Don Rickles
Jackie Mason
Jackie Gleason (RIP) and the Honeymooners
Don Knotts (RIP) as Barney Fife
Carol Burnett and the variety show ensemble
70-s:
George Carlin (RIP)
Rodney Dangerfield (RIP)
English:
Rowan Atkinson and pretty much the whole BlackAdder ensemble
Benny Hill (RIP)
SNL:
Gilda Radner (RIP)
Billy Crystal
Dana Carvey
Phil Hartman (RIP)
Dennis Miller
Chris Farley (RIP)
Norm MacDonald
Straight up comedians/80-s to modern day
Jake Johannsen
Brian Regan
Richard Jeni (RIP)
Cross Overs:
Larry Miller
Robin Williams
This was probably my favorite Carson bit, when he did Walter Cronkite’s last broadcast the way he probably would have done if he could. Regardless of what you thought of Cronkite, this was pure comedy gold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrP5FLOszyM