I'm going out on a limb and proclaiming the great W. C. Fields as our greatest comic Actor.
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08/08/2016 3:24:30 PM PDT by
gigster
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Joe E. Brown. Hilarious. Earthworm Tractor is one of the funniest movies ever made.
To: gigster
Mel Brooks, hands down.
Not just funny, but could also heal the nation. I think if people were forced to watch “Blazing Saddles” annually, and actually WATCH the movie, we’d have 1/100th the racial and ethnic tension we have today.
Brooks is not just a comic genius, he’s a socio-political genius.
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I’d probably pick a ssilent comedian. Silent comedy is the only comedy that stays fresh to me. Jokes get old, but silent gags stay fresh. So, I’ll go with Buster Keaton.
123 posted on
08/08/2016 3:58:23 PM PDT by
Sans-Culotte
("Come back David Dewhurst; all is forgiven!")
To: gigster
Best comedian? Easy. Richard Pryor.
Honorable mention. Eddie Murphy, because Delirious is still as funny now as it was back then, and very un-PC.
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The correct answer is Jack Benny.
There will be other opinions for second best comedian, however.
To: gigster
Take your pick.
131 posted on
08/08/2016 4:04:17 PM PDT by
Stentor
To: gigster
The greatest (in my humble opinion) was W.C. Fields, especially for his films Man on the Flying Trapeze, and It’s a Gift. Second place goes to Bob Hope (best line: “In a dirty glass!”)
132 posted on
08/08/2016 4:04:25 PM PDT by
realEmperorNorton
(Trump 2016 - Is This America, Or What?)
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135 posted on
08/08/2016 4:05:59 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
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To: gigster
Cary Grant - he could be funny or not just serious but even threatening and you believed it.
137 posted on
08/08/2016 4:06:50 PM PDT by
Let's Roll
("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
To: gigster
I had forgotten about it but the hardest I have ever laughed was a scene from “Amos N Andy”. It was of the Kingfish and Andy. Andy is told by the KIngfish that it is OK to grab some hot wires in a basement. It was safe because “the water will insulate you”.
141 posted on
08/08/2016 4:08:14 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: gigster
They were referred to as ‘lectures’ back then, but Mark Twain was indeed a performer....with amazing material. That would be my favorite.
142 posted on
08/08/2016 4:08:31 PM PDT by
AuntB
(Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
To: gigster
Victor Borge
Robin Williams
145 posted on
08/08/2016 4:09:08 PM PDT by
upsdriver
(I support Sarah Palin.)
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150 posted on
08/08/2016 4:11:13 PM PDT by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: gigster
My list would include Groucho Marx, Bob Newhart, and Tim Conway.
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I like the duo of Laurel and Hardy.
To: gigster
In my lifetime there we 2, one was called Stan the other Ollie.
162 posted on
08/08/2016 4:16:17 PM PDT by
Bringbackthedraft
(HILLARY 2016 - SERIOUSLY? What are they thinking?)
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164 posted on
08/08/2016 4:17:34 PM PDT by
mjp
((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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