Remember the old comedians?

[Gaer]

Rosanna Rosanna Danna, Gilda Radner on SNL?
Andy Kaufman on Taxi?
Tim Conway, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor?
Who were your favorites?
When you think of them, do you still giggle inside?

 

[JustBonee]

Saw Andy Kaufman close up, at a small dinner theater in Phoenix back in the 70's ... . He was one strange nervous-acting dude!
..all part of the act of course. Did make you laugh.

 

[Mandee]

My all time favorites will always be Morecambe & Wise and The Two Ronnies.

 

[Gaer]

My all time favorites will always be Morecambe & Wise and The Two Ronnies.

Sorry, Not familiar with them.
I adore Ricky Gervais though and he's from your area!

 

[officerripley]

George Carlin

 

[Gaer]

George Carlin

Yes, I met him backstage. He was drugging up to go onstage, but he did talk to me!

 

[Alligatorob]

Red Skelton and Rodney Dangerfield immediately come to mind. The list could be pretty long.

 

[Lara]

Cheri Oteri steals the spotlight from Will Ferrell
in the Spartan Cheerleader Skits on SNL......

 

[Jeni]

i actually expect that as this pandemic hype wears down it will end ..
like Gilda Radner's character Rosanna Rosanna Danna .... just a awkward smile and a big NEVER MIND

 

[Chris P Bacon]

I remember watching The Red Skelton Show every week. He was great! I also looked forward to Sunday evenings, watching The Ed Sullivan Show. The comedians were my favorite part of the show and he had one most every week, as i recall. Stiller and Meara, Allen and Rossi, Bill Dana, Jackie Mason and so many others. They made the show great for me, even as a child.

 

[palides2021]

I loved watching -

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road To" movies.
Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy"
Fran Drescher in "The Nanny"
Bob Denver in "Gilligan's Island"

Lots more....

 

[RadishRose]

I always thought this guy was brilliant. Richard Jeni; we lost a great one.

 

[RadishRose]

Sid Caesar and Howie Morris perform Double-talk (the lost comedic art of foreign language imitation) in this parody of a German WWII general and his valet. From 'Caesar's Hour', NBC-TV Sept. 26, 1954

 

[Manatee]

I remember Abbot and Costello in the movies. We didn't have TV until I was 19

 

[Murrmurr]

George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Steven Wright are the favorites that come to mind right now.
Woody Allen did some really great stand-up bits, too.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

I would get *cramps* in my cheeks from laughing so hard to Red Skelton

Don't forget Victor Borge!

 

[Geezer Garage]

Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Jane Meadows, and Joyce Randolf, AKA "The Honeymooners". Mike

 

[Geezer Garage]

Mel Brooks and the 2000 year old man, and don't forget Buster Keaton. A tad before my time, but still love him, and Charlie Chaplin. Mike

 

[Alligatorob]

Great answers! Makes me want to find some old TV shows.

Woody Allen did some really great stand-up bits, too.

And a few not so great things. My wife won't let me watch him. But to be honest I really did appreciate his humor, if not his personal life.

 

[Gaer]

Great answers! Makes me want to find some old TV shows.

And a few not so great things. My wife won't let me watch him. But to be honest I really did appreciate his humor, if not his personal life.

Yes, same here as your wife! Don't watch Woody Allen. I think he should be in jail.

 

[Murrmurr]

Mel Brooks and the 2000 year old man, and don't forget Buster Keaton. A tad before my time, but still love him, and Charlie Chaplin. Mike

Keaton is my all time #1 favorite. I own every one of his films that was put on DVD.

 

[Lewkat]

Rosanna Rosanna Danna, Gilda Radner on SNL?
Andy Kaufman on Taxi?
Tim Conway, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor?
Who were your favorites?
When you think of them, do you still giggle inside?

Gilda Radner was hilarious. I laugh, just thinking of her.

 

[Lewkat]

Carol Burnett and her ensemble were absolutely side splitting most of the time.

 

[Alligatorob]

As long as we are talking about before our times as a kid I always liked The Three Stooges, and Our Gang.

 

[Rich29]

Rich Little, Mory Amsterdam, Ernie Kovacs, Jerry Seinfeld