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119. Sid Caesar on "This is Your Life" with Carl Reiner

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Who is/are your favorite comedian/comedians? [View all] debm55 Mar 18 OP

Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, and Robin Williams. cloudbase Mar 18 #1

Agree. They were so funny. debm55 Mar 18 #2

Jim Gaffigan Coventina Mar 18 #3

Yes, forgot about Jim and George Carlin too. debm55 Mar 18 #4

Love him...seen him twice in person. Nt Mark.b2 Mar 18 #20

Jake Johannsen underpants Mar 18 #5

underpants. Thank you. Bill Cosby has fallen so low. I liked his albums, but I couldn;t listen know. Which is sad debm55 Mar 18 #34

John Pinettte. Sadly, he's no longer with us. rsdsharp Mar 18 #6

Ty rsdsharp debm55 Mar 20 #77

Bob Newhart!! Coventina Mar 18 #7

"Nutty Walt is bringing us a boatload of leaves". Permanut Mar 19 #55

LOL!!! Coventina Mar 19 #60

Thank you Permanut, debm55 Mar 20 #75

Coventina,,,,,, Upthevibe Mar 19 #61

TY Coventina. debm55 Mar 20 #78

Charlie Chaplin Cartoonist Mar 18 #8

Ty Cartoonist. debm55 Mar 20 #76

George Carlin Richard Pryor plus,,, KarenS Mar 18 #9

He was funny for a young audience who could relate blm Mar 18 #16

I'm in Phoenix Metro area KarenS Mar 18 #18

TY KarenS debm55 Mar 20 #79

Of all time I would say George Carlin. Mr.Bill Mar 18 #10

Thank you, Mr. Bill. debm55 Mar 18 #35

Pryor, Carlin, Steven Wright, Bill Hicks, Maria Bamford, Sarah Silverman LudwigPastorius Mar 18 #11

Thank you LudwigPastorius. They will keep you laughing debm55 Mar 18 #36

From early TV days: Sid Ceasar Basic LA Mar 18 #12

Thank you, Basic LA. They were so funny. debm55 Mar 18 #37

Imogene Coca! leftieNanner Mar 20 #96

Ty, leftieNanner. debm55 Mar 20 #98

What a crew! Basic LA Mar 20 #106

Richard Pryor, Katt Williams, George Carlin, Robin Williams LoisB Mar 18 #13

TY LoisB, all are great comedians. debm55 Mar 18 #31

Buster Keaton and Dick van Dyke were my idols growing up. cayugafalls Mar 18 #14

Thank you cayugafalls. I really love silent movies. Buster Keaton and Dick van Dyke are great. debm55 Mar 18 #30

Roseanne Rosaannadanna!!! elleng Mar 18 #15

Ty elleng. Loved and miss, Gilda. debm55 Mar 18 #29

Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Lenny Bruce and no_hypocrisy Mar 18 #17

thank you no_hypocrisy. debm55 Mar 18 #28

Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams madamesilverspurs Mar 18 #19

Yes, to both. TY madamesilverspurs. debm55 Mar 18 #24

Russell Peters is my fav.... Mark.b2 Mar 18 #21

Thank you Mark,b2 debm55 Mar 18 #25

Wow... so many... OldBaldy1701E Mar 18 #22

Oh wow, Yes there are so many. but they all made us laugh. TY OldBaldy1701E. debm55 Mar 18 #26

Almost forgot... OldBaldy1701E Mar 19 #66

A Drag Queen doing a show off Bourbon Street BOSSHOG Mar 18 #23

Thank you, BOSSHOG. You sound like you really enjoyed yourself . Laughter is the best medicine. debm55 Mar 18 #27

We found it incredibly BOSSHOG Mar 18 #32

Thank you BOSSHOG. Great memories are the best. debm55 Mar 18 #39

and Carol Burnett!!! elleng Mar 18 #33

How could I forget Carol. Her show was LOL funny. Thank you elleng. debm55 Mar 18 #40

Mercy Percy Squeaky41 Mar 18 #38

Don;t remember the show, but I have seen clips of them. Another LOL show. TY, Squeaky41. debm55 Mar 18 #41

OMG Kovacs was a comic genius! I am old enough to remember his show yellowdogintexas Mar 18 #43

And the Nairobi Trio! Permanut Mar 19 #56

I am going with current because all my favorite comedians from the past are no longer here yellowdogintexas Mar 18 #42

Ty yellowdogintexas debm55 Mar 20 #74

Phyllis Diller was pretty damn funny... 3catwoman3 Mar 18 #44

Ty, 3catwoman3 debm55 Mar 20 #80

Mel Brooks and The Wizard Mar 18 #45

TY, The Wizard debm55 Mar 20 #81

George Carlin, Hannah Gadsby and Tig Notaro Lunabell Mar 18 #46

Tig is fun to watch limbicnuminousity Mar 19 #51

TY Lunabell debm55 Mar 20 #82

paul winchell ,(vaudaville, radio and tv.) red skelton(early tv) lucy ball.(tv).. without her, thered be no star trek AllaN01Bear Mar 18 #47

Ty, AllaN01Bear debm55 Mar 20 #91

Lot of oldies have been mentioned. But I'll go with a newer one. Xolodno Mar 18 #48

TY, Xolodno debm55 Mar 20 #92

Rhys Darby... Tikki Mar 19 #49

TY Tikki debm55 Mar 20 #94

Neal Brennan, Iliza Schlesinger. limbicnuminousity Mar 19 #50

TY limbicnuminousity. debm55 Mar 20 #97

Kathleen Madigan and Trea Crowder. rubbersole Mar 19 #52

rubbersole...... Upthevibe Mar 19 #63

I haven't heard it, but I'm going to now. Thank you! rubbersole Mar 19 #70

rubbersole .............. Upthevibe Mar 20 #73

Thank you, Utv! rubbersole Mar 20 #118

TY rubbersole. debm55 Mar 20 #99

Whoopee Goldberg when she used to do standup. RandySF Mar 19 #53

TY, RandySF debm55 Mar 20 #100

Phil Hendrie. I can't count the times he's had me laughing so hard that I couldn't breathe. C Moon Mar 19 #54

TY, CMoon. debm55 Mar 20 #103

Thanks for all the reminders. returnee Mar 20 #116

Wanda Sykes NJCher Mar 19 #57

TY NJCher debm55 Mar 20 #109

Robin Williams, George Carlin, and Tom Poston lapfog_1 Mar 19 #58

TY lapfog_1 debm55 Mar 20 #108

George Wallace, Lewis Black, George Carlin and Richard Pryor. brush Mar 19 #59

Ty brush debm55 Mar 20 #110

Robin Williams. Elessar Zappa Mar 19 #62

Thank you Elessar Zappa, Me too. debm55 Mar 20 #111

Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, George Carlin Mad_Dem_X Mar 19 #64

Thank you Mad_Dem_X debm55 Mar 20 #112

Why Mel Brooks is ....VERY, VERY, IMPORTANT...Mel created movies so you could see his comedies . (you can also learn Stuart G Mar 19 #65

Over the years I've gotten the most laughs from The Smothers Brothers lpbk2713 Mar 19 #68

Every is fine. Ty lpbk2713 debm55 Mar 20 #90

Agree, Ty Stuart G. debm55 Mar 20 #113

Dennis Wolfberg Polybius Mar 19 #67

Thank you Polyblus. debm55 Mar 20 #89

Mel Brooks. malthaussen Mar 19 #69

TY Mal debm55 Mar 20 #86

Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin and Joe E Brown Emile Mar 19 #71

TY Emile debm55 Mar 20 #85

Robin Rebl2 Mar 19 #72

Ty Rebl2 debm55 Mar 20 #83

Chris Rock. Kate McKinnon, Richard Pryor, Eddy Murphy, Steve Martin Jrose Mar 20 #84

TY Jrose debm55 Mar 20 #115

Everyone previously mentioned and FalloutShelter Mar 20 #87

Ty, FalloutShelter. debm55 Mar 20 #88

Art Metrano Doc_Technical Mar 20 #93

TY Doc_Techical debm55 Mar 20 #105

Rodney MichMan Mar 20 #95

Ty, MichMan debm55 Mar 20 #101

Both jokes are hilarious 😂 Emile Mar 20 #117

Lenny Bruce thucythucy Mar 20 #102

Ty thucythucy debm55 Mar 20 #104

Mitch Hedberg ibeplato Mar 20 #107

TY ibeplato. debm55 Mar 20 #114

Sid Caesar on "This is Your Life" with Carl Reiner ailsagirl Mar 20 #119

Thank you, allsagirl debm55 Mar 20 #120

I would also include GP6971 Mar 20 #121

agree Thank you GP6971 debm55 Mar 20 #122

My favorite 2 comedians are the first ones. Lucille & Ricky from ..."I Love Lucy" Stuart G Mar 24 #123