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Some of Lou's Favorite Creative Comedians

  1. Im Alingon Mitra, on Conan, from India, 1/19/15s - excellent writing & good delivery
  2. Wm Andrew Norelli - here on Letterman w 8.1 laughs per minute, laughing 40% of the time and six applauses, all in 6:02 minutes
  3. Wm Armando Anto -
  4. Mm Armando Anto - creative comedy with violin and music.
  5. Wm Bill Burr - here on Letterman for 6:17
  6. Wm Bob Marley - Tempe Improv 2/27/15
  7. Wm Bob Smiley, Christian Comedian with 1:30 video on Terrorist Toothpaste; seen in Mesa, AZ
  8. Wf Bonnie McFarlane; low key, unexpected creativity, on Tonight with Jimmy Fallon
  9. Wm Brad Williams - creative; rapid-fire; here on Being a midget.
  10. Wm Brian Regan - 5 minutes on Fallon and here, doing Emergency Room
  11. Wm Bryan Callen - Tempe Improv 11/12/15; here with Comedy Hero
  12. Wm Carl Hurley - clean - from Kentuckey
  13. Lm Carlos Mencia - many rapid fire accents; Proud American from Honduras (6:13)
  14. Wm Collin Moulton - Good! - House Of Comedy, Phoenix
  15. Wm Craig Shoemaker - Lovemaster - creative; machine gun audience work
  16. Bm Damon Wayans - grandkids; life as a roller coaster (nothing on race :) on Fallon
  17. Om Dan Nainan (NINE-in) - Oriental, very creative, young, mostly dead pan dealing with race etc.
  18. Wm Dana Gould - 50?; suit; acts slow: divorce, teeth, dying - on Conan 5:03
  19. Bm Dave Chappellen -
  20. Wm Dov Davidoff - fast paced and active; Light House w Fallon 6/1/18; Filthy Operatin & Homosexuals
  21. Wm Dennis Miller & Bill Maher exchange on Free Speech vs Political Correctness in 2002
  22. B?m Donald Glover - Shopping w Dad at Home Depot (9:47) - combination of active styles
  23. Wm Eddie Ifft - world traveler can be dirty
  24. Wm Eddie Izzard - on Moses (15:42) and on Religion, Science, The Bible, And Dinosaur-Churches (7:42)
  25. Bm Eddie Griffin - with active hilarious views of and street language for everything, including favorite old Bible stories (1:01:47)
  26. Bm Franklyn Ajaye - Wrote Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy. Here, less on race than usual (7:54)
  27. Mm Gabriel Iglesias - Excellent in every way; Fluffy Visits Saudi Arabia (24:06)
  28. Wm George Carlin - Very creative, four years older than me, died at 70 in 2008. Religion and God (9:36) and God, America, Rights, War and Hats! (13:23)
  29. Wm Greg Behrendt - rapid fire creativity; 48 yr in 2012 Getting Old's A Bitch (4:40)
  30. Wm Greg Freiler
  31. Wm Ian Bagg - some F words
  32. Wf Iliza Shlesinger rapid-fire creative imitations and 6:20 on Fallon; 5:05 + on James Cordon
  33. Wm Jeff Altman - Scottsdale Laugh Factory feature for 25:31 minutes 10/30/15
  34. Mm Jesus Trejo - creative family & dreprecation; on Late Late w James Corden 10/24/17
  35. Wm Jim Gaffigan - Mr. Universe - McDonald's
  36. Wf Joan Rivers
  37. Om Joe Wong
  38. Lm Joey Medina - Puerto Rican; San Diego Comedy Festival; Stereotypes
  39. Wm John Heffron - Middle Class Funny here with train of thought unexpected mostly clean humor
  40. Sm John Leguizamo - Colombian-American w creative act outs & voices , here with Broken Antenna
  41. Wm John Novosad (Hippieman), winner of the 2015 Laughlin Laugh Fest; Late Show with Graig Ferguson
  42. Wm Josh Blue - cerebral palsy
  43. Bm Josh Johnson - deadpan: semi-finalist in Funniest Comic in Texas, 2011; with Little Man routine and, 2017, on The Tonight Show w Jimmy Fallon
  44. Wf Judy Carter - performer, comic & writer of The Comedy Bible:
  45. Wm Kevin James - clean; in Montreal, w James Corden 7/13/17, Jimmy Fallon 4/24/18
  46. Wm Kyle Kinane - w Fallon; lots of funny unrelated references
  47. Wm Keith Alberstadt - Seth Meyers 4:42 - good writing & act-outs
  48. Wm Kyle Dunnigan - at Just For Laughs; (NBC Late Night 48 laughs w 4:40 set of 4 bits & 10.3 LPM)
  49. Wm Lenny Clarke - Tonight Show; w Jimmy Fallon - Holiday wreck; being fat, global warming Boston & environment wackos; subways - 65?
  50. Wm Louis CK - Montreal Comedy Festival - plays in Houston; here on Aviation (sexual misconduct allegations, 2017)
  51. Wm Mark Normand - on Connon 5/3/16 & Fallon 7/20/18 (mostly deadpan; no foul language; not religious)
  52. Wm Mark Viera - Headliner at Tempe Improv in August, 2016 here with, "My Wife's Holiday Party"
  53. Wm Matteo Lane - Buff & gay, with Seth Meyers and here (3:15)
  54. Wm Matthew Broussard - creative: on Conan 7/25/16 & Tonight Show w Jimmy Fallon 2/2/19
  55. Bm Michael Che - 4:56 with Seth Meyers: cretively skirting around race etc.
  56. Wm Michael Kosta - with Jay Leno (6:00 video published on Oct 1, 2012): headlined at Tempe Improv 10/11/16
  57. Wf Michelle Wolf - 4:58 with Seth Meyers: former writer for Late Night w Seth
  58. Wm Nick DiPaolo - roasted Pamala Anderson
  59. Wm Nathan Macintosh - fast, yelling, active & creative; with Fallon
  60. Wm Paul Zerdin, ventriloquist - 3:38 winner of America's Got Talent and Stand Up Live in Phoenix 5/17/17
  61. Wm Pete Lee - low key, humble, nice, unexpected creativity on Tonight w Jimmy Fallon5/5/17 & 12/14/18 and David Letterman & Gay Dudes are Tougher...
  62. Wm Ralphie May - 7:04 rapid fire, intellectual, fat & funny
  63. Wm Rob Schneider - Stand Up Live 1/9/16 - comparing 20's 30's 40's in Sweat Pants
  64. Wm Robert Kelly - Creative & big; w Fallon 12/21/17
  65. Wm Robert Klein - with Jimmy Fallon; old guy w old-guy jokes
  66. Bm Roy Wood Jr - no race; on Letterman; Seth Meyers; Jimmy Fallon (light bulb,thermostat, captain) 2/14/17; Jimmy Fallonn 1/18/19 (fire fighters)
  67. Wm Russell Howard - 8/3/15, 5:11 with Jimmy Fallon; 4/28/17, 5:05 with James Cordon; relaxed Brit, 25, w rapid fire act-outs & accents
  68. Wm Sebastian Maniscalco - creative act-out exagerations 4:22 on Late Night w Seth Meyers & here, with Chipotle; 2019 tour tickets, $30-$668
  69. Wf Shannon Bell - Low key, creative & funny sex talk
  70. Wf Sonja White - Saw at Cozzy's in Newport News, VA: Intro Reel & Southern Fried Chicks
  71. Wm Taylor Williamson - shy Tempe Improvv 4/9-12/15
  72. Wf Taylor Tomlinson - from Laughs & Parents on Conan (9/17) and excellent & improved w Twenties on The Tonight Show (6/18)
  73. Wm Terry Fator - One of the best ventriloquists in the business. Here in America's Got Tallent competition.
  74. Wm Tim Bateman - older; balding; Australian
  75. Wm Tim Conway - OLD @ 80 with Conan O'Brien & Andy Richter; also here as an airline agent w Harvey Korman
  76. Wm Tom Cotter - Mostly clean; Tempe Improv 9/19/15
  77. Bm Trevor Noah - South African Comedian. Live at the Apollo with 8:02 of excellent languages and accents.
  78. Wf Whitney Cummings - OLD @ 80 with Conan O'Brien & Andy Richter