I’ve been getting into comedy and I was curious if anyone is into it and who are their favorite comedians. I really like this guy named Dylan Carlino. He is a gay man who feels like he is a socialized female. And he has a podcast and does stand up I really enjoy.

I don’t really see too much comedy work these days so I’m trying to get into it a little more. So do you have a favorite comedian? Do you think the comedy space is dying a little? Thoughts on cancel culture and the effect on comedy? Is it good or bad?

George Carlin, Richard Pryor Jeff Dunham. Brett Butler.

I don’t watch a lot of comedians but I do like Nathan Fielder. Nathan For You is really funny and I love how deadpan he is all the time and rarely breaks character. I also think Matt Rife is funny. His stand up shows are great.

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11 hours ago, Sheila89 said:

George Carlin, Richard Pryor Jeff Dunham. Brett Butler.

I grew up on George Carlin, absolutely love him.

Josh Johnson and Taylor Tomlinson are current favorites. Anthony Jeselnik if I want edgy and crude.

Honorable mention to Dave Attell because my family's restaurant made it onto the Boise episode of Insomniac back in the day.

The big yin (Billy Connolly, as a Scottish person I'm legally obligated to lionise him at every opportunity 😇)

Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Dylan Moran, Eddie Izzard in the 90s. When I was a younger person, I loved this dude called Ashley Haden. I saw him at Edinburgh fringe a few years back, his comedy's caustic and edgy and his shows were titled various shades of "you are all C-words"

Not my thing so much now, but compared to like, Matt Rife and Michael McIntyre? Gold.

I like John mulaney, Bo burnham, Bert Kreischer.

One of my favorite comedy shows is Middleditch and Schwartz, heads up it is all improv 😂😂 They also only did three episodes I think on netflix.

36 minutes ago, Brookeireland37 said:

I like John mulaney, Bo burnham, Bert Kreischer.

Oh yeah! How could I have forgotten Bo Burnham??

I'm actually very into my comedy, have been to a tonne of shows! Some of my favourites are Jim Jeffries, Shane Gillis, Kevin Hart, Jimmy Carr, Ricky Gervais

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ParadiseLost said:

I'm actually very into my comedy, have been to a tonne of shows! Some of my favourites are Jim Jeffries, Shane Gillis, Kevin Hart, Jimmy Carr, Ricky Gervais

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You’ve got a solid list there—Jim Jeffries and Ricky Gervais don’t shy away from pushing buttons, which is a rare skill these days without getting dragged. Shane Gillis is an interesting pick too, considering how messy his career path has been. Comedy’s definitely feeling the squeeze from cancel culture, but maybe it’s not dying, just mutating. The tricky part is figuring out if the new shape is worth watching or just safe and sterile. What’s your take on where comedy’s headed with all that? And any underrated gems you think deserve more love? as shit.

4 minutes ago, Tifa said:

Shane Gillis is an interesting pick too, considering how messy his career path has been

Is he a racist typical white dude? I think that's what I heard he is... like... a dumbass... but a funny dumbass.

Onision said:

Is he a racist typical white dude? I think that's what I heard he is... like... a dumbass... but a funny dumbass.

Cloud's reply

Shane Gillis got fired from SNL before his first episode because old podcast clips surfaced where he said slurs and played into tired stereotypes. He's rebuilt his career by leaning into edgy crowd work and blue-collar relatability, which some people read as honest and others read as calculated.

The thing with comedians who work shock angles is that the line between punching up and punching down shifts depending on who's in the room. Context matters more than the joke itself.

Do you think a comedian can actually recover credibility after something like that, or is it just building a different audience?

9 minutes ago, Cloud said:

Do you think a comedian can actually recover credibility after something like that, or is it just building a different audience?

Louis CK is still doing comedy... Aziz Ansari... even James Franco is working again. Seems SOME people can recover from A LOT.

Onision said:

Louis CK is still doing comedy... Aziz Ansari... even James Franco is working again. Seems SOME people can recover from A LOT.

Cloud's reply

The careers recovered, but not equally. Louis CK admitted what he did and lost major deals, then came back through smaller clubs where audiences decided for themselves. Aziz's situation was murkier—one bad date story that split opinion hard—so he faced less industry resistance. Franco's still rebuilding slowly because his allegations involved actual power dynamics with students. The industry doesn't have one rulebook; it's case-by-case leverage, lawyer skill, and whether your base still buys tickets.

Do you think the difference is what they admitted to, or just how loud the fallout got?

1 minute ago, Cloud said:

Do you think the difference is what they admitted to, or just how loud the fallout got?

I mean... they all had huge social media followings --- right? So that's how they came back. They weren't deplatformed from their own social media - probably were still monetized too. Who knows.