Best physical comedians?

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:02 pm

First names come to mind are Charlie chaplin (r.i.p.), John ritter (r.i.p.), jim carrey (i know hes a polarizing comedian but still), woody allen, chevy chase and mel brooks. Add harpo marx in there too.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:06 pm

woody allen?

buster keaton comes to mind

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:07 pm

From a Stand Up perspective, Arnez J used to kill it in Comicview's golden era.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:32 pm

http://videos.nymag.com/video/Vulture-S ... Physical-C
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best dude

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:50 pm

4 posts in and no one has mentioned Chris Farley? Belushi too.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:57 pm

yeah watched an old matt foley sketch just yesterday so farley was the first one to spring to mind. then chevy
just wanted to post that chris pratt video

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:33 pm

MICHAEL RICHARDS

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:53 pm

lol. kiddddddding. I would give it up to the +1 Farley campaign...Harold Lloyd is great too. Lotta the greats paid hommage to him in their work...

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:56 pm

Jim Carrey>>>>>>>>>

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:58 pm

martin lawrence

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battlecatmeowstab212 · Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:10 pm

siLLy KiD wrote:Harold Lloyd is great too. Lotta the greats paid hommage to him in their work...

/thread

Seriously, his film 'Safety First' is why physical comedy is great. I think the reason people don't often hold him in the high regard of a Chaplin or a Douglas was because he died happy and obscenely wealthy.

Everyone in this thread NEEDS to watch 'Safety First.' It's streaming now on Netflix.

squareboy · Post by **squareboy** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:42 pm

CRASH DDZ wrote:MICHAEL RICHARDS

As much as i hate to agree with the resident fucktard, i have to. I will posit both early stand uproutines and UHF as fodder. Dude WAS hilarious as alot of people do not know.

Galvatron78 · Post by **Galvatron78** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:47 pm

- Charis Farley of course

- Eddie Griffin's old routines - The Michael Jackson on coke routine and the "NIGGA YOU WANT MYYYY PUSSSSSSY!?!!?!" routine is classic....dude jups off the second level of the stage and does like a crazy ass split in mid air LOL.

- Buster Keaton

- Arnez J (glad to see someone mention him, dude was the shit)

- a comedian out of Atlanta called "G-Mann"

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:48 pm

squareboy wrote:
CRASH DDZ wrote:MICHAEL RICHARDS
As much as i hate to agree with the resident fucktard, i have to. I will posit both early stand uproutines and UHF as fodder. Dude WAS hilarious as alot of people do not know.

I remember his routines from a lot of the old Fridays episodes from when I was a kid. He once was on the news segment in a big tank of crickets. As soon as Seinfeld started I was amped to see this guy on something again. I wonder if there's a decent collection of any Friday's shows anywhere? I remember getting hip to AC/DC watching that show as a kid.

PS PM your issues with me to me and I'll try to care?

Sylissez · Post by **Sylissez** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:44 pm

I've seen some Harold Lloyd stuff, but don't think I've seen Safety First. Gonna check it.

Gotta mention Groucho, too. His mirror scene with Harpo in Duck Soup is a comedy classic that's been done to death ever since.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:35 am

No one is going to mention Laurel & Hardy?

intuition · Post by **intuition** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:11 am

darkwingduck wrote:martin lawrence

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did this inspire the rants in the middle of "nutmeg?" too funny, didn't know that.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:09 pm

intuition wrote:
darkwingduck wrote:martin lawrence

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did this inspire the rants in the middle of "nutmeg?" too funny, didn't know that.

Nice, never knew that either.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:43 pm

Galvatron78 wrote:Arnez J (glad to see someone mention him, dude was the shit)

Another comedian who didn't get his props like he should've. Very underrated and hilarious.

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:50 am

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:22 am

did no one mention the gawd Steve Martin yet? Dude has more comedy in his eyebrows than some people mentioned have in their whole bodies.

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:10 am

Not the best, but Robin Williams needs to be acknowledged in this thread.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:45 am

John Cleese

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Mon May 02, 2011 3:52 am

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Mon May 02, 2011 4:19 am

SYM · Post by **SYM** » Mon May 02, 2011 8:49 am

rowan atkinson is worth a mention.

Raphael De La Ghetto · Thu May 05, 2011 3:48 am