It's been 20 years. The big names in comedy during 1999-
Chappelle, Carlin, Seinfeld, Will Ferrel, Adam Sandler, Norm MacDonald, Lorne Michaels. Chris Rock.
Is it strange that this list has barely changed in 20 years?
Carlin's dead. All the acts there have stagnated. None are really better than they were in 1999. Chappelle has probably declined a bit.
Who could you add to the 2019 list? Tina Fey and Amy Schumer? In terms of skill, none of them can touch anyone from the 1999 list.
With all the technology, all the video sharing, technique sharing, it's amazing to me to watch the decline of stand up comedy and comedy in general.
I understand most of you see cultural decline in other spheres but growing up I always loved the art of comedy and watching different artists present humor.
many of those weren't stars in 1999 chappelle was still pilot boy ferrell had only starred in 2 movies norm had already peaked in terms of mainstream presence
judd apatow/seth rogen hangover trilogy louis ck kevin hart chuck lorrie always sunny
there's less comedy movies, but way more shows with writers rooms
Luke Roberts
Based Ukie
Ryder James
Comedy has always been shit. It's for clapping seal retards who want a secular sermon. That's all comedy is. Maybe back in the silent film era comedians were concerned with laughs, but all stand-up comedians are just secular priests pushing degeneracy.
John Davis
Alternative comedy is the only true comedy as it’s primarily concerned with getting laughs rather than pushing a political agenda. Unfortunately it’s filled with basedboys and lesbians.
James Hall
>Comedy has always been shit. How to spot a bullied kid
Chappelle made half baked in 1998. He was already a star in the comedy world by 1999. He has gotten worse since then. He hasn't improved. Ferrel was in SNL since 95 and had Night at the Roxbury before 99 which was a very well known hit.
CK was active in '99 too.
You can't even name the people in Always Sunny. That's how weak of stars and names in comedy are nowadays.
There's a real marked decline in comedy.
Angel Murphy
Chappelle actually got labeled an Uncle Tom for telling nigs to clean up, but hey.
For real though that movie underrated as fuck. Same with Dirty Work. Norm's comedy is the greatest of all time.
David Powell
Mainstream comedy is dead because of politics.
Parker Edwards
kevn smith movies were based and redpilled, but he wasn't a kike, seth rogen copies his shit and kikes it up, he gets the kike blessing and becomes huge
James Morris
>Is it strange that this list has barely changed in 20 years? Is it strange that my local DJs have been doing the same job for 20 years? Not really user, when you consider that they all work for the CIA in order to gain trust and push their mind control agendas.
Jack Reed
this meme s growins slowly and i'm starting to like it
Andrew White
found the angry deaf guy
Owen Martin
got any gum
Jaxon Moore
I dont get people who have watched carlin but dont see he talking about the wasps and jews owning everything... All i see on Jow Forums is waspy brits blaming jews for everything which i cant trust if theyre serious or not... Being random bc carlin was a legend
Jaxon Reyes
Wtf
Alexander Morales
I see a lot of people with shit comedy taste
Let's add Patrice oneal to the greats Bill Burr obviously Ricky gervais has had significant impact
Chappelle stole his most recent controversial joke from Owen Benjamin!
"Is it strange that this list has barely changed in 20 years?" no, it's not strange when you choose to myopically focus on those names, in part due to their clever marketing teams... you're a useful idiot, you got tricked lol. try learning some psychology, jesus. lol there's 5 zillion fuckin comedians. Only an idiot would focus on the same tired names from 20 years ago
Nolan Gutierrez
>that’s all comedy is >Citation needed Also I like retards like you going: >I don’t give a shit about xyz it’s for stupid people and I don’t even bother >but lemme tell ya everything about xyz trust me it’s shit I just know it for a fact
I love Norm. I think he's the best comedic mind around right now. I have a soft spot for Sam Hyde too. We need more white guys in comedy. Jews and niggers aren't clever enough.
Asher Cooper
>Ricky gervais He’s nothing without Karl Pilkington
Joseph Lee
Yes, there are 5 zillion fucking DJs on the radio, but most of them have worked at their local station for 20+ years. I know psychology, that's why I know why they do it.
Lucas Allen
Bill Burr. Hates bankers with a passion.
David Rogers
Bill Burr is an example of stagnation.
He's a guy that absolutely had the talent and means to take his comedy to the next level.
For whatever reason he didn't and he's flat lined like 10 years now.
Joshua Parker
Tim Dillon is good Luis J Gomez Dan Soder Shane Gillis etc.
West coast... well I guess they have Tim Dillon now....... the rest of them are garbage (that I can think of off the top of my head anyways)
Robert Smith
he's an idiot
Anthony Cruz
Maybe 10-15 years ago. 2019 Bill Burr wouldn't touch a frank discussion about the federal reserve. You're talking to someone that used to regularly listen to his podcast.
Jordan Peterson
People are not allowed to be funny anymore. Comedy must stick to the narrative or face backlash, same as everyone else who tries to get media attention. Even Jerry Seinfeld, a Jewish comedian who never went too non-PC, has complained numerous times about it. Comedy doesn’t have the room to push the envelope anymore or look at things from alternative angles—you’re an incentive and intolerant bigot if you do.
James Evans
>half baked was a flop there is a documentary about it somewhere
>Chappelle has probably declined a bit >probably
he declined like a rock watched the earlier two netflix specials and i hardly laughed at all i still lmao when i listen to his old stuff
can't say that any new comedian is worth anything they are just lame for the most part or they are trying to score browny points and bash the orange man all the pc shit killed comedy
on a serious note ... amy schumer is the best whale comedian of the new generation
There were some good ones but it's too saturated with certain groups of people who all make the same jokes because they have no individuality. I loved stand up comedy but now every time I try to listen I just get upset.
Joshua Rodriguez
He just made millions from netflix over the past 5 years. New special came out today.
Jaxson Cook
Burr is funny. He just doesn't want to be "Owen benjamin" blacklisted for speaking common sense. Instead he started his own comedy network and sold it (all things comedy)
Nolan Ward
Watching the new Bill Burr show, he just called England fat in Albert Hall.
Brayden Campbell
Comedy died when the liberals hate bush for 8 years and then protected Obama for 8 years and now back to hate
Kevin Hill
Stanhope it top-tier doomer porn.
Chase Jones
I like Nate Bargatze. There’s zero edginess, politics, or even swearing. It’s kinda refreshing desu
It’s too bad Owen lost his mind and chronicled it all on YouTube. Seemed like a relatively smart and decent dude before. Now he’s just a madman yelling at boomers. Too bad.
Grayson Turner
Pretty much the guys I was gonna list
Jonathan Perry
Louis CK
Austin Johnson
Chappelle's alright. He's good for blacks.
Matthew Hill
I’ll check him out. Would be nice to have some apolitical comedy. It's so hard to find these day.
Parker Morris
Anyone watch Nick Dipalo's recent special? Its for free on Youtube, its got a few laughs in there. Him and Patrice were always hilarious together.
>With all the technology, all the video sharing, technique sharing, The technology is what's killing star power. Why give a fuck about any "star" when there are so many alternatives widely available. If 90s had the same level of tech we have today Carlin and Sandler would be far less relevant simply because there would be a dozen of mini Sandlers on twitch, channels with similar style of humour as Carlin on youtube and a dozen of podcasts on top of that. To be a big name you have to dominate the space and in modern environment it's bordering on impossible.
Xavier White
Cosby got totally ruined though for doing the exact same thing
Robert Stewart
at this point I can't see the colors black and white together without seeing a merchant.
Jayden Richardson
>Louis CK Is a kike
Mason Rogers
I didn't watch the latest 2 specials. I saw one of the recent ones he did though and I wasn't really impressed. But Dave has never been a top 3 or even top 5 act for me like others build him up to.
Half Baked was a flop? Eh, Chappelle still had major name recognition from it and I'm sure he made plenty of money.
Lincoln Bailey
Why because he doesn't agree with you. He became self sustainable and is raising a Christian family in the woods.
Calls out flip floper Joe Rogan and Crowder taking money from Glen Beck.
Sounds like you don't know what you're talking about ;)
Leo Torres
Louis Christ Killer
Julian Myers
I'll give it a listen but I haven't laughed at his stuff since he released the Black and White special.
Nathaniel Fisher
Chappelle stole his most controversial joke from banned comedian Owen Benjamin.
His recent shit is lazy
Brayden Wilson
Different period in time. The jews weren't looking for the blacks to get in line with the program yet. They were trying to get them to cause chaos and distractions during the 90s. Now they have a much stronger grip on society, mainly through corporations rather than government, so they want the blacks to get on board with the soulless consumer bugman agenda.
In particular Americans suck. Dumb niggers constantly making the same racist 'white people be like' 'jokes'; if anyone white would do the same with niggers, he would be called a racist and the entire country would be outraged.
We have nigger 'comedians' here too since about 20 years and they just copy those american 'comedians'.
Leo Richardson
Joey diaz is based
Cameron James
Who gives a shit what niggers think about him?
Grayson Jenkins
Da fuk is going on ITT?
Thomas Butler
What joke is it?
Jack Martinez
chappelle still does that stupid 90s black comedy banter
>AWWW SHEEIT WE GOT SUM WYPIPO UP IN HUR TONIGHT DEY SKURRED DEY GONE GET ROBBED SHEEEEIT
Christian Smith
Yeah it was. Back in the 90s they made a stink about him being too conservative
David Torres
him and his jewish handlers have been trying to make him funny to nigs since the early 90s
Anthony Price
LGBT joke. YouTube it you lazy
Asher Collins
One of the funniest movies of that era was the 1997 one "Booty Call."
If you haven't seen it, check it out. You'll bust a gut laughing.
sam Hyde could be at legendary comedy status of he wasn't such a POS irl to everyone he's worked with and a pedo
Ryder White
He wasn't funny though. His comedy has aged terribly. He was just a screaming degenerate.
Colton Carter
the gay necro joke is pretty good but yea, his screaming isn't for everyone
Asher Foster
he didnt get any work for years after that 90s chimpout he was nearly forgiven for it and had returned to to talk show circuit and was about to return to TV when the rape stuff started
Matthew Cruz
Just remembered the time my white liberal girlfriend dragged to a black comedy show in Danbury CT back around 2002. We were the only white people in there (only about 30 people anyway LOL) and every comedian made a joke about us being there. The first guy was at least funny. His was like this: >Wow, people, we've hit the big time... White people are showing up
Hudson Gomez
None of this shill BS itt plz.
Jose Cook
>Talks about jews owning western society on twitter >Comedy career and TV show gets shoah'd. >"It was totally about his behavior to his peers, goy."
>The jews weren't looking for the blacks to get in line with the program yet. Isn’t that literally what they were doing throughout the 60’s up through the late 80s?
Mason Hill
>half baked was a flop
it flopped in theaters it became a cult hit and cleaned up in dvd sales
>le nothing has changed in the last 20 years meme where the fuck did this come from
Lucas Foster
It's the fracturing of culture rather than a decline. There's good comedians rising up today, but they don't get the market share that those men got because there's more market to command and it's harder than ever to get a broad straddle across it. Hell, the guys who're still famous today probably weren't even the funniest of the era, they were just the ones who were funny AND worked hard to get famous by shoving their way into one of the relative handful of institutions that could make fame in that day and age. If you go back to the 1920s and the birth of radio, at one point there was just one or two radio stations even. Everyone listened to the exact same thing. But as the equipment becomes more affordable and plentiful, the number of competitors rises. All of us are clacking away into devices that, amazingly, can put us in front of more eyeballs than the original TV channels ever had access to, and yet we're less likely than ever to be seen by anywhere near as many as those three original channels. It's so easy to produce content that it's hard to get any particular piece of content watched.
These men are still being used because they're legacy. They come from a less fractured era and so they can still command large crowds the way modern comedians, actors and artists find extremely difficult. Even then it's only possible through legacy institutions, which are built on the fond memories of legacy humans (the remains of the Silent Gen, boomers, millennials to some extent). Once those legacy humans are gone, this whole idea of stardom will go with it.
And that's a good thing.
Christian Scott
am i the only one on here who remembers these days like it was yesterday?
