Last Updated or created 2023-08-10
I previously wrote about English Humour, now generic standup comedy.
I’ll write what I know and like, can you help me add to my list??!?
Only a few worth mentioning posted below.
I’m having a hard time to distinguish between One man shows, Standup comedians and alike.
Dutch/Belgium
- Andre van Duin (Old Skool) everyone in the Netherlands loves the guy.
(It is pre-internet pre-on-demand-tv) - Bert Visscher (before he used a lot of people on his shows)
https://www.henriaanstoot.nl/1986/02/15/reading-bert-visschers-book/ - Urbanus (BE) – Fantastic absurd humour
English/Scottish/American
- Billy Connolly – (Nothing I didn´t like about this guy’s humour)
- Johnny “Bagpipes” Johnston – A comedian piper! (Got a dvd of his show)
- Rowan Atkinson – His one man show
- Eddie Izzard – History/general knowledge fantasy comedy
- George Carlin
Other
- Ismo Leikola – Finnish/American mostly word jokes
- Ari Eldjárn – Icelandic language jokes
Oneliner cannons – ( Funny as hell, no long stories )
- Stephen Wright
- Mitch Hedberg
Music comedians
- Johnny “Bagpipes” Johnston
- Hans Liberg (NL)
- Victor Borge ( Hans Liberg got a lot of his material from him )
- Bill Bailey
Naughty
- Ali Wong
- Nikki Glaser
- Jimmy Carr