Is there a comedian (living) who you just can't stand?

[red dog 1]

For me it's British comic Billy Connolly.
I just don't find him funny at all.

[HopeAgain]

1. Bill Maher

Arrogance personified

[Zambero]

7. In many instances

Maher's actual message outshines the manner in which it is delivered.

[HopeAgain]

89. And in some instances his message

is even worse than his delivery.

[underpants]

105. Saw him in concert. The TV show is really a take/rip-off of Carson

The live show was different.

He really just mimics Johnny Carson's monologue

[matt819]

2. Many of the comedians with Netflix specials

Who are so not funny that I can't remember their names.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Tom Green, Sasha Baron Cohen

Comedy by ambush and confrontation, just not my cup of tea.

[MGKrebs]

4. Do I even need to mention Roseanne Barr?

[PJMcK]

16. She's a comedienne?

Could have fooled me.

[marble falls]

45. She usta be good. Before she met Tom Arnold. Tom Arnold actually is funny ...

except for the time he spent with Roseanne. His sitom I did really enjoy.

[Siwsan]

5. Although I think he's probably a really great person, I can't stand Jim Carrey's over the top comedy

I can't even watch his movies, like 'Dumb and Dumber' and 'Ace Ventura'. I've tried, but I have to turn them off.

The few movies where he's played a serious, or non-comedic character are pretty good.

And I love Billy Connolly.

[dameatball]

32. I liked "Dumb and Dumber", but I do understand your point.

In the old days I felt the same discomfort watching Jerry Lewis and his schtick.

[Siwsan]

49. Same with me, re Jerry Lewis

Actually, pretty much anybody whose routine is based on pulling extreme faces.

[dameatball]

54. Right!

[3catwoman3]

82. It always seemed to me that Jerry Lewis...

...was mocking disabled people. Couldn't abide him.

Don't care for Carrey, either.

[Rhiannon12866]

95. The faces he makes creep me out, starting with Fire Marshall Bill on "In Living Color"

[The Genealogist]

6. Tim Allen

The very thought of him turns my stomach.

[unc70]

23. Agree about Allen with one exception

Galaxy Quest

Thought Allen did a good job in the "Shatner" role. But he wasn't really a comedian in his role. Probably helped a lot by being surrounded by so many of my favorite actors.

[The Genealogist]

25. Never saw that one

Usually if i see Tim Allen is going to be in a project, I just avoid it. LOL

[jmowreader]

116. If you like space operas, Galaxy Quest is pretty good

[underpants]

102. We saw that on DVD and then went and saw Tome Cruise's first Mission Impossibile

in a theater. Allen's bit about running and rolling while eceryone else just walked was funny. Then Cruise did a running rolling thing in MI and we were laughing so loud we got looks and I think a walkby from an usher.

[red dog 1]

28. Me too!

[bettyellen]

8. Louis CK, never liked him one bit.

[Zambero]

9. Dennis Miller

Conservatism and comedy just don't mix well.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Conservative "comedy" is rarely funny because they often punch down

with the result that they just seem mean.

[red dog 1]

31. I used to like him before he became a far right Republican Nazi

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[marble falls]

41. The HBO show was great. And the end.

[unblock]

44. same here, though i never really found him particularly funny.

what i liked about him was that he was well-read and pulled somewhat obscure references into his routine.

as opposed to most other comedians, who find such knowledge something to laugh at, not a way to spice up their routine.

but once he got political,... ugh.

[dubyadiprecession]

106. +1

[Brainstormy]

10. Dennis Miller

[Loki Liesmith]

11. Amy Schumer

[unblock]

40. wow, mrs. unblock and i find her a riot!

[spooky3]

52. I also think she's really creative and insightful.

Some sketches she's done aren't funny to me, but that's true of everyone.

[Loki Liesmith]

56. I just don't like most comedians

And people had mentioned others I hate too.

Last comedian I really liked was Bill Hicks. Maybe George Carlin.

[unblock]

60. nothing wrong with having high standards. really, really, high standards ;)

just wondering then why single out one if basically all living comedians disappoint....

[Loki Liesmith]

70. Well she's just never made me laugh

She just seems like a smirk inducing comedian. Some of the others listed I’ve at least laughed at.

I like her politics tho.

[unblock]

71. that's fair. a smirk is more of a rise than most comedians can get out of me sometimes.

[ploppy]

53. Amy Schumer for me, too.

[matt819]

84. I agree

I’ve tried but I just am not a fan.

[spooky3]

90. How can you not think this one is funny? (warning - if

people are sensitive about jokes about abuse they shouldn't watch this)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Far too many to name but at the top of my list is this douche:

[red dog 1]

35. Who is that guy?

He looks a little like Andrew Dice Clay, but it can't be him, can it?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

39. It certainly is!

[red dog 1]

55. I like the "Diceman"

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

58. I guess!

[unblock]

62. i'll give a bit of leeway to comedians when it comes to various forms of bigotry,

because part of what they do is try edgy stuff, and part of the effect is to get people to actually think about things they otherwise wouldn't.

but there has to be some actual humor along with the misogyny.
dice's routines are based on the premise that misogyny itself is funny.
it's not.

[marble falls]

38. Didn't think it was possible but those pants don't do a thing for him. Eeeeeeay.

[hlthe2b]

14. Adam Sandler

it isn't an intense "hatred" but I don't enjoy him.

[yonder]

19. I'll 3rd the motion on Mr. Sandler

Maybe it started with those Christmas/Hanukkah songs on SNL with that overbearing grin of "look at me, I'm so funny". I just never got on to him and his shtick.

[Ohiogal]

37. Never saw anything funny in Sandler, either.

[red dog 1]

46. Me too! All his movies were crap, imo....Except for.."You Don't Mess with the Zohan"

(It's corny, but worth watching).

[mr_lebowski]

108. No way man, Happy Gilmore is a classic I don't care what you say ...

And the next one I think it was Big Daddy or something like that ... was a quality flick. And the more serious one where he was dying ... not very funny but he did a good job in it.

Some of his SNL skits and songs were classics too.

Apart from THAT stuff though, yeah ...

[red dog 1]

111. I never saw Happy Gilmore

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(I will be checking out Happy Gilmore from the library and will get back to you)

[Laffy Kat]

93. I can't watch him.

I don't like that baby voice he uses for his characters. "The Wedding Singer" was OK, but nothing since then.

[underpants]

103. I never understood the appeal

Everyone just raves about him back on SNL and I just thought it was stupid. I love dumb humor but I just never thought it was funny at all.

[Freethinker65]

15. Adam Sandler? Is he even still around? Never ever found him amusing.

[red dog 1]

48. He's still around, and his net worth is more than $340 million

(Go figure!)

[TlalocW]

17. Dane Cook

Carlos Mencina, whose entire routine consists of stolen jokes and then non-pc humor (which is fine) followed by his excoriating the audience if some people go, "oooooh," after a joke for not being cool like him.

TlalocW

[dhill926]

34. I agree....

surprised I had to scroll down this far to find him. And yep, Mencina sucks as well.

[Laffy Kat]

94. Yes! I turn him off every time he comes on the radio comedy channel.

He really rakes in the $$$ touring.

[tymorial]

101. Oh I so totally agree with this one.

[fierywoman]

18. Dennis Miller

[dchill]

20. I don't know. Is Larry the Cable Guy still alive?

[unblock]

36. still alive, and still not funny.

he does stuff with jeff foxworthy and some voice acting like "mater" in the "cars" movies.

[red dog 1]

51. He is still alive, but his jokes died years ago.

[dchill]

76. Rimshot!

[Submariner]

61. I caught him live streaming on SiriusXM last week

sitting at the beach in the heat with my earbuds on laughing along with the Comedy Greats channel, when Larry came on with his own show "Larry the Cable Guy Weekly Roundup".

I was hoping it would be good, but he and his guest went hard right supporting Trump talking about the wall and everything else. Ripped my earbuds out to cool off I was so pissed.

He's in the Dennis Miller category for me now.

[red dog 1]

63. I think Dennis Miller is actually funnier that he is!

(and I can't stand Dennis Miller)

[Soxfan58]

21. Gilbert Godfrey

Is he a comedian? He sure isn't funny!

[Brother Buzz]

24. Snap!

[unblock]

26. didn't like him at first, but now i find him hilarious.

definitely an acquired taste....

[marble falls]

33. I've seen him when he's absolutely hysterically funny, like the time he stole Ice T's ...

routine word for word at the Hefner Roast.

[unblock]

47. omg, i have to find that!

i think the turning point for me was seeing him in the aristocrats (much later than when it first came out).

[marble falls]

50. Great movie. Sarah Silverman won.

[red dog 1]

57. See reply # 22

[Brother Buzz]

22. Gilbert Gottfried

[marble falls]

27. Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson, Benny Hill, Donald J. Trump.

[red dog 1]

59. You didn't like "The Benny Hill Show"?

btw, this thread is for "living" comedians, and Benny Hill died years ago.
He died alone in his apartment, and wasn't found for several days, I think...(sad!)

[marble falls]

64. I always found his use of women as props in the skits kinda creepy.

[JuJuYoshida]

30. Louis CK

scram

[Cousin Dupree]

42. Dane Cook

[pansypoo53219]

85. YEAH! i tried to remember his name, he was like super hot & i keep thinking WHY.

now where is he?

[Cousin Dupree]

99. I think the only reason why he was so popular was because he was a very good looking guy in a

crowd of mostly unattractive people. He’s just not funny. I think he’s still around.

[mainstreetonce]

43. I have developed a "can't stand him" attitude to Jimmy Fallon

I used to watch him ,but now he really bothers me,

[red dog 1]

65. Didn't he once do a killer impression of Neil Young?

Or was that someone else?

(Now I'll have to go up on You Tube & see if it was him)

[Codeine]

87. Yeah, and an uncanny impression

of Jim Morrison.

[red dog 1]

69. I just watched his impression of Neil Young doing "Old Man"

He actually played the guitar, and his voice sounded just like Neil Young's.
Halfway through the bit, Neil Young came out, sat down next to him , and started singing along.
It was a hilarious bit, imo.

[Wolf Frankula]

66. Several of them

Gilbert Godfrey
Andrew Dice Clay
Mort the Snort Sahl
Carrot Top.
Dennis Miller
Roseanne Barr

Wolf

[red dog 1]

73. I agree with you about the last 3 you listed

But I do like Gilbert and Diceman.
Mort Sahl is still alive - .He's 91, still doing comedy, one night a week on some satellite hook-up.
He has to use a cane to walk now..He lives in Mill Valley, near where Robin Williams lived.
(They became good friends)
I don't think he cares for Shitler very much...I always liked his politics.

Carrot Top, Dennis Miller & Roseanne Barr are three of the least funny so-called-comedians ever.

[Dave Starsky]

96. My wife and I met Carrot Top at a store in Las Vegas.

He's actually a super nice guy. He came up to us and complimented my wife on her sandals.

[Codeine]

88. 100% agree with that list. nt

[GeorgeGist]

67. Russell Brand

I find him repulsive.

[strongermessage]

68. Mike Huckabee - Fake Comedian

[jberryhill]

78. And Rick Santorum

[LisaM]

72. Carrot Top and Gallagher.

Also Sasha Baron Cohen.

[borgesian]

74. steve harvey, jerry seinfeld, jimmy fallon, amy schumer

[GP6971]

77. Carrot Top n/t

[red dog 1]

79. I can't understand the fact that some people actually think he's funny

I just don't get it!

[Mr.Bill]

80. Larry David

I have watched entire episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm and not even grinned slightly.

And I'm pretty easy to please as far as comedy goes.

[unblock]

81. Billy Connolly is much funnier once you realize he's not British.

[Dave Starsky]

97. Does it help to appreciate him if you're Scottish?

Because I never found him to be particularly funny, either.

[unblock]

98. well it might help to understand his accent, anyway....

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

83. Is Johnny Knoxville considered a comedian?

If so

Or not

I CAN'T STAND HIM

[Codeine]

86. Probably 90% of them.

Off the top of my head I’d have to say Katt Williams is one of the worst. Just not even vaguely funny.

Any of the hillbilly comedian types. That shit is impossible.

Honestly, the list of comedians I hate is so much longer than the list I like it would take all week to get through. I’m a curmudgeonly little bastard.

[Blue Owl]

91. Kenny Bania

He's a hack! A hack, Jerry!

[red dog 1]

109. Ha Ha Ha Ha

[smirkymonkey]

92. Sam Kinison

I can't stand loud, obnoxious, crude "comedians".

Actually, I think he's dead, but he was the first person who leapt to mind.

[Calista241]

100. I cannot believe nobody has even mentioned Gallagher yet.

That guy was the original most popular, totally not funny comedian.

[underpants]

104. He actually appeared here a month or so ago

I knew that a relative was using his name at one point (brother?) and that Gallagher, who'd agreed to the use of the name, ended up suing him.

The recent appearance was him I think. No I never thought he was all that funny either but my folks loved him.

[lunasun]

107. Many

[mr_lebowski]

110. Phew, no mention of Ron White ...

Thought for sure I'd have to scold someone for being totally wrong before I got to the bottom of the thread ... lol ... Ron is the MAN ...

Now watch, like 5 people will be all OH WOW I forgot to say Ron White! God, I hate that guy! Lol ...

I also thought for sure I'd see some other inexplicable picks like Eddie Murphy, Bill Cosby (the comedian, not the man), Dave Chappelle, Kathleen Madigan, Maria Bamford, Jim Gaffigan, Patton Oswalt, Eddie Izzard, Steven Wright, Emo Phillips, or Russell Peters ... I'm really glad nobody picked any of them, cause they're all great (or at least WERE, in their day).

I will say I can't really get into Amy Schumer, and trust me, I ain't uptight, she's just not that funny most of the time.

My pick for this list though is Gilbert Gottfried. Dude is WAY annoying and not funny.

[Leith]

112. Bill Burr

I just find him irritating.

[Alpeduez21]

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[red dog 1]

115. Another entertainer who laughs at his own jokes is Billy Connolly

I can't stand comedians who laugh at their own jokes!