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  1. Kevin Meaney

    Kevin Meaney

    ‘I love to watch comedians do silly things and keep going with them. I could never pull that off.’

  2. Judy Gold

    Judy Gold

    ‘I watched Judy for hours as a comic starting out in New York City. I’ve got a soft spot for those of us who imitate our moms.’

  3. Roseanne Barr

    Roseanne Barr

    ‘I heard that “suck my dick” was a joke she told back in her open mic days and nothing is better than watching her get laughs on an HBO special for it.’

  4. David Spade

    David Spade

    ‘I watched this video when I started out in stand-up and realised stories about personal failure is exactly what I relate to most.’

  5. Dave Chappelle

    Dave Chappelle

    ‘This clip about “Sesame Street” is just pure observational silliness. We forget how silly Dave is. I will always laugh at, “Bitch, I live in a fucking trash can. Nobody’s helping me.”’

  6. George Carlin

    George Carlin

    ‘For when I want to laugh and also kind of get mad and nod my head in agreement.’

  7. Sam Kinison

    Sam Kinison

    ‘Sam was the first stand-up I ever saw on TV when I was eight, and it was the first time that hearing yelling made me laugh.’

  8. Joan Rivers

    Joan Rivers

    ‘She’ll always be my favourite. A woman discussing how it’s a man’s world from a feminist perspective and getting laughs on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1967 – you have to be funny to do that.’

  9. Chris Rock

    Chris Rock

    ‘You can hear the audience finally decide it’s okay to laugh during Chris Rock’s “Niggas vs Black People” routine. It’s Chris’s truth and this comes from a real place for him. It’s risky that people won’t get it. And that’s comedy.’

  10. Louis CK

    Louis CK

    ‘This clip shows what every straight woman instinctually feels. I wish I thought to say it first, but it’s funnier when a man admits it.’

    Read our interview with Louis CK

Jen Kirkman’s top ten stand-up comedians

The US stand-up and ‘Chelsea Lately’ star reveals her favourite comics

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Ahead of her trip to London, we asked Massachusetts-born stand-up and writer Jen Kirkman to run down her ten favourite comedians. As well as her role as a panellist on ‘Chelsea Lately’ in the States, Kirman’s a regular contributor to fellow comic Paul F Tompkins’s laidback podcast ‘The Pod F Tompkast’ who, funnily enough, doesn’t appear in her top ten…

What do you think of Kirkman’s choices? Tell us in the comments box below.

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