His best features are 1) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp and 2) The Strong Man. So if you'd like to comment directly to me, please e-mail me at and I'll try to post your comments within my intro to my lists. I refuse to join any social media: FB, Twits, etc. I'd like to read your comments, but IMDB will not allow me to read your comments unless I join Facebook.
#The insurmountable edge plus#
A favorite of theirs may also be a favorite of mine whom I neglected to recall, and so I'll add them to what will become, I'm sure, a 100 plus list. Lastly, I expect some readers will take issue with my selections, mainly because they omit a favorite of theirs. Perhaps it depends on a particular memory on a particular day or simply balancing the enthusiasm of my youth against the preferences of an older self. Yes, I have ranked the first 40 or 50 comedians in some degree of order (but the later additions are alphabetical). With very few exceptions, all my favorite and admired comedians were/are adept at physical acting/clowning, and many were accomplished musicians-as instrumentalists, dancers and singers, which gives them an insurmountable edge over most stand-ups in my opinion.
But, as said, I've not seen them or seen enough of their work.
I chose only those comedians I have watched extensively in movies (mostly) or on stage (less), seen on television or heard on old network radio.įrom what I have read that has been written by reliable witnesses or from the snippets of ancient films that I've seen, I am sure that my list should include Fred Stone (Montgomery & Stone), Dan Leno, Little Tich, Ernest Hogan, Joe Weber & Lew Fields, Flournoy Miller & Aubrey Lyles, Ned Harrigan & Tony Hart, and Bert Williams & George W, Walker (and Aida Overton Walker) at the least, among many others. Comedians, male or female, appear on this list because I admire them (perhaps more than I enjoy them) or enjoy them (perhaps more than I admire them.
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