Who was a better Comedian Richard Pryor or George Carlin?

by Trevor Roberts Posted 2012/07/30 19:56:05

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	Richard Pryor	15 votes	22%
	George Carlin	47 votes	70%
	Dave Chapell	5 votes	7%

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Sodahead User 2012/08/04 05:59:07

George Carlin

Because George Carlin is awesome. That's why.

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captain 2012/08/03 03:37:25

Richard Pryor

Pryor was great. But my favorite was Sam Kinison

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the_old_coach 2012/08/03 03:04:01

George Carlin

I believe that over time Carlin will be credited as being the best topical comdeian ever.

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Balladeer-PWCM-POTL 2012/08/03 02:40:55

George Carlin

Pryor and Chapell can NOT be funny without being filthy...as for Carlin there was a time when he was a clean comedian....

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Lana 2012/07/31 19:31:48

George Carlin

Close call but I think Carlin wins

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boltfox20 2012/07/31 19:23:43

George Carlin

+1
Um... why did you add Dave Chapell? He wasn't part of the question. What you should have done was list 'Other... (Please Leave A Comment)' as your third option.

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Trevor ... to boltfox20 2012/07/31 20:13:22

He kind of was the other option. Also soon enough he would be a ledgend like those two.

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Th8nos 2012/07/31 16:31:39

George Carlin

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Ken 2012/07/31 03:33:02

Richard Pryor

+1
Redd Foxx was better

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Kat ♪ 2012/07/31 02:04:40

George Carlin

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santa6642 2012/07/31 02:03:07

Richard Pryor

+1
I could not stand carlin, though he was AN ASS.

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Pele Emerging 2012/07/31 01:04:36

George Carlin

+1
Richard Pryor was funny, but I think George Carlin was a lot more funny!

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jody.cotton3 2012/07/31 00:57:13

Richard Pryor

+1
Richard Pryor was one of the best comedians,,,,

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Brosia 2012/07/31 00:39:34

George Carlin

+1
I loved George and Richard, but I think George is better because of his accurate and time tested topical humor. Richard was better at racial humor, in my opinion.

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realityjunkie 2012/07/31 00:12:15

Dave Chapell

+1
Carlin was good but I saw him live years ago and it was a bit of a disappointment. All of his material was the same material he used over the years. Nothing new. Dave Chappelle makes me pee myself.

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**StarzAbove** 2012/07/30 23:53:17

George Carlin

carlin

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♛Littlɘ Ǫuɘɘn~ƿɦɐɘϯ 2012/07/30 23:52:12

Dave Chapell

+1
They're both better.......than almost every other one, even Chapell....but I like him too.

I love funny......especially intellectual funny.

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Jane 2012/07/30 23:49:40

Richard Pryor

They both made me laugh, I really don't think one was better then than the other.

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John Galt jr or Ron/jon 2012/07/30 23:13:41 (edited)

George Carlin

+1

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seattleman 2012/07/30 22:47:54

George Carlin

+3
I love Carlin. I love Pryor too.

I was lucky enough to see Carlin's last show in Seattle.

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Chaya2010 2012/07/30 22:31:21

Richard Pryor

+2
When it comes to making personal pain funny its Richard Pryor, George Carlin is funny and makes good broad observations about life. They are both funny just in different departments if I had to compartmentalize them two.

Dave Chappelle doesn't have the body of work or life experience and that why I didn't select him although he's very funny. He also tends to centre around race too much.

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Wake The Sheeple 2012/07/30 22:06:17

George Carlin

+6
Part comedy, part social commentary, very political, 100% correct.

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lurx: the soda jerk 2012/07/30 21:59:49

Dave Chapell

+2
Actually I wouldn't want to choose to put any one of these three ahead of the others.

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Philo-Publius 2012/07/30 21:47:17

Dave Chapell

+4
I'm not voting against Carlin.

I'm not voting against Pryor.

I'm not voting for Chappelle over either one of them.

You've listed three comedic geniuses on here, two of which are/were veterans, and one who's young but already has paid his dues and has massive cred, somewhere perhaps even approaching that of these two legends. I can't pick.

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Trevor ... to Philo-P... 2012/07/30 21:55:09

+3
I put chappelle for exactly that reason

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doctorwhofan~Tatae~BN-4 2012/07/30 20:29:27

George Carlin

+1
I haven't listened to much Pryor

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♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒ 2012/07/30 20:28:59

George Carlin

+2
Just my personal taste.

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The Sane One 2012/07/30 20:22:53

George Carlin

+3
Carlin actually made you think with a lot of his jokes.

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kevracer 2012/07/30 20:22:26 (edited)

Richard Pryor

+2
maybe not better but I liked him better

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