Tribute to the Comedians of Today

Most are familiar with comedy in today's world.  You can tune into the comedy channel and see comics performing their act.  On friday nights, the comedy channel is set aside for just comics doing their stand up act.  There is also the show called, "The Last Comic Standing," where new comics compete to win the title as the last comic standing.  Yes, you guessed it the winner obtains a cash reward. 

So, essentially this article is a tribute to some of my favorite comedians out there today. 

First of all, there is Jeff Dunham.  What can I say about him?  He is very talented with what he does.  Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist.  So far he has six puppets, starting with his most famous: Peanut, Jose Jalepeno, Walter, Sweet Daddy D, Bubba J, and Melvin the Superhero.  In my opinion his funniest character is Peanut.  The reason to why is just how offbeat and crazy he is.  Jeff Dunham's whole act is just superbly amazing.  Ventriloquists talent stun me every time with how they can talk without moving their lips, and Jeff does not fall short in that task.

Then, another favorite comic of mine is Frank Caliendo. I saw him performing on the Comedy Channel one night and thought...who the heck is this guy?  But, then he did the voice of John Madden and I thought he had a great talent.  This guy can pretty much do the voice of any male celebrity out there.  I have heard him do the voice of the president, John Madden, Dr. Phil, Adam Sandler, and Robin Williams.  I find it so intriguing when comics do voice imitations.

Next is: Dan Cummings.  I first saw this guy on Gotham Live, which is one of my favorite comedian shows.  I thought Dan was just amazing.  The last season of Last Comic Standing he was one of the competitors.  I was very disappointed to see that he did not make it very far in the competion. 

Then finally, for this edition of my tribute to comedians article, I will leave with the comedy of Mr. Dane Cook.  I am pretty sure everyone who likes comedy has heard of him.  He is an actor as well.  He will be playing in the up and coming, "My Best Friend's Girl" movie.  I heard him years ago and have seen his show on the Comedy Channel.  His humor is very off beat and different.  I think that is what I like best about Dane Cook. 

So, for this edition of my Comedy Journal, those are my top four favorites.  I hope you enjoyed the article and I will leave you all with a clip from one of the four comedians. 

Thanks to baddudenorris for the use of the clip.