My Christmas Suggestion

ok. Here's the thing to do. (I'm suggesting this because this is something I did just last week, and it has caused me long minutes of merriment.)

Check this list on what turns out to be a Monty Python site:

http://www.dailyllama.com/news/2005/llama270.html

You'll see that it's the 50 comedians voted by over 300 comedians and comedy writers to be the top 50 comedians of all time.

The list:

1. Peter Cook 2. John Cleese 3. Woody Allen 4. Eric Morecambe 5. Groucho Marx 6. Tommy Cooper 7. Laurel and Hardy 8. Billy Connolly 9. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer 10. Richard Pryor 11. Chris Morris 12. Tony Hancock 13. Bill Hicks 14. Peter Sellers 15. Steve Martin 16. Ronnie Barker 17. Steve Coogan 18. Charlie Chaplin 19. Eddie Izzard 20. Paul Merton 21. Eric Idle 22. Peter Kay 23. Larry David 24. Rowan Atkinson 25. Bob Hope

26. Harry Hill 27. Victoria Wood 28. Spike Milligan 29. Christopher Guest 30. Michael Palin 31. French and Saunders 32. Eddie Murphy 33. Bob Monkhouse 34. Rik Mayall 35. Steven Wright 36. Ken Dodd 37. Les Dawson 38. Chic Murray 39. Stephen Fry 40. Joan Rivers 41. Joyce Grenfell 42. Phil Silvers 43. Jackie Mason 44. Eric Sykes 45. Robin Williams 46. Paul Whitehouse 47. Bill Cosby 48. Mike Myers 49. Ricky Gervais 50. Mel Brooks

Notice how many of them you've never heard of.

One by one, search for them on YouTube. Watch some videos. Hilarity ensues. Fresh, unadulterated hilarity. You will be discovering for the first time humorosity that has been causing guffaws around the world, all without you even suspecting it.

In this way I found Vic and Jim. Songs like Cottage Cheese, and Ask Mr. Potato. Oh, and Tommy Cooper, a guy who does bad magic wearing a fez. And a host of others.

Follow my instructions, and you will enjoy this Christmas—one you'll remember for a long time.

-steve