Comedy Playoff: Semi Final ~ Colbert v Cosby v CK v Gervias v Belushi?

Ricky Gervais! Without even trying. youtube.com/watch?v=zXhSqmfRTfY.

The answer is RICKY GERVAIS. Don't believe me? Just watch this: youtube.com/watch?v=qQyAJAIg0vg Also, he's responsible for some of the best audio and video podcasts of all time: rickygervais.com/podcast.php.

It is really hard to choose. But it is semi-finals - it is supposed to be hard! I think Cosby or Colbert will win this.

Cosby is very good at comedy and also he was the #1 role model for dads, like Martha Stewart was for moms - so should get lot of votes! But, I am voting for the winner here - COLBERT! Why?

- Through comedy, he is bringing on a revolution. - More and more people are getting news from him and John Stewart -The Colbert Report. Is one of Comedy Central's highest-rated series -Colbert was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2006.

- I Am America (And So Can You! ), was No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller List.

-He has several things named after him like a ice cream flavor, a spider, an eagle, a day and a NASA treadmill See him here roasting BUSH! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-oMlBSiX3g m on The O'Reilly Factor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QquTUR9nbC4 And this video should help him to WIN! Stephen Colbert vs. Rancor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Mkm3QtwgE.

Stephen Colbert you got to give it to this guy his roaste of the president was genius!

I would have to say Bill Cosby hands down on this one. One of my favorite clip from Bill Cosby himself. Brain Damage.

youtube.com/watch?v=8ysFvUizRj8.

Bill Cosby! Due to his own self-destruction, Belushi knocked himself into obscurity. And I think that's where Gervais and Colbert will end up (obscure, I mean.

Not dead....although in the end we all...never mind). Bill Cosby has the CLASSIC humor that will live through the ages. Damn funny man.

Need proof? Watch this. youtube.com/watch?v=_w-AG_yF1Uw&feature=....

Bill Cosby, hands down. He first discovered that he could make people laugh while he was working at a bar while in college. S tips started going up so he kept making people laugh.

He decided to pursue comedy as a career, but his parents were quite upset about it. I'm glad he didn't listen to them! Even though he had become a successful comedian in the 60's, in 1972 he went back to Temple University and finished his education degree.

Hold you sides, here it comes...Dad is great, he gives us chocolate cake.....

Ricky Gervais FTW! He can make me laugh like no one else.

BILL COSBY IS CLASSIC "a. Belonging to the highest rank or class. B.

Serving as the established model or standard: a classic example of colonial architecture. C. Having lasting significance or worth; enduring."

thefreedictionary.com/classic Bill Cosby is classic, he could make a teacup hilarious. So many comedians, especially now, are only funny because the people who they make fun of are messing up so much that it makes writing comedy easy. Their comedy is made for the moment, issue of the day, you laugh and next day it is another issue or famous person who is famous for the day.

But if you don't know the people, or events that they are making fun of, the comedy loses its kick, in fact, once the event is forgotten often so is the comedian who fed on the issue. Even in youtube with so many young people focussed on the here and now using it, Bill Cosby gets high ratings and praise on his videos. Bill Cosby has a highly successful career spanning a human lifetime and he is still going strong.

You only have to look at his imdb resume to see that his professional output is solid and enduring with an astonishing award record of 57 wins and 10 nominations. He wins far more than he is nominated for, and he wins most contests because with Bill Cosby in the running, it simply is no contest! imdb.com/name/nm0001070/ Bill Cosby is classic, timeless, you can watch his material the day he made it, the next day, ten, twenty, thirty, forty years or later probably a hundred years, and as long as the English language still has those words in it - he will be hilarious!

That is the defining moment for a classic in comedy, in literature, how does it survive the ages? Taking the long term view - it has to be Bill Cosby - he has proven his longevity already, the jokes he made when he started are still as funny and as accessible to the masses - BILL COSBY IS THE PEOPLE'S COMEDIAN - HIS COMEDY BELONGS TO THE WORLD! BILL COSBY IS THE MAN!

I don't know how we ended up with this selection for a semi-final. But to break the deadlock, I'll vote #rickygervais youtube.com/watch?v=E_EXqdJ4L7I.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.