re: Scrap it. Dumb idea

It just would boil down to a generally agreed upon 8 in the end anyway if they were seeded their own pods.

So a field of 64 is really a waste of time if they aren’t random.

I mean, if people want it i have it all saved and can bring it back. It started out as me just thinking of comics I like to listen to and wanting to discover More.

It wouldn’t be worth the effort if everyone hated it though.

MCB


Long story short, I’ll be making a bracket for the Board, where we’ll have a march madness style bracket to decide the best comedian. Every day we’ll have a set number of matches. I’ll include some links to short and Long bits for each contender so if you haven’t heard of them you can get a taste and maybe expand your repertoire. Have a laugh.


. Haven’t decided how to seed them or separate the brackets but happy to hear suggestions, also need suggestions for a good bracket maker with online voting. The one I have now leaves something to be desired.

Anyway, these are who I have so far. Remember, this is stand up comedians, not just funny actors. The list is tentative so we can boot and add who we please until we like the layout,

So, without further adieu

Male Comedians Bracket

1 Richard Pryor
2 Ricky Gervais
3 Robin Williams
4 Redd Fox
5 Christopher Titus
6 Jimmy Carr
7 Dennis Miller bumped Rowan Atkinson
8 Norm Macdonald
9 Gilbert Gottfried
10 Joe Rogan
11 Dave Chapelle
12 Jerry Clower
13 Jerry Seinfeld
14 Dane Cook
15 Bill Burr
16 Tim Dillon bumped Fluffy
17 Jim Gaffigan
18 Woody Allen bumped Bill Bailey
19 Chris Rock
20 Louis C.K
21 Drew Carey
22 Ryan Long
23 Rodney Dangerfield
24 George Carlin
25 Eddie Murphy
26 Mitch Hedberg
27 David Cross bumped Patton Oswalt because frick that furious gnome
28 John Mulaney
29 Hannibal Buress
30 Eddie Izzard
31 Aziz Ansari
32 Bill Cosby
33 Bernie Mac
34 Don Rickles
35 Bert Kreischer
36 Steve Martin
37 Mark Normand
38 Steven Wright bumped Theo Von who bumped Bo Burnham
39 Doug Stanhope bumped Larry David
40 Anthony Jeselnick
41 Demetri Martin
42 Patrice O’Neal
43 Billy Connolly
44 Ron White
45 Jeff Ross
46 Dennis Leary
47 Harland Williams
48 Lewis Black
49 Dave Atell
50 Andrew Dice Clay
51 Daniel Tosh
52 Bob Sagat
53 Tom Segura
54 Bill Hicks
55 Ralphie May
56 Bill Engvall bumped Tim Allen Tim’s had enough bumps
57 Sam Kinison
58 Joey Diaz
59 Katt Williams
60 Kevin Hart
61 Russell Howard
62 Brian Regen
63 Zach Galifinakis
64 Steve Harvey


The winner will receive a prize.

TL;DR:Making top male comedians tourney bracket, post your entries

ETA: we’ve got a full bracket and solid list now. Any bumps will have to be very strong contenders.

ETA2: if the Board likes this one we can have another one with musical comedians, prop comics, ventriloquists, etc. the ones that didn’t make this list for space

ETA3: ETA Hard With A Vengeance

about the prize. What I’ll do, the only fair way I can see, is that the first 64 posters to say they want in will be the contestants. Each will be assigned a random number coinciding with a random comedian. That will be your contender through the tourney,

We’ll have a grand prize and possibly some runner up prizes too. Just a fun little extra

ETA4: this Is the preliminary timeline

32 matchups- 4 per day: 8 days
Sweet 16 matchups-4 per day: 4 days
Elite 8- 2 per day: 4 days
Final 4- 2 per day: 2 days
Championship- 1 day

19 days total

Would it be better to start the 32 at 8 per day? Want to give people the chance to watch the material

Just a preliminary version with random seeding