Entertainment & Music Your Top 10 Funniest Australians

[raskolnikov]

My OP appears a bit sexist as there are no females listed.

That's because women aren't funny.

Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski and Judith Lucy were all close to making my top 10 though.

I reckon Wendy Harmer goes ok.

 

[Marklar_33]

Steve Hughes
Tom Ballard
Jim Jefferies

Tom Ballard is very good, but his old sidekick Alex Dyson is brilliant. Very understated

 

[Syd]

1. Peter Helliar
2. Dave Hughes
3. Rebel Wilson
4. Rove McManus
5. Josh Thomas
6. Em Rusciano
7. Charlie Pickering
8. Lehmo
9. Fiona O'Loughlin
10. Akmal Saleh

First Carlton and then this? ^

What horrible thing happened to you during your formative years?

 

[Syd]

I reckon Wendy Harmer goes ok.

Oh * no!

 

[GreyCrow]

Not in any order but memory

Carl Barron
Paul Hogan
Graham Kennedy
Billy Birmingham
Kevin Bloody Wilson
Adam Hills
Will Anderson
Glenn Robbins
Mark Mitchell
Noeline Brown

Is Rodney Rude Canadian?

 

[GreyCrow]

1. Peter Helliar
2. Dave Hughes
3. Rebel Wilson
4. Rove McManus
5. Josh Thomas
6. Em Rusciano
7. Charlie Pickering
8. Lehmo
9. Fiona O'Loughlin
10. Akmal Saleh

You have issues.

To be fair this is a list of someone born about 1995

 

[Plugger35]

Dave Hughes should be nowhere this list.

I wouldn't seriously have him in my top 10 but he can be funny at times, compared to the rest of the flogs on The Footy Show he's like Billy Connolly.

A lot of these seem old. I left Australia 7 years ago and most listed were well along in their career. Nobody new on the scene?

I can't think of any really great young up and coming Aussie comedians, Tom Ballard is OK but Josh Thomas is about as funny as cancer.

 

[Gough]

Please Like Me was a tragicomic masterpiece. Look past the pissy accent, and he's seriously talented.

 

[Catfish Alley]

I didn't mind that. He wrote the show and carried it well. His best friend annoyed me a lot though.

 

[Catfish Alley]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Rob Sitch.

 

[GreyCrow]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Rob Sitch.

I knew I left one out.

 

[Plugger35]

Please Like Me was a tragicomic masterpiece. Look past the pissy accent, and he's seriously talented.

That show isn't too bad I'll admit but that's mainly due to the other actors in it rather than Josh Thomas, the guy that plays his Dad is very good.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Rob Sitch.

Yeah he'd have to be up there in terms of comedy over the past 30 years for his work on D Gen, The Late Show, Frontline, Utopia etc.

I like Mick Molloy too, him and Rob were the two funniest guys from The Late Show crew.

 

[Reynolds Number]

You have issues. To be fair this is a list of someone born about 1995

Perthblue is probably taking the piss.

 

[Firestarter]

I havent been able to make a proper list but these guys would be in it:

Adam Hills
Wil Anderson
Jim Jefferies
Sammy J & Randy (together or apart)
Lano & Woodley (Woodley ahead of Lano as solo acts)
Carl Barron

 

[GreyCrow]

Perthblue is probably taking the piss.

Yes , I may have to put in a smiley. Reads harsh when its not meant to be. But it is a young persons list and that's ok

 

[Underdog]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Rob Sitch.

Except that I did

 

[Ahern2Boof]

Matt Okine, formerly of Triple J, is pretty funny.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Except that I did

Sorry! Good call. Love his stuff.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Scrolling through Netflix right now. Carl Barron is pretty good.

 

[Plugger35]

I havent been able to make a proper list but these guys would be in it:

Adam Hills
Wil Anderson
Jim Jefferies
Sammy J & Randy (together or apart)
Lano & Woodley (Woodley ahead of Lano as solo acts)
Carl Barron

I never liked Sammy J and Randy that much on other tv shows but Ricketts Lane is pretty funny, it reminds me of Lano and Woodley's tv show from the 90s.

Carl Barron is funny but he gets a bit repetitive, I'd struggle to sit through a whole hour long show of his.

I can't stand Adam Hills and Wil Anderson as stand up comedians but some of their tv shows are OK where it's not all about them.

 

[Carl Hooper]

Eric bana

 

[Plugger35]

Eric bana

I probably should have included him in my Top 10 considering he's a fellow Saints supporter.

 

[Cruyff14]

Carl Barron is who immediately sprung to mind.

 

[Gough]

I'd still have Clive James on the top of my list, every time I see a new article of his in the Graund I smile, and Unreliable Memoirs is one of two books, Spike's Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall being the other, that I can't read in public because parts of them still reduce me to a giggling wreck. Can we claim Spike by default? His mum, and brother were/are both Australians.

 

[Plugger35]

I'd still have Clive James on the top of my list, every time I see a new article of his in the Graund I smile, and Unreliable Memoirs is one of two books, Spike's Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall being the other, that I can't read in public because parts of them still reduce me to a giggling wreck. Can we claim Spike by default? His mum, and brother were/are both Australians.

Yeah all his biographies are hilarious reading, Falling Towards England is even better than Unreliable Memoirs imo.

I was thinking about the funniest Australians on tv rather than print, Clive wasn't as funny on tv as he is in print although his 80s tv show was pretty good.