First Quote by Tom Rosenthal

Richard Pryor is my favorite stand-up ever.

— Norm MacDonald

One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that…

— Robert Klein

I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.

— Steve Buscemi

When I came to America, it was Dave Chappelle and a lot of comedians on ComicView. That was my first exposure to stand up…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Before I even knew what stand up was, I tried to make people laugh at school because that was how I made friends, so…

— Bill Burr

I saw Chris Rock do standup before he was famous. I was just a teenager. That will always be special to me.

— Matt Besser

Donald Evans is a favorite person of mine. His worth ethic, his attitude and his dedication really set him apart.

— Joe Greene

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy.

— John DiMaggio

[Televised stand-up] never really makes me laugh. The only one I ever saw that I liked was Richard Pryor, and that was [shot on]…

— Norm MacDonald

Andrew Reynolds, Chris Cole - all those guys are the people I grew up watching and they're some of the gnarly gnarliest dudes out…

— Nyjah Huston

Earl Campbell, he's a beast. I got a chance to talk to him; he's a legend in my eyes. To be mentioned along his…

— Derrick Henry

I was a huge standup fan, so used to get videos every Christmas: Alan Davies, Jack Dee, Lee Evans.

— Chris McCausland