- Jerry Seinfeld: the goat of observational comedy
- Dave Chappell: storytelling comedy, world building, dark humor
- Steve Martin: the king of uniqueness and authenticity, physical comedy
- Louis CK: storytelling and observational comedy
- Trevor Noah: king of accents and language
- Bill Burr: good at being angry
- Tom Segura: conversational storytelling
- Kevin Hart: high energy
- George Carlin: observational comedy and word play
- Bill hicks
- Mike Birbiglia
- Nate Bargatze: very tame funny family humor. Good analogies and pauses.