- 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.