American comedians

You have posted a lot of threads and videos of Spanish TV comedians and humor programmes. Well, we haven't invented anything in Spain, as TV programmes such as Buenafuente, Martian Chronicles or the one with Manu Sánchez were first made in the USA long ago. Spanish hosts like Pepe Navarro or Javier Sardá translated these kinds of programmes to the Spanish TV.
And the same happened with monologues. Monologues or stand-up comedy has been very successful in the USA for many, many years, and "El club de la comedia" was the Spanish programme which introduce this kind of humor in Spain.

Therefore, in order that you know what the original American TV comedy is like, here you are some of the most popular present American TV comedians. You know many of them because of their films, but you'll see them here as pure comedians and in the American TV.

What do you think of them? Do you like them?

Robin Williams

Famous worldwide for his films, he made a career in TV. One of his brilliant ablilities as a comedian is his way of imitating foreign accents, like in this video from American Idol (USA O.T.) in which Williams pretends to be the winner of the Russian version of the programme.