George Carlin (he went south towards the end, he got his politics screwed up, but it is amazingly pertinent that what he accused the right of, the left is doing and has done)
Red leather suit-era Eddie Murphy
Norm MacDonald
Richard Pryor
Dave Chappelle
Ricky Gervais
Redd Fox
Bob Newhart
Rodney Dangerfield
Don Rickles
Foster Brooks
Steve Martin
Somebody I enjoyed when I was younger, and have rediscovered him... Mitch Hedberg