These are the 100 Greatest Stand Up Comics of All Time as ranked by Comedy Central and discussed by comedians Greg Giraldo, Dom Irerra, Judy Gold, and Mario Joyner and rotating guests Phyllis Diller, Richard Jeni, Pat Cooper, David Brenner, and Richard Lewis. They aired the list over the course of the week of April 12th-16th on Comedy Central

The show itself was severely lacking, particularly because the four main panelists rarely knew anything noteworthy to distinguish any of these comics from one another. There was an everpresent variation of "he/she really opened the door for other african-american / latino / female / satirical / improvisational / prop comics everywhere" to be said for everybody on the list, along with other token phrases like "he/she really knows how to own his/her material" and "he/she really puts his/her audience at ease and just enjoys himself/herself".

All in all, while the list does have enough merit to be of use (At the least it's a comedian metanode) I determine the whole gimmick as just a way for Comedy Central to sell DVDs. I mean, they'll put on Wanda Sykes (Who has a Comedy Central DVD available), but not Whoopi Goldberg? Are Kevin James, David Alan Grier and Jim Breuer (all of whom have Comedy Central DVDs) all really more impactual, important and funny than Sarah Silverman (Who did not make the list)? Not even mentioning the severe lack of comedians overseas (While Bob Hope was born in England, it's Eddie Izzard who represents here). Maybe I'm just a Conspiracy Theorist. That being said, they at least left out Carrot Top.

Here's the list.