Fun Fridays: Top Ten Impersonations
Written by The Kid on April 4, 2008Impersonations are considered the holy grail of comedy, well maybe not for everyone but for me, nothing makes me laugh more then watching someone do a spot on impression. There is only one person who loves impersonations more than i do and that is David Letterman thanks to David for getting a lot of this talent and allowing them to use his stage to share this gift.
I love them so much i have complied my top ten list of my favorite impressions.
10. Reggie Regg does a spot on impression of Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman.
9.Rob Magnotti - why watch Everybody loves Raymond when you can just watch Rob he also does a great Bill Cosby.
8. Mike MacRae - From Harrison Ford to Ozzy Osbourne Mike gets it perfect and makes everything flow flawlessly!
7. Aries Spires -Best known for his work on Madtv he is also a very good impressionist anyone who knows hip hop will love his impression of everyone from Jay-z to Snoop Dogg!
6. Eddie Murphy - The first time i saw Eddie in Delirious is was seriously life changing i never laughed that hard in my life, this is from the follow up which is Raw and it is the standard for Bill Cosby impressions.
also a bonus video of him doing a Richard Prior impersonation he is the KING!
5. Matt Damon - On the late show with David Letterman Matt Damon showed a skill i didn’t know he had, he did an amazing impersonation of Matthew Mcconaughey don’t ask him to do anyone else though.
4. Rich Little - He is a Vegas favorite and been on the scene for a very long time Rich does an amazing Ronald Reagan, but his talent is to keep the people laughing the whole time.
3. Kevin Pollock - Winning the bronze Kevin Pollock is the standard for Christopher Walken impressions and he he has a great range of other voices.
2. Frank Caliendo - He might be the best impressionist of the new millenium he has an amazing range of people and was a hard hard choice for number two but he does a great job and if the number one hadn’t been so good then he would have number one for sure.
1. Kevin Spacey - He’s a talented actor but he is an amazing impressionist this is honestly the best impression i have ever see he nails everyone he is doing and he is genius, with such a wide range that’s why he gets the top spot.
What impressions do you like? Leave a comment
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i’ve seen aries do his impressions before and sometimes they are better than others but that was spot on…might have just been the radio mic but i don’t know that was crazy close. wonder if he was freestyling those or if he practices different lyrics because those were different then i’ve ever heard him do?
Craig Gass needs to be on this list. His Sam Kinison, Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Tracy Morgan, etc. are bang-on, and he does a much better Walken than Pollack ever has.