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An article on the ten funniest "fat guy" comics in stand up, improv, and movie history. Each comedian is described briefly, along with their comedy style and career achievements.

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There´s a long tradition of great "fat guy" comedians. In fact, often times the big men of comedy are some of the funniest and most popular comics of their time. The best skills of these comedians have varied. Whether it was stand up, sketch, or movie comedy, though, these guys have combined to make millions of fans laugh. So this brings up a great question: who are the ten greatest funny fat guys of all time?

This is a hard list to make because some were movie stars, some slap stick, some stand up comics – so a lot will depend on individual tastes, but here´s a list for ten of the funniest "big guy" comics ever.

#10 Chris Farley: Chris Farley shot up through the world of improvisational (improv) comedy, and ended up becoming a huge star on Saturday Night Live. This was followed by a short but successful movie career before his tragic death. Farley was known for loud intense characters with a lot of physical comedy, harkening back to the old slap stick days, and his "Best of Chris Farley" SNL DVD was one of the highest selling of all the SNL DVDs.

# 9 Lou Costello from Abbott & Costello: One of the classic big man comics, straight man Costello would always be paired with thin joking Abbott, and the pairing made comic gold. They were wildly popular, and their most famous verbal gag, "Who´s on First?" regarding a baseball team filled with an infield of oddly named players, is famous to this day and used as an example of miscommunication through fancy word play.

# 8 Cedric the Entertainer: Cedric the Entertainer is not only a great big man, but he´s also one of the most popular African-American comics around. Aside from an incredible stand up career that includes several major shows at the famously fickle Apollo Theatre, and several HBO specials, Cedric also has some great film roles. One of the most notable characters is the elder barber Eddie from "Barbershop."

# 7 John Candy: Anyone who grew up without seeing "Uncle Buck" or "Trains, Planes, & Automobiles" is a poor deprived child who needs to make amends by renting the classic Candy movies. John Candy was a fantastic big man comic, who also had a major role in "Space Balls" and many other extremely popular movies that made him a comic legend on the big screen.

# 6 Ralphie May: Ralphie is the epitome of a "fat guy comic." A great stand up comedian, at one point Ralphie weighed nearly 800 pounds. He was first runner up in the reality show "Last Comic Standing," and also participated in "Celebrity Fit Club." Ralphie has since had two different specials on Comedy Central and a platinum selling DVD. He´s still a big man, but continues to lose weight to try and get into shape, often joking, "Don´t applaud, I lost an entire fat man and I´m still fat as h--l!" Only in his early thirties, this is a comic who may have many good years left ahead of him.

# 5 Jim Belushi: Jim Belushi was an absolute star when Saturday Night Live was just beginning, and was the inspiration for later comics such as Chris Farley. His ability to play straight man or crazy slapstick made him a legendary performer, and literally a living legend among movie comics and sketch comedians alike. Famous from Saturday Night Live and a hilarious impromptu imitation of Joe Cocker (while Joe Cocker was singing live) cemented Belushi as one of the great funny men of all time. So which famous Belushi role do you prefer: "Joliet" Jake Blues of the Blues Brothers, or Bluto from "Animal House?"

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