"Shrek" star was named icon of comedy on Comedy Central's first annual U.S. Comedy, Saturday and carried out three decades of Murphy's stand-up career in film.
hilarious (and weird) Zach Galifianakis was also named best actor in a comedy film "Dinner for Schmucks ".
And while others are very funny as David Letterman, Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey and went home with prizes, events have forced us to reflect on our favorite comedians.
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As Chris Rock, known for comments like: "They do not want you to vote if they did, we will not vote Tuesday in November, you already have a group on Tuesday No because no one will come ...?".
And Ricky Gervais, who basically insulted all the recent Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood.