A lot of it depends on where Bruce was in his self destructive arc. There was a time (maybe a year) before the drugs started eating his brain and when he was only interested in politics rather than obsessed when Bruce was probably the funniest guy to ever walk the planet. Before then he was still working no his craft and was edgy enough that imperfect was downright bad, and after then he was on a downward spiral where nobody can be funny. But for that year or so he redefined stand up, which of course is why he’s so revered, most modern comics have built their careers trying to emulate that year.