Sarah Millican and Lee Mack are both brilliant as is Rhod Gilbert. Rhod is great in a live none scripted environment.
However lets give a nod to the fact comedy is subjective, so as long as they intentionally make people laugh they are comedians even if you find them unfunny. With the exception of Leigh Francis who is not funny and is shit.
Yet another "I don't like them so the should not be on TV" thread how original the OP pretty much killed his own argument in the first post Comedy is subjective.
luckily they've mostly gone now, but I was utterly allergic to French and Saunders, or indeed French or Saunders.
It got worse when they stopped having proper series and just had one off specials - because all they did was say - hey! the bbc want us to do a special, and we haven't got anything! and that was all they did for 40 minutes, apart from a film spoof, that was exactly the same as the real thing, apart from one of the characters being enormously fat
Lee Mack and Sean Lock can both raise a smile when I see them on shows such as HIGNFY and WILTY. Alan Carr has his funny moments, too.
Those who are unfunny are Jimmy Carr, Ross Noble, Miranda Hart and that dreadful Sarah Millican woman. Obviously, this is my own opinion and the old adage that one man's meat is another man's poison certainly applies when it comes to comedians, comediennes and comedy as a whole.
All these comedians are funny...some just do not appeal to some people's sense of humour.
Mention of MIlton Jones as unfunny pretty much sums it up...he really is a comedians comedian and close to being a comic genius...but his humour is very surreal which some people just do not get.
Ah that internet favourite, the comedy thread. By the time we're finished, everyone from Aristophanes to some bloke who was on at the open mic night at the Red Lion last Tuesday will have been denounced as unfunny.
Now THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is proper observational humour.
I quite like Milton Jones, he doesn't have me crying with laughter but I like the thoughtfulness of his jokes, clever. I also really like Dara O'Briain.
I've never liked Ruby Wax, Lee Evans, French and Saunders, Lenny Henry or Barry Humphries. The only ones who are on a lot now who I really can't stand and have to turn over are Russell Howard, Paddy McGuiness, Keith Lemon (or whatever his real name is) and *the scruffy one with long unbrushed hair* (can't remember his name). Totally unfunny to me.
I rely on my DVDs of Rising Damp, Wheeltappers And Shunters, Dad's Army, Porridge,Nearest And Dearest, Morecambe And Wise, Ken Dodd, plus various old repeats on satellite for my comedy entertainment. I just can't stand most modern day comics.
From Not On Your Nellie, 1974.
Nellie Pickersgill: What have you come as today, Gilbert?
Gilbert: (Flamboyantly dressed, does a silent twirl)
Nellie Pickersgill: Ooh, you're one of those are you?
Saw Ken Dodd live - utter bilge. Nobody laughed, so he went blue. Still nobody laughed, so he moaned about the venue. Just before the interval (after 90 minutes!!!!) he brought on his young niece to sing some karaoke.
We went home.
I have never even smiled at anything Andy Parsons has said. Russell Howard made me laugh once and once only when telling his joke about the pigeons at Bristol Temple Meads. Since then, zilch. It's a shame, because I think I'm easily amused.
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However lets give a nod to the fact comedy is subjective, so as long as they intentionally make people laugh they are comedians even if you find them unfunny. With the exception of Leigh Francis who is not funny and is shit.
Fortunately, he's never allowed on the telly.
It got worse when they stopped having proper series and just had one off specials - because all they did was say - hey! the bbc want us to do a special, and we haven't got anything! and that was all they did for 40 minutes, apart from a film spoof, that was exactly the same as the real thing, apart from one of the characters being enormously fat
Those who are unfunny are Jimmy Carr, Ross Noble, Miranda Hart and that dreadful Sarah Millican woman. Obviously, this is my own opinion and the old adage that one man's meat is another man's poison certainly applies when it comes to comedians, comediennes and comedy as a whole.
So that has little to do with this thread then:rolleyes:
The clue is the word "off"
Unfunny comedians who are never off the telly
Lenny Henry, I just don't find him funny and never did.
Old Brucie whos gags are getting older then him.
....and me. Obviously some people find him funny, but he's a bit too predictable for my liking.
What is the point of your post? Are you a member of the Thread-Subject Police?
All these comedians are funny...some just do not appeal to some people's sense of humour.
Mention of MIlton Jones as unfunny pretty much sums it up...he really is a comedians comedian and close to being a comic genius...but his humour is very surreal which some people just do not get.
You'll just love Peter Kaye - trust me.:D
Speaking as a Detective Inspector in the Thread Subject Police, I hope are co-operating with our enquiries sir. And we 'aven't 'ad any dinner.
Please sir!!!!
Nothing on here has anything to do with the thread sir :rolleyes::rolleyes:
The clue is in the words "never off"!!!
Unfunny comedians who are never off the telly...
I'm fairly sure there isn;t one unfunny comedian commanding 24 hours of coverage 7 days a week... You should crush the thread now.
Huge numbers find him funny, because he is.
Nothing cutting edge, or controversial, but we had all that with the alternative comedians, but the trouble is, they were not funny. McIntyre is.
Now THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is proper observational humour.
As is Peter Kay.
I've never liked Ruby Wax, Lee Evans, French and Saunders, Lenny Henry or Barry Humphries. The only ones who are on a lot now who I really can't stand and have to turn over are Russell Howard, Paddy McGuiness, Keith Lemon (or whatever his real name is) and *the scruffy one with long unbrushed hair* (can't remember his name). Totally unfunny to me.
Just found it.... *Ross Nobel*
From Not On Your Nellie, 1974.
Nellie Pickersgill: What have you come as today, Gilbert?
Gilbert: (Flamboyantly dressed, does a silent twirl)
Nellie Pickersgill: Ooh, you're one of those are you?
Still makes me laugh.
We went home.
To be fair though he's died down a bit now. I don't know what happened, but you couldn't get the sod off the telly a couple of years ago.
He makes my skin crawl. He always talks about sex and w anking and I just think he's a sad sack.