Under-rated comedians
The unfunny comedians made me think about sine comedians who are so much funnier than alot of more successful ones around yet don't seem to get much praise.
I'll start with Kevin Bridges - now before you all say, he is very successful, however I feel he could be moreso.
Perhaps his strong Scottish accent and alot of his humour is Glasgow based let's him down.
Also Jon Richardson??????
I'll start with Kevin Bridges - now before you all say, he is very successful, however I feel he could be moreso.
Perhaps his strong Scottish accent and alot of his humour is Glasgow based let's him down.
Also Jon Richardson??????
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Although that might change now he's got an award nomination.
Stephen K Amos
Sean Lock
I love Jon Richardson
His delivery is pretty good but his material does nothing; makes Peter Kay look cutting edge.
I really liked Andrew Lawrence's current Edinburgh show, I was surprised by how many 3/5 reviews it got, was worth more.
Stewart Francis who used to be on children's TV show Crackerjack?
Agree ESP with the BIB love him
Ooh I could crush a grape!:D
Yes - top choice.
Or wrestle with an action man
I have a hard time remembering their names when I see them pop up on the telly. I do recall one posh comedian (or perhaps he was pretending, I don't know) but I did think he was very funny. Recalling an attempted mugging one time where the mugger asked for "all his money" and said comedian replied something along the lines of that being rather difficult, since most of it was tied up in bonds and equities.
There's an awful lot of comedic snobbery around these days. The alternative comedians of the 1980s would have faced similar back-lash because they were silly, albeit rude, but without any real purpose. So many comedic 'intellectuals' these days who think the only respectable form of comedy is one that tries to change the world with irony and view any comedian who takes a different path as beneath them.
Saltydog!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!
Stephen K Amos is absolutely dire, he is the most serious "comedian" I have ever known.
Seriously, gah! I can't stand that man - he tries so hard to be earnest but literally, whenever I see him he is talking about being black and gay and you just think, yeah get over it. There are plenty more gay black men out there who are a million times funnier and not mentioning being black and gay every other sentence.
And I have a theory that Lenny Henry created Stephen K Amos in a lab to make him look funny. There I've said it! And it works, compared to Stephen K Amos, Lenny Henry is blooming hilarious!
....but yes, I adore Sean Lock too