Worst
Sarah Millican ( I know she has a following on here but her voice irritates me and she doesn't amuse me)
Catherine Tate
Billy Connolly
David Walliams
Matt Lucas
Morecambe and Wise (Never understood the fuss about those two)
Ade Edmondson
Rik Mayall
Reeves and Mortimer
I have been to see many comedians and most recently (last fri) i went to see Micky flanagan. I nearly made my self sick with laughter:o:eek:. He was absolutely brill. His chicken children is aces. He is by far the funniest i have seen in a while.:D:D
Favourites:I really like Frankie Boyle, Peter Kay, Johnny Vegas, Alan Carr, Joan Rivers.
Not too keen on:
Lee Mack, Sarah millican, Miranda hart, Shappy corsandi.. i really dont get all the fuss. And Catherine tate is the most unfunny she just makes me cringe. Jo brand is ok though,
I never seem to find women funny (im a woman myself) in comedy although Joan Rivers is an exeption i think shes great
Dave Allen
Mike Reid*
Jimmy Jones
Spike Milligan
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson (Young Ones/Dangerous Brothers/Bottom only)
French & Saunders (in their day)
Harry Enfield (in his day)
Lily Savage (in 'her' day)
Kathy Burke
Jo Brand
Dave Spikey
Johnny Vegas
Bill Bailey
Noel Fielding
*Saw the late, great Mike Reid perform once around the time of the Ian Botham pot-smoking 'scandal' (late 80's?) I was sitting right next to the stage and he pinched a ciggie off me, took a drag, spluttered and said "F@ck me, who did ya get these off? Ian Botham?" What made it even funnier for us was the fact there actually was a small lump of puff in the bottom of the box.
Current favs:
Tim Vine
Lee Mack
Jason Manford
Michael Mcintyre
John Bishop
Jack Whitehall
Jimmy Carr
Frank Skinner
David Mitchell
Alexander Armstrong
Oldies:
Dave Allen
The Goons
Benny Hill
Tommy Cooper
Dick Emery
The 2 Ronnies
Morecombe and Wise
Bob Monkhouse
Bob Newhart
Dudley Moore
Peter Cook
Monty Python
The Goodies
Jackie Mason
Alexi Sayle ( when he used to do standup on the adult version of Tiswas,OTT)
Bernard Manning used to make me laugh when he wasn't being appallingly racist.
Lee Mack (saw him live didn't think much but that was down to the poor audio as I couldn't understand half of what he was saying)
Ricky Gervais (although I consider Science to be extremely weak)
Lee Evans (seeing live for a second time this year )
Kevin Bridges
Jimmy Carr
Eddy Izzard
Lee Evans - (cant wait to c him again in manchester in Oct)
Jason Manford
Jack Dee
Jimmy Carr
Lee Mack
john Bishop
Micheal Macintyre
Noel Fielding
Worst
Lenny Henry
Joan Rivers
Alexi Salye
Bernard Manning
Went to see Sarah Millican on Saturday - can honestly say she was the best stand up I've ever seen
Totally agree with you on that one, I saw her 2 weeks ago, she's the funniest person I've ever seen.
Booked to see her again for her new tour later this year
My all time favourite is George Carlin who was better than Hicks in my opinion, and I always thought it unfair that he had noweher near the profile in this country as Bill. Although that said I do love Bill Hicks! Dara O'Brien is also very good, his audience interaction is second to none.
And my controversial opinion of the month is....
I can't stand Stewart Lee!! I saw him live and he's just not funny. He used to be funny; Fist of Fun was ace, but now he's just bitter and pretentious. He tries to be the British Bill Hicks, but Bill was funny and had genuine love for what he thought humanity was capable of. His anger came from the fact we were wasting our potential. Lee just sneers at his audience for not being as intelligent as he perceives himself to be, then rants about comedians that are more successful than him, His last show Vegetavle Stew was just awful. And he released an anotated book of his stand up routines which is just about the most pretentious thing a stand-up could do.
Lee's onstage persona isn't real though; he's playing a character.
Sarah Millican is the most hilarious comic EVER!
See her on Loose Women-i hope they get her on more often, i love her!
I like Alan Carr, Keith Lemon and Paul O'Grady too-but none of them compare to Sarah Millican! We're bot geordies and i speak just like her! lol xx
Russell Howard
Michael Mcintyre
Rich Hall - Very underrated!
Dara O'brian - sublime audience interaction!
Billy Connolly
Jimmy Carr
Noel Fielding
Rik Mayall
Ade Edmondson
Comedians who take routines way further than anyone else has the nerve to go.
Bill Hicks
"Killer idea" - terminally ill people should be used as stuntmen in movies. "Your Grammy's out of her misery and you've seen the greatest movie of all time". He was still performing this routine after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Chris Rock
I love Black people but I HATE N****s
Bob Monkhouse
Obsessive collector of jokes and comedy material - his archive has performances that were wiped by the TV companies.
Went on Parkinson doing jokes about his own diagnosis with terminal prostate cancer.
Mark Thomas
Activist
Russell Brands routines about his own over inflated ego are getting there.
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Remind me never to meet you :rolleyes:
Not too keen on:
Lee Mack, Sarah millican, Miranda hart, Shappy corsandi.. i really dont get all the fuss. And Catherine tate is the most unfunny she just makes me cringe. Jo brand is ok though,
I never seem to find women funny (im a woman myself) in comedy although Joan Rivers is an exeption i think shes great
Miranda Hart
Stewart Lee
And the legend that is Tim Vine...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGb-33pfS20&feature=related
Bill Hicks
Richard Pryor
Chris Rock
Joan Rivers
British:
Dave Allen
Mike Reid*
Jimmy Jones
Spike Milligan
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson (Young Ones/Dangerous Brothers/Bottom only)
French & Saunders (in their day)
Harry Enfield (in his day)
Lily Savage (in 'her' day)
Kathy Burke
Jo Brand
Dave Spikey
Johnny Vegas
Bill Bailey
Noel Fielding
*Saw the late, great Mike Reid perform once around the time of the Ian Botham pot-smoking 'scandal' (late 80's?) I was sitting right next to the stage and he pinched a ciggie off me, took a drag, spluttered and said "F@ck me, who did ya get these off? Ian Botham?" What made it even funnier for us was the fact there actually was a small lump of puff in the bottom of the box.
USA standups are better, Brit comedy performers are better!
Morecambe and Wise
That's it, really. I might have forgotten some, but that's what springs to mind right now.
Michael McIntyre
Lee evans
Lenny henry:p
Jasper carrot
Tim Vine
Lee Mack
Jason Manford
Michael Mcintyre
John Bishop
Jack Whitehall
Jimmy Carr
Frank Skinner
David Mitchell
Alexander Armstrong
Oldies:
Dave Allen
The Goons
Benny Hill
Tommy Cooper
Dick Emery
The 2 Ronnies
Morecombe and Wise
Bob Monkhouse
Bob Newhart
Dudley Moore
Peter Cook
Monty Python
The Goodies
Alexi Sayle ( when he used to do standup on the adult version of Tiswas,OTT)
Bernard Manning used to make me laugh when he wasn't being appallingly racist.
Can't stand smug ,square Jimmy Carr.
Ricky Gervais (although I consider Science to be extremely weak)
Lee Evans (seeing live for a second time this year
Kevin Bridges
Jimmy Carr
Rich Hall - he is best as guest commentator on shows and his books have left me in stitches
I agree with some of the old timers from previous posts - George Carlin, Richard Pryor and I will add Redd Foxx to that.
Michael McIntyre - I have sat through a couple of his shows and have yet to even crack a smile - too fluffy for my tastes
Eddy Izzard
Lee Evans - (cant wait to c him again in manchester in Oct)
Jason Manford
Jack Dee
Jimmy Carr
Lee Mack
john Bishop
Micheal Macintyre
Noel Fielding
Worst
Lenny Henry
Joan Rivers
Alexi Salye
Bernard Manning
Jimmy Carr
Lee Mack
Frankie Boyle
Dara O'Briain
David Mitchell
Russell Brand
Sean Lock
David Walliams
Totally agree with you on that one, I saw her 2 weeks ago, she's the funniest person I've ever seen.
Booked to see her again for her new tour later this year
Tommy Cooper
Caroline Aherne
Steve Coogan
Peter Cook
Harry Hill
Norm MacDonald
John Shuttleworth
Me neither. On total one trick pony who has cashed in on being Ronnie Corbett's love child.
Lee's onstage persona isn't real though; he's playing a character.
Chubby Brown
Lee Mack
Lee Evans
Billy Connolly
Jason Manford
Micheal Macintyre
Am sure i missed a few others.
See her on Loose Women-i hope they get her on more often, i love her!
I like Alan Carr, Keith Lemon and Paul O'Grady too-but none of them compare to Sarah Millican! We're bot geordies and i speak just like her! lol xx
Michael Mcintyre
Rich Hall - Very underrated!
Dara O'brian - sublime audience interaction!
Billy Connolly
Jimmy Carr
Noel Fielding
Rik Mayall
Ade Edmondson
Bill Hicks
"Killer idea" - terminally ill people should be used as stuntmen in movies. "Your Grammy's out of her misery and you've seen the greatest movie of all time". He was still performing this routine after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Chris Rock
I love Black people but I HATE N****s
Bob Monkhouse
Obsessive collector of jokes and comedy material - his archive has performances that were wiped by the TV companies.
Went on Parkinson doing jokes about his own diagnosis with terminal prostate cancer.
Mark Thomas
Activist
Russell Brands routines about his own over inflated ego are getting there.