Patrick Kielty, Andy Parsons, Ed Byrne, Chris Addison, Jack Whitehall
Patrick Kielty used to be a great comedian - until he decided he needed to be crude and offensive. Don't go to any of his live shows unless you are a drunken student
The same applies to Billy Connolly. And in his case the older he gets the more repugnant his 'humour' becomes.
I tried to watch Russell Howard's Good News tonight. The programme could have been reasonable, but Howard himself is simply unwatchable. He's such a knob that I had to switch over after five minutes.
Harry Hill
Keith Lemmon - I liked bo selecta but Lemmon makes me feel sick.
Russsel Howard - I liked him on mock the week but his stand up and "good news" seam to all be teenage boy humour.
Ricky gevais
Jo Brand. I absolutely LOVE Getting On, which she has a hand in the writing of, and I think she's amazing in it, but I have always found her stand up really unfunny and full of completely dull observations about being a woman. Her acting has improved amazingly since she was in Ab Fab though...thank god.
Also, Jack Whitehall. Not funny at all, I can't bear him.
I don't think I'm the only one thinking that your bar for what constitutes blue material must be set waaaaaaaay down low, because it's generally agreed that Doddy is one of the last remaning old-school comics who would never use blue material in a million years.
Au contraire!
I was student in Liverpool back in the 70s, and when my parents came over for graduation, I booked tickets to go and see Doddy as a treat for my mum, who loved his singing.
It was a total cringe fest for us as Doddy's routine was as blue as it could be, and totally different to his TV persona. In those days he was actually quite funny if you enjoyed smutty jokes like my dad and I did, however, mum was a bit of a prude, and clearly hated every minute of it, so we ended up leaving at the interval.
I was student in Liverpool back in the 70s, and when my parents came over for graduation, I booked tickets to go and see Doddy as a treat for my mum, who loved his singing.
It was a total cringe fest for us as Doddy's routine was as blue as it could be, and totally different to his TV persona. In those days he was actually quite funny if you enjoyed smutty jokes like my dad and I did, however, mum was a bit of a prude, and clearly hated every minute of it, so we ended up leaving at the interval.
Im Liverpool born and bred and first saw Ken Dodd in panto as a child in the 60s. Ive never ever known him be a blue comedian. I think personally that theres a distinct difference between double entendre (or "smutty") and blue. I guess each to their own though and his "Auntie Mary... had a canary... up the leg of her drawers" type gags may not have been to everyones taste
While I like a lot of Spike Milligan's stuff especially the Q series, he like Monty Python is either very funny or just stupid because of the nature of their stuff.
One of Spike's things I don't get in the slightest is The Goon Show. Tried to listen and it just doesn't resgister with me.
I think surrealism has to be tempered, else it just becomes ridiculous. I loved the Mighty Boosh, and Noel's earlier stand up work, but his Luxury Comedy series was appalling.
With Julien Barrett to ground him and give context, it realy works, but left alone I feel he, and comedians like Milligan, Python, Vic & Bob etc can sail away into extreme oddness that just is odd, not funny.
I don't like saying it because I love The Thick Of It and think he's great in that, but Chris Addison.
Maybe I'm hypersensitive but as a guy from a working-class background I find him actually quite offensive at times. I totally understand that everybody from every background is fair game for comedy but sometimes Addison comes across as really nasty towards people. Pompous, arrogant, unfunny.
Jack Whitehall
Sarah Millican
Lee Evans
Tommy Cooper
Billy Connolly
Frankie Boyle...although he has made me laugh, in the past. Ditto for Billy Connolly. I prefer his documentary stuff.
Have never been into the 'humour' of people like Bernard Manning and Roy 'Chubby' Brown.
I love a bit of slapstick comedy but never 'got' Norman Wisdom, either.
There are more....others, I'm a bit 'meh' about.
Having said that, I really like a good few of those who've been mentioned in the thread.
I guess it a case of 'different strokes....' and all that. Can well appreciate that what others find hilarious can leave me cold.
Frankie Boyle - 3rd rate Jerry Sadowitz tribute act who doesn't understand why a character like Sadowitz is funny in the first place.
Reginald D Hunter - Uncle Tom, kissing up to middle class white people while portraying an erudite well-to-do stereotypical 'well ah do declayah' persona that would have seemed dated and hackneyed by 1955.
Jimmy Carr, Ricky Gervais for the obvious reasons.
Michael McIntyre. Boring observational comedy - like a less sharp Jerry Seinfeld from 20 years ago, but aimed squarely at middle-class toffs who find nothing - and I mean nothing - on this earth funnier than skipping around with a floppy fringe like Little Lord Fontleroy.
Sarah Millican for the reasons others have stated. Likewise Jack Whitehall.
Leigh Francis because he's aimed at societies most determined ****wits who like their comedy to stem solely from catchphrases, preferably of 6 syllables or shorter that they can quote/buy bumper stickers of to satisfy their microbrained desire to make a joke while having no wit to speak of. These are the kind of people who choose their insurance packages based on what meerkat toy they'll get for signing up. Simples? Simples-minded pillocks.
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Patrick Kielty used to be a great comedian - until he decided he needed to be crude and offensive. Don't go to any of his live shows unless you are a drunken student
The same applies to Billy Connolly. And in his case the older he gets the more repugnant his 'humour' becomes.
Hugh Dennis, just dull, can't act and Outnumbered wasn't funny
either.
Lenny Henry. Talking a high pitch voice isn't really amusing :rolleyes:
I'm another one who's not a big fan of Russell Howard. He seems a bit juvenile and crude.
...he's a comedian? Blimey, that's how bad he is then. I thought he was just a television presenter.
He's gorgeous with a beard though
I never found Tommy Cooper funny back in the day and I still don't find him funny now. The same can be said of Morecambe and Wise.
French and Saunders are another act that have never so much as brought a smile to my face.
Keith Lemmon - I liked bo selecta but Lemmon makes me feel sick.
Russsel Howard - I liked him on mock the week but his stand up and "good news" seam to all be teenage boy humour.
Ricky gevais
Also, Jack Whitehall. Not funny at all, I can't bear him.
Au contraire!
I was student in Liverpool back in the 70s, and when my parents came over for graduation, I booked tickets to go and see Doddy as a treat for my mum, who loved his singing.
It was a total cringe fest for us as Doddy's routine was as blue as it could be, and totally different to his TV persona. In those days he was actually quite funny if you enjoyed smutty jokes like my dad and I did, however, mum was a bit of a prude, and clearly hated every minute of it, so we ended up leaving at the interval.
I have never been into stand-up at all.
I'd suggest 'List of all comedians who have ever lived'
Im Liverpool born and bred and first saw Ken Dodd in panto as a child in the 60s. Ive never ever known him be a blue comedian. I think personally that theres a distinct difference between double entendre (or "smutty") and blue. I guess each to their own though and his "Auntie Mary... had a canary... up the leg of her drawers" type gags may not have been to everyones taste
I think surrealism has to be tempered, else it just becomes ridiculous. I loved the Mighty Boosh, and Noel's earlier stand up work, but his Luxury Comedy series was appalling.
With Julien Barrett to ground him and give context, it realy works, but left alone I feel he, and comedians like Milligan, Python, Vic & Bob etc can sail away into extreme oddness that just is odd, not funny.
Maybe I'm hypersensitive but as a guy from a working-class background I find him actually quite offensive at times. I totally understand that everybody from every background is fair game for comedy but sometimes Addison comes across as really nasty towards people. Pompous, arrogant, unfunny.
As I said, could be being hypersensitive though.
Sarah Millican
Lee Evans
Tommy Cooper
Billy Connolly
Frankie Boyle...although he has made me laugh, in the past. Ditto for Billy Connolly. I prefer his documentary stuff.
Have never been into the 'humour' of people like Bernard Manning and Roy 'Chubby' Brown.
I love a bit of slapstick comedy but never 'got' Norman Wisdom, either.
There are more....others, I'm a bit 'meh' about.
Having said that, I really like a good few of those who've been mentioned in the thread.
I guess it a case of 'different strokes....' and all that. Can well appreciate that what others find hilarious can leave me cold.
Reginald D Hunter - Uncle Tom, kissing up to middle class white people while portraying an erudite well-to-do stereotypical 'well ah do declayah' persona that would have seemed dated and hackneyed by 1955.
Jimmy Carr, Ricky Gervais for the obvious reasons.
Michael McIntyre. Boring observational comedy - like a less sharp Jerry Seinfeld from 20 years ago, but aimed squarely at middle-class toffs who find nothing - and I mean nothing - on this earth funnier than skipping around with a floppy fringe like Little Lord Fontleroy.
Sarah Millican for the reasons others have stated. Likewise Jack Whitehall.
Leigh Francis because he's aimed at societies most determined ****wits who like their comedy to stem solely from catchphrases, preferably of 6 syllables or shorter that they can quote/buy bumper stickers of to satisfy their microbrained desire to make a joke while having no wit to speak of. These are the kind of people who choose their insurance packages based on what meerkat toy they'll get for signing up. Simples? Simples-minded pillocks.
Peter Kay, because he's lazy, unfunny and a ****.