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Old 09-06-2013, 19:47
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Thank you for your opinion which you are entitled to but if you read this thread you will realise that my comments are endorsed over and over again.
What does that prove other than that comedy is subjective? Start a thread slamming virtually ANY comedian and you'll find your comments will be endorsed 'over and over again', no matter how popular the act. In fact, the more popular, the more commentors you'll probably find saying they're no good.


I know what you mean. It was as if Simon was trying to imply that the egg incident was somehow a very difficult situation to derive comedy from, and that it would have the very best comedic minds in the land completely stumped as to how to make a joke out of it.
Very good point. Simon doesn't see the reality, which is that it was an inherently funny situation that most of the country was probably already laughing about.
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Old 09-06-2013, 21:08
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I don't think he was especially arrogant in his behaviour, but I did get the impression that he thought he was going to win. I think maybe he started believing the hype.
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Old 10-06-2013, 00:51
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I think the only way to judge him fairly, is to ask yourself if he was able bodied do you think he should have been runner up. My honest answer is no.
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Old 10-06-2013, 08:09
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What does that prove other than that comedy is subjective? Start a thread slamming virtually ANY comedian and you'll find your comments will be endorsed 'over and over again', no matter how popular the act. In fact, the more popular, the more commentors you'll probably find saying they're no good.



Very good point. Simon doesn't see the reality, which is that it was an inherently funny situation that most of the country was probably already laughing about.
Of course humour is subjective, each to their own but I was saying much the same thing to the poster who wrote saying that a different opinion to their own was rubbish.
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Old 10-06-2013, 11:39
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... In comparison, whilst they are different types of comedy, I was in stitches at Steve when he brought out Simon and Sinitta, and as for Francine I don't think I stopped laughing the whole way through!

Steve was genuinely funny and was unlucky not to get to the final in the first place.

As for Francine, you didn't make it clear whether you were laughing with her or at her. Big difference, although if she made you laugh that has to be better than sitting through an uninspiring 14yr old droning on.
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Old 10-06-2013, 12:50
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Don't be harsh. He is still very young. Obviously, not prepared for rejection or coming 2nd.
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Old 10-06-2013, 13:34
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Of course humour is subjective, each to their own but I was saying much the same thing to the poster who wrote saying that a different opinion to their own was rubbish.
Fair enough, gilliedew. I didn't find him particularly funny myself, and thought the material mostly concerned old news. But as you say, each to their own. I still thought some of his off-the-cuff lines were good.
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Old 10-06-2013, 15:43
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He didnt even have the decency to clap the winners ... his disability is no excuse for bad manners imo..
Fortunately `Your Liking` is not significant :yawn::yawn:
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Old 10-06-2013, 17:18
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Don't be harsh. He is still very young. Obviously, not prepared for rejection or coming 2nd.
It's probably a good thing that he didn't win too, because as a professional stand-up comedian one of the things you'd need to succeed at is to learn how to take rejection.
In the real world it will be a lot harder.
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Old 10-06-2013, 19:52
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"Runner-Up?" He said after he lost. Arrogant little sod. Yeah yeah, he's only 14 n' all that, but still, his parents should instill some humility into him. That said, people from Yorkshire/Lancashire always tend to be quite smug, I find. Boo Hoo Jack, Boo Hoo. He was good, though!
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Old 10-06-2013, 20:16
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I didn't find him particularly funny but I admire the dude. If I think back to when I was 14, I was a little shit. If I could I would go back in time and slap myself many times over. He has shown more maturity than most other people his age and has a lot to learn. Let's cut the dude some slack.
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Old 10-06-2013, 22:16
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Firstly why did Cowell say that only Jack could make funny of what just happened when Dec had already told a joke about it.

What hasn't been mentioned in this thread is Jack's comment about the charity aspect of the voting. He 'joked' that the 15p went to the royal variety charity "otherwise known as the Queen's back pocket." The charity has now forwarded a complaint about this comment to ITV Producers.
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Old 11-06-2013, 00:00
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First off, I don't think he thought he was going to win at all. Most people knew that Attraction were the hot favourites (and rightly so).
And as for saying he didn't deserve to come second, he got the vote so clearly he did. That'd be like me complaining that 'Pre-School' didn't deserve to be in the final since I personally thought they were crap.



In my opinion, he wasn't funny. He failed to make me laugh as he used his disability for much of his (so-called) humour and he was playing on it. He needs to work on his delivery because all I saw was a fourteen year old boy reciting a script, and badly. I truly believe that he was hoping for the sympathy vote because of his CP but he didn't get it from me. He wasn't gracious in defeat because I believe that he, himself, believed the hype and thought that it was a foregone conclusion that the voting British public would fall for the disabled playing card. They didn't, they had more sense.
This argument is stupid. Yes he jokes about his disability, but that's what comedians do- they joke about themselves and what they know. How is it any different from comedians who joke about them being fat, or foreign, or a woman etcetera (although i'm not saying being foreign or a woman is akin to having a disability of course )?

The only thing I will agree on you with is that he needs to work on his delivery, but that would usually come with age and experience.
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Old 11-06-2013, 00:01
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"Runner-Up?" He said after he lost. Arrogant little sod.
The joke clearly went over your head
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Old 11-06-2013, 00:12
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Firstly why did Cowell say that only Jack could make funny of what just happened when Dec had already told a joke about it.

What hasn't been mentioned in this thread is Jack's comment about the charity aspect of the voting. He 'joked' that the 15p went to the royal variety charity "otherwise known as the Queen's back pocket." The charity has now forwarded a complaint about this comment to ITV Producers.


Really , at the time I thought the joke may cause some offence , good job he didn't win as that joke wouldn't have gone down well at the royal variety show.
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Old 11-06-2013, 10:57
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The joke clearly went over your head
A passive-aggressive way of sour grapes, more like! It was disrespectful to Attraction, who were worthy winners, well done to them.
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Old 11-06-2013, 12:42
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A passive-aggressive way of sour grapes, more like! It was disrespectful to Attraction, who were worthy winners, well done to them.
Passive aggressive sour grapes? He's a child fgs.

"Runner up? That's a bit insensitive." A joke followed by a thank you to everyone who voted for him.
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Old 11-06-2013, 14:05
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A passive-aggressive way of sour grapes, more like! It was disrespectful to Attraction, who were worthy winners, well done to them.
It was a joke at his own expense .Obviously you didnt get it .
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Old 11-06-2013, 14:11
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It was a joke at his own expense .Obviously you didnt get it .
Although to be frank, he delivered the joke really badly so I would understand anyone who didn't get it.
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Old 11-06-2013, 14:34
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I didn't find him arrogant, I thought he seemed like quite a pleasant guy actually. I didn't find his act brilliant, though ironically, I found his reply to some questions funnier and he seems to have quite a natural quick wit, but he doesn't need to answer everything with a joke which was a little annoying, sometimes answering a question seriously would have been more appropriate.
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Old 11-06-2013, 14:35
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Although to be frank, he delivered the joke really badly so I would understand anyone who didn't get it.

But, to be fair, he never really delivered any 'jokes' very well. We have to realise that he is only 14 and was probably somewhat overcome with the studio atmosphere; nothing like when he 'started' his career by performing at his parents Silver Wedding where anything said by the children would have been deemed uproariously funny.

The real fault, if fault there is, is in the way that the Judges totally over-reacted with their false and cynical enthusiasm. Gave the poor lad a false impression of his own 'brilliance' What 14 year old would not be flattered by such attention and, at the same time, not be capable of detecting how cynical and manipulative it all was.
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Old 11-06-2013, 16:47
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SOOOO pleased he didn't win. That is all.
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Old 12-06-2013, 01:40
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"Runner-Up?" He said after he lost. Arrogant little sod
I was really amused that you thought that was a serious, bitter comment from him! However, I understand the possible passive-aggressive slant on it.
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