Ralphie May
― You give me falun gong, four in the morning (Daruton), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
any youtube clips of brigstocke funnies? i based my kneejerk opinion on his appearance on have i got news for you where everything he said made me think "if i knew you i would HATE you"
― NI, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I may be alone on this but I find Ben Stiller one of the most profoundly unfunny comedians in the world.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i've never heard brigstocke be funny. just does route-one smug-wanker radio 4 landfill shite.
― Dean Gaffney's December (history mayne), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
You are not alone.
(xp)
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 30 December 2009 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2009/12/gallagher_and_m.php?page=1
― ♖♘♗♔♕♗♘♖ (am0n), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
ben stiller isn't really a comedian
― akm, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/original/blue%20steel.jpg = funnier than marcus brigstockes career
― eagle tears was a popular drink and it still is (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Aw, don't hate on Neil Hamburger, Chuck. I wouldn't actually consider him a comedian, either. He's a performance artist whose schtick had a limited range of efficacy. It's neither as fun nor as funny as it was when not everyone was in on the joke.
― Dif Juz Guys (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
One who a lot of ppl I know think is funny but I just don't get - Kat Williams.
― ★彡☆ ★彡 (ENBB), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h1euQKJsr4
― eagle tears was a popular drink and it still is (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I have recently cultivated a love of Stewart Lee, though I suppose this is the wrong thread to discuss that.
― I X Love (Abbott), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
im sure there's at least one "we <3 stewart lee" thread.
― Dean Gaffney's December (history mayne), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i liked the uk office when i first saw it but am totally on board with the gervais haters now. wish we could deport him/ban him from hollywood
― ♖♘♗♔♕♗♘♖ (am0n), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
stewart lee is my fav. current stand up; wish the bbc would give him another show
― eagle tears was a popular drink and it still is (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Wasn't a thread on him so I started oneStewart Lee appreciation thread
― I X Love (Abbott), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
ENBB: Rong on Katt Williams, Rong for America
― art crut (The Reverend), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
ben stiller isn't really a comedian― akm
Ex-ACT-ly! But heh, if we're restricting ourselves to standup-types, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Larry the Cable Guy yet. Terrible. Also, when I was watching the newest Monty Python docs I kept wanting to punch Russell Brand repeatedly in the face. Not sure that counts though.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
― art crut (The Reverend), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 17:09 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I'm sorry I just can't get behind him. I watched one stand up special and it was like OK dude I get it you smoke weed and weed is funny - enough already. Maybe I need to watch more but there was something about him I just didn't like.
― ★彡☆ ★彡 (ENBB), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Not enough weed...?
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah . . . don't think that's really an issue tbh.
― ★彡☆ ★彡 (ENBB), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Gina Yashere. Shading it over McIntyre in a really close-run thing, with Al Murray Pub Landlord romping home in third.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I would hazard a guess that a routine abt weed is not the best entry point to any comic but the last 60 seconds (to isolate a bit) of that Jacko routine posted above is jawdropping in the best way
― Ferry Aid was a popular appeal and it still is (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Recent evidence suggests that Yashere is no funnier now she's thinnier. How the hell is she working in LA?
― what kind of present your naked body (Upt0eleven), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Doing nothing, absolutely nothing that day
― Ferry Aid was a popular appeal and it still is (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
at a guess
wait that doesn't work never mind
― Ferry Aid was a popular appeal and it still is (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i got it
― the shart of noise (history mayne), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Katt Williams not funny is insane - the man is freaking hilarious. and I'll actually defend Ralphie May a little bit - I virtually ignored the guy until my sister dragged me to see him (the key here is off-TV)and I was pleasantly surprised at not just how funny he was but how much of an individual voice he has.
my unfunniest:
tim & eric (biggest case of emperor's new clothes i can think of today)eugene mirman (just falls completely flat for me)definitely that ventriloquist asshole (please)
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Thursday, 31 December 2009 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
okay, so mirman is very funny live and tim and eric are HORRIBLE livebut good on tape.so.
― lazy cold meat and chocolate seasonal mentality (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 31 December 2009 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I've said this before, but it's always bewildered me how for like 5 years Katt Williams was just this annoying unfunny little dude in 80% of the videos I saw on BET providing half-assed 'comic relief,' and then out of nowhere he was suddenly the most popular black comic since Chappelle. He does have an individual voice, I'll give him that, but I don't know, he still comes off as kind of a douchebag who's better at acting the fool than really writing and performing funny stuff. Weirdly enough I think he reminds me of David Spade more than anyone else.
― as far as the eye (ken c) (some dude), Thursday, 31 December 2009 01:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Funny comedians would be a much shorter thread.
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Thursday, 31 December 2009 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
people downstairs are laughing at russell howard :(
― hey it's (jel --), Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
laughing at is okay, laughing with, notsomuch.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 1 April 2010 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I was a bit wrong about Harry Hill upthread. Still can't go his standup, but TV Burp is great.
New addition to the Yashere/McIntyre axis of rubbish comedy: Steven K Amos (that thing he did on Sport Relief pretending to be Nelson Mandela in a parody of Invictus made me want to kill myself on the spot), Omad Djalili, Lucy Porter.
Russell Howard is a bit shit, but sort of likeable in the sort of way where you'd tolerate him talking random shit if he was your mate. I can't imagine wanting to pay money to listen to him tell blatantly invented stories about things that really never happened to him.
― ailsa, Thursday, 1 April 2010 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
okay what is this fucking abomination called the Lee Nelson show?
fuck me
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Thursday, 8 September 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
Shappi Khorsandi
― Michael B, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
Chris Addison.
― owenf, Friday, 9 September 2011 09:47 (twelve years ago) link
addison's alright imo
McIntyre.
― hipstery nayme (darraghmac), Friday, 9 September 2011 09:52 (twelve years ago) link
The hatred only makes him stronger you know
― Number None, Friday, 9 September 2011 09:53 (twelve years ago) link
Enfield
― hipstery nayme (darraghmac), Friday, 9 September 2011 09:54 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i prefer the Lisa Simpson "just don't look" approach to these tossers
― the Paul Squires of mean-spirited moaning and cynicism (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 September 2011 09:54 (twelve years ago) link
mind i don't really like stand-ups so this is best not the thread for me eh?
― the Paul Squires of mean-spirited moaning and cynicism (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 September 2011 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
you have to sift through a lot of shite but i'll rep for dara o'brian and even dylan moran as worth taking time out to catch.
― hipstery nayme (darraghmac), Friday, 9 September 2011 09:59 (twelve years ago) link
non-standup comedians can be unfunny too
― Gary Numan, or Gary Fletcher (ken c), Friday, 9 September 2011 10:00 (twelve years ago) link
but they're easier to over-look
― the Paul Squires of mean-spirited moaning and cynicism (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 September 2011 10:00 (twelve years ago) link
Dylan Moran is one of the select few standups i would actually consider seeing live. Louis C.K. as well. Can't actually think of any others.
― Number None, Friday, 9 September 2011 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
I actually came in to mention Louis CK! I think he does some interesting stuff with his show but I've never once even considered laughing while watching his standup. Is he better live?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 9 September 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
i find his controversiality too considered and forced. He bunches up before he swears. I think i prefer someone like tim minchin's approach to offensiveness.
― hipstery nayme (darraghmac), Friday, 9 September 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
... be actually offensively horrible in every aspect of your persona and stage show? it's a look
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 September 2011 14:27 (twelve years ago) link