unfunniest "comedians"

a young man with face tattoos stole my phone and typed boonk gang whole lotta gang shit xp

http://youtu.be/IyE78eyFRa8

say what you will about the man's politics

I assume this thread's heyday did not overlap with Carlos Mencia's and that is why this post is the first invocation of his name.

Not that many comedians I have a strong dislike for. Even when they're not good I still kind of want them to succeed and think most of the ones I see on television have a basic level of likeability that makes their failures very uncomfortable.

This, in every respect, is the opposite of what I think.

Colin Quinn is the unfunniest comedian

I can probably count the number of times Colin Quinn has made me laugh because of a joke and not because of how viciously he was bombing on one hand.

the saga of dan nainan, hungry millennial comedian is funnier than anything he's ever said in a comedy routine, by far

have we posted about dan naian yet

https://youtu.be/FDVkLDElFok?t=99

bahahaha at the comments in this video

even Neil Hamburger's early CDs don't have him bombing this hard. I'm 15 minutes in and he hasn't gotten a single laugh

btw my entire Twitter feed has an obsession with this guy. I saw him get quoted in a dumb newspaper article and it blew my mind

neil hamburger is a treasure and i'm amazed audiences didn't cotton onto this more quickly

I've met Nanian. He is a true sociopath irl.

Ouuuuuuuuuch @ that Nanian video. I couldn't get even five minutes into it. I kept thinking he seemed like some middle manager who fixated way too much on that one time an employee laughed at one of his dad jokes and then decided to just ditch the day job and go for it. And then he told an anecdote which basically confirmed that exact impression.

how does he have anything of a career, is it all russian money

fake amuse

holy shit craig shoemaker is unbearable

This, in every respect, is the opposite of what I think.

― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:35

You hate most comedians and want them to fail, most tv comedians are unlikable, which makes their successes make very comfortable for you?

I just can't hate a comedian for being unfunny, they need to come off like a prick.

I'm more on the side of hate until proven good tbh and regard this approach as healthy

it's like the opposite of music

I don't want them to fail necessarily, I wouldn't care either way, but I hate most of them and they come across as deeply unlikeable.

... and, more importantly, not funny.

There's also far too many of them, especially on TV on those fucking panel shows that are blight on our nation.

I've met Nanian. He is a true sociopath irl.

― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 2:57 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

any further info you can give us. I'm a big nainan "fan"

a question with rich pickings btw: who is the unfunniest British comedian

all of the bastards tbh

Cast of thousands there.

I just can't hate a comedian for being unfunny, they need to come off like a prick.

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:03 (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I hate anyone earning a living from doing useless work badly tbh

also even the funny comedians usually come off like pricks tbh

(xp) OTM. Ireland produces the most unfunny comedians per capita in the world, of course. Australia not far behind.

I hate anyone earning a living from doing useless work badly tbh

― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Wednesday, December 6, 2017 5:14 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What did the USA ever do to u

The way some of our British ilx guys focus their hatred on comedians and celebrities is disturbing.

I generally like Sarah Milican despite finding most of her material weak.

I haven't really liked any Pete Holmes stand-up I've seen yet I can't help but like his big floppy goofiness and the way he claps and laughs in front of his guests on his chat show.

There's loads like this.

The thing I like least about stand-up comedians is how most of them (even the good ones) tell jokes less intelligent than they are to stay afloat. I've seen some of them say they'll compromise and tell a shitty joke just to bring the audience into the next bit.

xp Assumed for ten years and more on ilx that anything true in the US was somehow normal and thats just for starters

Tom otm btw we somehow generate dozens of professional standups that eat and everything despite being only marginally funnier than Sean Hughes for example.

The way some of our British ilx guys focus their hatred on comedians and celebrities is disturbing.

I think you'll find that it's not just British ilx guys who think this way, though our comedians are notably terrible.

building a rapport with an audience by hooking them with some easy jokes, how terrible!

British ilx guys also use the word cunt a lot maybe that's throwing u

No, there's something different about the British hatred.

The worst comedians I've ever seen is usually on those American celebrity gossip clip shows. They just act in an over-the-top manner as if that's enough.
Can't think of any British standups who are that bad.

Are you British, American or bearable

building a rapport with an audience by hooking them with some easy jokes, how terrible!

― mh, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:26

If they're bad and stupid jokes, it is terrible.

look i've got to go to bed can somebody cut and paste the wiki page on "all British comedians"?

how is badly quipping on trash television anywhere near the same as stand-up

not all british comedians

fuckin a props to british dudes. keep on hating. i'd want to slit my wrists if shit like this was on tv here.

https://s2.thcdn.com/productimg/0/600/600/51/10048051-1345819895-435205.png

they don't even let Chubby on TV fortunately

ahh my bad

tbh most of what makes it to TV is worse and smugger

i think part of the misunderstanding here is the idea that comedic skill in one forum translates to another or is comparable

I think there’s some ability to hone the craft by doing stand-up and transitioning into television but it’s definitely not universal. on the other hand, improv is something people should do recreationally for other improv fans, or in locked rooms to get good at thinking on your feet and shouldn’t be a thing generally attended

this is nearly every youtuber who tries to be "funny"

also just about every english comedian

that dvd cover is going to give me nightmares

bad news, he's done dozens of them

i’ve many nightmares