Comedians.

The Cowboy · July 23, 2015

Kurt said:
Great list... except for Chris Rock lol..

Anyway

*CONTROVERSY ALERT *

I watch a lot of stand up shows on The TV introducing the next young bright comedy light , that's great but... I have a problem. There are a few comedias on the circuit now who are of ethnic minority... now his doesn't bother me at all.. I don't care what your colour/religion/species is if you're funny.... but more and more of these comedians are basing their comedy around race.... why ? why can you not just be funny instead of getting three jokes into your routine before revealing that you're a muslim/hindu/fat American and making obvious jokes about it.... does my head in... it's not remotely funny tbh. If I were to make jokes about somebodies religion or heritage I would be classed as racist.... so why is it ok when the shoe is on the other foot so to speak. It's a cheap way to try and get laughs.

Sorry, rant over.

Yep, and it just shows that they're actually poor comedians with no idea how to formulate a good stand-up routine. The worst one is surely Omid Djalili, the man is an utter sham, nothing he ever says is funny, and he just adopts the same ranty-shouty delivery that Alexei Sayle used (who wasn't remotely funny either).

Conversely, Romesh Ranganathan (think that's right) is really funny, because he doesn't rely on his race or background.

Bungle · July 23, 2015

The Cowboy said:
Yep, and it just shows that they're actually poor comedians with no idea how to formulate a good stand-up routine. The worst one is surely Omid Djalili, the man is an utter sham, nothing he ever says is funny, and he just adopts the same ranty-shouty delivery that Alexei Sayle used (who wasn't remotely funny either).

Conversely, Romesh Ranganathan (think that's right) is really funny, because he doesn't rely on his race or background.

He's great, and he's a grumpy [Poor language removed] as well which I can relate to so it amuses me even more. Another is Paul Chowdhry, he does play on his religion a little more but it's not his complete act and he's fairly decent.

LouReedwalkonthewildside · July 23, 2015

Tell you who else isn't bad, Julia Davis, have been watching her in that 'Nighty night' dark comedy (she wrote it) but funny as uck.

Bungle · July 23, 2015

LouReedwalkonthewildside said:
Tell you who else isn't bad, Julia Davis, have been watching her in that 'Nighty night' dark comedy (she wrote it) but funny as uck.

She's great, seems to have been around forever as well and has popped up in loads of things. Haven't seen any of that Nighty night though

Brendan Janus · July 23, 2015

As stand ups :

1) Lee Evans,
2) Frank Skinner,
3) Billy Connolly.

LouReedwalkonthewildside · July 23, 2015

Bungle said:
She's great, seems to have been around forever as well and has popped up in loads of things. Haven't seen any of that Nighty night though

They are doing repeats on UK Gold every Wednesday night at 11 0'clock. It really is a dark comedy, she's a sick uck in it, some of the things she gets up to.

Whistlin' Dixie · July 23, 2015

The Cowboy said:
Always enjoyed stand up comedy, and I guess my favourites would be

Eddie Hazard

By day he's just a mild-mannered footballer for chelsea.........

The Cowboy · July 23, 2015

Whistlin' Dixie said:
By day he's just a mild-mannered footballer for chelsea.........

ha ha! Bloomin' autocorrect!

SteRobbo84 · July 23, 2015

1. Frankie Boyle
2. Jimmy Carr
3. Stewart Francis

The Cowboy · July 23, 2015

SteRobbo84 said:
1. Frankie Boyle
2. Jimmy Carr
3. Stuart Francis

Have we moved onto 'worst comedians ever'? ;-)

Whistlin' Dixie · July 23, 2015

SteRobbo84 said:
1. Frankie Boyle
2. Jimmy Carr
3. Stuart Francis

Carr's fake laugh gives me homicidal tendencies. No, really - it does.

Is that Francis geezer the poncey one what used to say:"Oooh, I could crush a grape" and used to present crackerjack? Thought (Was hoping) he'd be dead be now.

Deleted member 24970 · July 23, 2015

In terms of stand up i would say Jimmy Carr, Kevin bridges and maybe Jimeoin.

In terms of characters and general sense of humour i would say Ronnie Barker, porridge, open all hours, two ronnies etc....

SteRobbo84 · July 23, 2015

Whistlin' Dixie said:
Carr's fake laugh gives me homicidal tendencies. No, really - it does.

Is that Francis geezer the poncey one what used to say:"Oooh, I could crush a grape" and used to present crackerjack? Thought (Was hoping) he'd be dead be now.

I can understand why his laugh would irritate people but you only really hear it when he's hosting like 8OoTC. And god no, not that Stu Francis!

Whistlin' Dixie · July 23, 2015

SteRobbo84 said:
I can understand why his laugh would irritate people but you only really hear it when he's hosting like 8OoTC. And god no, not that Stu Francis!

No mate - it's on every panel show he does. Every. Single. One.

Now I'm angry just thinking about it. Right - that's it......I'm off to shoot some local cats & birds with my bb gun. And that stu francis if I see him :rant:

SteRobbo84 · July 23, 2015

Whistlin' Dixie said:
No mate - it's on every panel show he does. Every. Single. One.

Now I'm angry just thinking about it. Right - that's it......I'm off to shoot some local cats & birds with my bb gun. And that stu francis if I see him

Haha sorry mate what I meant was you don't hear it anywhere near as much when he is doing stand up!