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Mystic Mock
16-09-2023, 08:49 PM
Xuandong Ren.
The guy literally offered to fight a Blues fan who didn't like him.
"You want come."
Classic.
One of the best.
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No need for a poll , Alf
Three are the best two easily
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Stewart Francis
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Tom Stade
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I don't know Tom Stade. But I don't think Stu Francis is from the UK, he's Canadian but was based in the UK. Although he is OK. Not in the league of some I put in the poll, but he's ok..
Sean Lock was a good one, but i don't really care for stand up in general.
Crimson Dynamo
16-09-2023, 09:28 PM
Billy
Peter
Ricky
Some forum members are thinking, what's a comedian?
I should have really added Bob Monkhouse and Tommy Cooper to that poll.
Mystic Mock
16-09-2023, 11:27 PM
Some forum members are thinking, what's a comedian?
You're mixing that up with Tik-Tok.
I don't know Tom Stade. But I don't think Stu Francis is from the UK, he's Canadian but was based in the UK. Although he is OK. Not in the league of some I put in the poll, but he's ok..
Oooops
They are both Canadian oddly last I heard both live in UK
for some reason
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Kate!
17-09-2023, 06:32 PM
Jon Richardson is funny
Jon Richardson is funnyHis wife is funnier. Check out his wife.
Infact watch the show "Meet the Richardsons" which his wife mainly wrote. It's a great show. Jon is good in it but his wife steels the show. And I'm not being biased just because she from Hull.
I don't know Tom Stade. But I don't think Stu Francis is from the UK, he's Canadian but was based in the UK. Although he is OK. Not in the league of some I put in the poll, but he's ok..
Try that Tom Stade link for a taste ..
These two are rarities like Tommy Cooper where they can make you laugh and smile without saying a word
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AnnieK
17-09-2023, 07:06 PM
Infact watch the show "Meet the Richardsons" which his wife mainly wrote. It's a great show. Jon is good in it but his wife steels the show. And I'm not being biased just because she from Hull.
I love Lucy Beaumont.....they are good together though.
Kate!
17-09-2023, 07:13 PM
Infact watch the show "Meet the Richardsons" which his wife mainly wrote. It's a great show. Jon is good in it but his wife steels the show. And I'm not being biased just because she from Hull.
I love Lucy Beaumont.....they are good together though.
Totally agree.
The Slim Reaper
17-09-2023, 07:21 PM
Waiting for Nicky to come in and say Russell Brand :laugh:
Bernard was very funny in his day, so was les dawson, but i think my personal favourite is Billy
I would give an honourable mention to Dave Allen because he was not UK, but thats where he had all his success
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 07:57 PM
Ricky Gervais
Sarah Milican
Crimson Dynamo
17-09-2023, 08:09 PM
Sarah Milican
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Niamh.
17-09-2023, 08:14 PM
https://media.tenor.com/nWzRx-FiWeYAAAAC/get-out-now.gifI love her [emoji854]
Ricky Gervais
Sarah MilicanSarah Milican? Me and you need to have a sit down meeting where I am chastiseing you.
She's not funny Neem. She's just stolen Jo Brand's jokes about eating cake. And Jo Brand is not that funny. But at least more original tha Milican.
I can't believe you're making me defend Jo Brand. I prefer Milican as a person.
Kate!
17-09-2023, 08:21 PM
I'm also a fan of Sarah Millican
Cherie
17-09-2023, 08:22 PM
Dave Allen
Peter Kay
Michael McIntyre
Cherie
17-09-2023, 08:23 PM
I like Micky Flanagan as well
I like Micky Flanagan as wellMicky is great.
His "peeping" routine is genius.
That's peeping out your window from behind your curtains.
Also his "demise of fingering" routine is superb.
AnnieK
17-09-2023, 08:42 PM
Ive seen Micky, Rhod Gilbert, Lou Sanders and Jason Manford live. All very very funny. I also live James Acaster.
GiRTh
17-09-2023, 08:51 PM
I should have really added Bob Monkhouse and Tommy Cooper to that poll.I'd pick Monkhouse. Dont forget Tarby Alf.
Cherie
17-09-2023, 08:52 PM
Micky is great.
His "peeping" routine is genius.
That's peeping out your window from behind your curtains.
Also his "demise of fingering" routine is superb.
yeah love the peeping vid
Kate!
17-09-2023, 09:04 PM
Dave Allen
Peter Kay
Michael McIntyre
A woman of impeccable taste
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 09:05 PM
Sarah Milican? Me and you need to have a sit down meeting where I am chastiseing you.
She's not funny Neem. She's just stolen Jo Brand's jokes about eating cake. And Jo Brand is not that funny. But at least more original tha Milican.
I can't believe you're making me defend Jo Brand. I prefer Milican as a person.It's a good job we're different people with different taste. I like her, much more than Jo Brand too
Mystic Mock
17-09-2023, 09:07 PM
Oooops
They are both Canadian oddly last I heard both live in UK
for some reason
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Don't worry I picked someone from Hong Kong.:joker:
There's nobody as unique as Lee Evans. I watch North Americans viewing him for the first time and trying to compare him with Jim Carrey.
I'm a big fan of Jim Carrey as a comedy actor. But he's not in Evans league infront of a live audience at stand-up and trust me, Evans used to pack out huge arena's. I'd guess Carrey never played to those size of crowds in his stand up days.
I'm not saying Evans was the best, but he has to be in the argument.
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 09:25 PM
Lee Evans is painful to watch, all his gurning and sweating
Lee Evans is painful to watch, all his gurning and sweatingThat's also known as putting effort into your work.
His act wouldn't work if he just stood at the microphone like Stewart Lee or hundreds of the other stand ups.
That's why Evans was packing out huge arena's and probably the most successful stand up of the 90s
GiRTh
17-09-2023, 09:32 PM
Lee Evans is painful to watch, all his gurning and sweatingThis. His sctick get old after about 5 minutes.
Best UK standups that I think have been missed
Jimmy Tarbuck
Nigel Ng AKA Uncle Roger
Richard Ayoade
Jon Richardson
Ross Noble
Kevin Bridges
Lee Mack
Greg Davies
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 09:35 PM
This. His sctick get old after about 5 minutes.
Best UK standups that I think have been missed
Jimmy Tarbuck
Nigel Ng AKA Uncle Roger
Richard Ayoade
Jon Richardson
Ross Noble
Kevin Bridges
Lee Mack
Greg Davies
It's just not funny, he's like a glorified Mr Bean.
Greg Davies is hilarious, I love Richard Ayoade too, I love that dead pan-ness
It's just not funny, he's like a glorified Mr Bean.
Greg Davies is hilarious, I love Richard Ayoade too, I love that dead pan-nessMr Bean is very funny. What would be wrong with any version of him?
GiRTh
17-09-2023, 09:38 PM
It's just not funny, he's like a glorified Mr Bean.
Greg Davies is hilarious, I love Richard Ayoade too, I love that dead pan-ness
WHen I first saw Evans in the 90's I thought he was very original. After half an hour I was not laughing anymore.
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 09:40 PM
Mr Bean is very funny. What would be wrong with any version of him?I can't stand Mr Bean
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 09:40 PM
WHen I first saw Evans in the 90's I thought he was very original. After half an hour I was not laughing anymore.Surprised you laughed for the first half an hour even [emoji28]
i never laughed once at lee evans
GiRTh
17-09-2023, 09:43 PM
Surprised you laughed for the first half an hour even [emoji28]:laugh:
I could post a clip of Lee Evans doing a joke about cheese and onion crisps that would be funnier then anything Greg Davies or Richard Ayoade have ever done in their careers. And Ayeode was in the Mighty Boosh. Which I love and Davies was in the Inhetweeners.
They''d never get the laughs of Lee Evans buying a packet of cheese and onion from a petrol station.
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 09:47 PM
Nah
NahYou were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar in the 90s. What do you know?
GiRTh
17-09-2023, 09:50 PM
You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar in the 90s. What do you know?You've made the point I was gonna make. Back in the 90's he was quite original but it wore off quite quickly
You've made the point I was gonna make. Back in the 90's he was quite original but it wore off quite quicklyIt really didn't. The guy is one of the greatest. If you don't count Billy Connally as nineties then he was the best UK of the nineties for the working class. If you went to University then Eddie Izzard was your man. Or woman as it's known today.
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 09:55 PM
You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar in the 90s. What do you know?But even then I knew I'd find a much better laugh definitely without you :hee:
You have to be a miserable, humourless bastard to not find Lee Evans funny.
That was his job and he was one of the best. Surely it's you who has the problem? You ever thought about that?
Why am I such a miserable bastard?
Do you ever ask yourself that?
Is that why you enjoy silencing people from voicing their opinions on forums?
Is that more your kind of humour?
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 10:08 PM
:laugh2:
You know I love you Neem.
Niamh.
17-09-2023, 10:18 PM
You know I love you Neem.:love:
user104658
18-09-2023, 10:00 AM
Saw Dylan Moran live in Edinburgh a couple of years ago and he was brilliant - though of course, not UK, I hasten to add, before Niamh gets the knives out :laugh:.
I also saw Russell Howard when I was at Uni. He wasn't even vaguely funny. The "unknown" guy who did an opening set for him was significantly funnier, which made his unfunniness even worse in comparison.
Niamh.
18-09-2023, 10:02 AM
Saw Dylan Moran live in Edinburgh a couple of years ago and he was brilliant - though of course, not UK, I hasten to add, before Niamh gets the knives out :laugh:.
I also saw Russell Howard when I was at Uni. He wasn't even vaguely funny. The "unknown" guy who did an opening set for him was significantly funnier, which made his unfunniness even worse in comparison.
I read the first line and was about to go straight for the jugular :oh:
If we're talking Irish comedians Tommy Tiernan is brilliant
Saw Dylan Moran live in Edinburgh a couple of years ago and he was brilliant - though of course, not UK, I hasten to add, before Niamh gets the knives out :laugh:.
I also saw Russell Howard when I was at Uni. He wasn't even vaguely funny. The "unknown" guy who did an opening set for him was significantly funnier, which made his unfunniness even worse in comparison.
I will never understand the popularity of Russell Howard !!!
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WHen I first saw Evans in the 90's I thought he was very original. After half an hour I was not laughing anymore.
We saw at a local club well before he got popular.. he was doing handstands on the stage and was more slapstick. .. and never SWORE .. back then
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Oliver_W
18-09-2023, 01:28 PM
I'm not really a fan of stand-up comedy, but I like Tim Vine.
When I was younger I had a VHS of Vic Reeves Big Night Out On Tour, which was more of a variety show than stand-up, but I loved that. Wish I still had it.
user104658
18-09-2023, 02:42 PM
I will never understand the popularity of Russell Howard !!!
It was just straight-up bad and got really awkward because he was getting a lack of laughs... I actually wanted to leave but I was near the back (it was just in one of the bars of the student union) and it would have been too obvious :joker:.
I'm not really a fan of stand-up comedy, but I like Tim Vine.
When I was younger I had a VHS of Vic Reeves Big Night Out On Tour, which was more of a variety show than stand-up, but I loved that. Wish I still had it.
The guy I linked , Stuart Francis will be just up your street as hes a one-liner comedian !!
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I met Russell Howard when i was having a pint in a bar in cyprus. The toilets were down a stair and on his way down he took a tumble and fell down the entire way. The whole bar erupted in guffaws of laughter :laugh:
Niamh.
18-09-2023, 03:09 PM
I met Russell Howard when i was having a pint in a bar in cyprus. The toilets were down a stair and on his way down he took a tumble and fell down the entire way. The whole bar erupted in guffaws of laughter :laugh:
awww poor Russell, you're all very mean. I don't mind his TV show Good news
user104658
18-09-2023, 03:09 PM
I met Russell Howard when i was having a pint in a bar in cyprus. The toilets were down a stair and on his way down he took a tumble and fell down the entire way. The whole bar erupted in guffaws of laughter :laugh:
So you might say he was Britain's best... fall down comedian?
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user104658
18-09-2023, 03:11 PM
awww poor Russell, you're all very mean. I don't mind his TV show Good news
He recycles his jokes a lot, which of course all comedians do, but it's really noticeable. My major problem with both the stand-up show I saw and a lot of Good News is that most of the jokes were slightly altered/tailored versions of jokes he'd already done on Mock The Week.
Niamh.
18-09-2023, 03:12 PM
So you might say he was Britain's best... fall down comedian?
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Niamh.
18-09-2023, 03:13 PM
He recycles his jokes a lot, which of course all comedians do, but it's really noticeable. My major problem with both the stand-up show I saw and a lot of Good News is that most of the jokes were slightly altered/tailored versions of jokes he'd already done on Mock The Week.
Good News is really the only thing of his I watched so i didn't notice that
user104658
18-09-2023, 03:13 PM
That said, he had some great moments on Mock The Week to be fair. He bounces off other comedians well, some comedians are like that (much funnier on the various panel shows etc. than on their own).
Oliver_W
18-09-2023, 03:16 PM
major problem
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user104658
18-09-2023, 03:41 PM
Not this again Oliver... it's Colonel Stupid.
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