[the truth]

great thread I concur there are loads of crap mostly middle class overly educated comics who arent naturally funny. ....i dont laugh at michael macintyre nor jack whitehall, at all....theres a few exceptions like dylan moran makes me laugh a bit, rob brydon can be funny, steve coogan obviously though i find his performances funnier than coogan just giving an interview, rod gilbert I quite enjoy....johnny vegas can be funny ....ricky gervais awful stand up, who else in the UK? andi osho is on a lot, hes probably one of the better female comics and shes very sexy.......izzard is ok but way over rated...the older comics like jasper carrott, dave allen, billy connolly, even tom oconner were infinitely better..why? well because they were working class and real. I truly believe that
will self dont like, etc

I think american comedians and writers and comedy actors are way way ahead of what we have to offer.......from pryor to bill hicks to robin williams to louis ck to dave chappelle,,,,,,,,,,to chris rock to seinfeld to eddie murphy back in the day

in movies they have endless brilliant comedy actors and writers from owen wilson to will ferrell, to ben stiller, steve martin, vince vaughan, steve correll, jack black, tina fey, amy poehler, amy adams, drew barrymore, adam sandler, or older school ted danson, henry winkler, woody harrelson, etc even serious heavyweight actors like nolte, deniro , mcconaughey, pacino, nickolson can all be hilarious

british comedy and movies have long been too snobbish and elitist imo....even the so called grim up north films arent realistic they lack humour because theyre made by posh boys who dont really understand the people they make movies about
we had a great era of comedy tv shows, with legends like warren mitchell, harry corbett, wilfred brambell, ronnie barker, john cleese, david jason, mochael crawford...but that eras long gone and weve gone backwards, we dont invest in this talent and in writers anymore , we dont take risks like the goon show either

british comedy is the most over rated thing on the planet. even python were over rated

bring back more working class comics , with original ideas,,,who relate to the common man and woman