[Black Dagger]

Oh he pisses me off, I didn't like him in that awful Him Or Her show where Russell Tovey pretended he liked porking vagina either.

[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

[the truth]

larry david imo is the funniest man of all time
going back a few decades, laurel and hardy were fantastic and still make me laugh

[Livia]

Comedy is subjective, like music... like everything. What one person finds funny another person may not. You can only say what's funny to you; you can't say something "wasn't funny" or that a comedian is "crap" just because you didn't laugh. Unless you're some kind of megalomaniac.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Livia

Comedy is subjective, like music... like everything. What one person finds funny another person may not. You can only say what's funny to you; you can't say something "wasn't funny" or that a comedian is "crap" just because you didn't laugh. Unless you're some kind of megalomaniac.

Indeed

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Livia

Comedy is subjective, like music... like everything. What one person finds funny another person may not. You can only say what's funny to you; you can't say something "wasn't funny" or that a comedian is "crap" just because you didn't laugh. Unless you're some kind of megalomaniac.

If you are not laughing at Seinfeld then I think you should be jailed.

jailed I tells ya

Youtube video

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

If you are not laughing at Seinfeld then I think you should be jailed.

jailed I tells ya

Youtube video

I really don't find him funny

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I really don't find him funny

[ChristmasNeeve]

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

If you are not laughing at Seinfeld then I think you should be jailed.

jailed I tells ya

Jews are hilarious, what more can I say?

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I really don't find him funny

Racist.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Livia

Jews are hilarious, what more can I say?



Racist.

How can I be Jewist if I think you're funny hhmmmmm

[Z]

Can't stand Michael McIntyre

[King Gizzard]

my heart sank when I saw vic and bob mentioned in here

[King Gizzard]

oh wait i've already posted about this, I thought it was a new thread

[King Gizzard]

David Walliams. Cringe at when I religiously fanboyed Little Britain when I was 12

Matt Lucas is still funny though generally, just not that show

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Nathan

David Walliams. Cringe at when I religiously fanboyed Little Britain when I was 12

Matt Lucas is still funny though generally, just not that show

line crossed

[Black Dagger]

Oh yes. David Walliams.. he was awful the other night on Sport Relief

"I'LL MAKE JOKES TO GARY LINEKER ALL NIGHT ABOUT ME NOT REALLY LIKING SPORTS, BUT PRESENTING THIS HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA.. GAY JOKE.. HAHAHAHA HAHAHA"

**** off and get eaten by a shark.

[the truth]

jew like woody allen?

[King Gizzard]

oh i probably mentioned rhod gilbert on the first page

my least favourite made worse by my dad absolutely loving him

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Youtube video

[King Gizzard]

good ol Bill

[Kyle]

I thought Leonardo di Caprio in the Titanic wasn't very funny at all. Never made me laugh once, oh except at the end.

[Stu]

There's all the obvious ones but then ...

I've had poos funnier than Stewart Lee. I have no doubt he is an erudite, talented writer with his index finger up the culture clunge but a slew of his stand up material comes off as dry run for a 90 minute mental masturbation that never quite climaxes. A bit like my life admittedly only I'm not putting a charge on the door.

He's got this mundane sort of post everything, supreme hate type schtick that would get thumbed up under a Guardian article but on T.V. most of it is just lost on me. The humor. Not the routine. He breeds that type of fans - some not all - who will insist if you don't like him you just don't get it. As if they were behold to some comedy meta tribe. Consumers of better constructed belly laughs than - woe - the denizens of the comedy panel shows he failed to get booked on for years not because audiences didn't get his jokes but because they did and they were just a bit **** really.

Ironic too that so much of his material relies so heavily on the stuff he is ripping on in the first place. Which is normal for comedy yeah but somewhat dangerous if what you are relying on is itself what you're trying to sell back as less refined comedy. Russell Brand's book is crap HAHAHA.

Del Boy fell through the bar.

Then Trigger made a face.

Then Stewart Lee dragged in out for twenty minutes.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Stu

There's all the obvious ones but then ...

I've had poos funnier than Stewart Lee. I have no doubt he is an erudite, talented writer with his index finger up the culture clunge but a slew of his stand up material comes off as dry run for a 90 minute mental masturbation that never quite climaxes. A bit like my life admittedly only I'm not putting a charge on the door.

He's got this mundane sort of post everything, supreme hate type schtick that would get thumbed up under a Guardian article but on T.V. most of it is just lost on me. The humor. Not the routine. He breeds that type of fans - some not all - who will insist if you don't like him you just don't get it. As if they were behold to some comedy meta tribe. Consumers of better constructed belly laughs than - woe - the denizens of the comedy panel shows he failed to get booked on for years not because audiences didn't get his jokes but because they did and they were just a bit **** really.

Ironic too that so much of his material relies so heavily on the stuff he is ripping on in the first place. Which is normal for comedy yeah but somewhat dangerous if what you are relying on is itself what you're trying to sell back as less refined comedy. Russell Brand's book is crap HAHAHA.

Del Boy fell through the bar.

Then Trigger made a face.

Then Stewart Lee dragged in out for twenty minutes.

I watched him befuddled for like 15 minutes the other night and could not work out why people think he is funny. He must have gone to the Eddie Izzard comedy school

[Stu]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I watched him befuddled for like 15 minutes the other night and could not work out why people think he is funny. He must have gone to the Eddie Izzard comedy school

He pulled a rib on Eddie once for pretending to improvise. I wish Lee would pretend to be a comedian.

I have the Eddie Izzard boxset. I have to admit as much as I like him and as great as the laughs are when they do come there's a whole lot of waffle to eat through.

Plus he's crap now anyway. He's been **** for years hasn't he. Needs to stop talking about jogging and put on a dress.