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Your Favourite Comedian?

  • 28-11-2005 04:48PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭


    Mine's a toss up between Tommy Tiernan and Dylan Moran!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭Debbio69


    my fave is Jack Dee


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 806 ✭✭✭Atrocity


    ricky gervais, jack dee, johnny vegas


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,097 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    Bill Hicks and Baill Bailey but most of all, Tommy Tiernan.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭garred


    The Diceman or Tiernan.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Des Bishop


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭jonnybadd


    Bill Bailey


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭honru


    Mitch Hedberg and Stephen Wright.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭The Gnome


    Either Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard or Dylan Moran.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 620 ✭✭✭RotalicaV


    Jack Dee


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,072 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Tommy Tiernan and Peter Kay are my two personal favourites!

    But of course Bill Hicks has gotta get a mention.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Mr.D.Leprachaun


    Paul Merton, then Jack Dee.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭Drazhar


    Billy Connolly (WTF, how wasnt he mentioned) then daragh o brian and tommy tiernan (who seems to be copying BC a bit..)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Tobias Greeshman


    I can't believe it took 14 posts to mention the world's finest comedian.... Billy Connolly of course!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,371 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    Billy is first... then in no particular order Jack Dee, Paul Merton, Bill Bailey. Same as everyone else really.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    biko wrote:
    Des Bishop
    biko


  • Posts: 9,005 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    dermot moragan!god bless his soul although he didnt believe in him!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    Bill Hicks


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,816 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    oddly enough just about the funniest thing I've seen was Ken Dodd during Red Nose day many years ago..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Mr.D.Leprachaun


    Oh, god I forgot Billy Connolly! My apologies!:o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,257 ✭✭✭SoupyNorman


    Tommy Tiernan is number 1 den in no particular order Des Bishop, Ricky Gervais, Bill Bailey, Billy Connelly.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭Binomate


    Billy Connely, Robin Williams, Tommy Teirnan, Chris Rock.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    Bill Hicks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 579 ✭✭✭spoofilyj


    Bill Bayley

    Because he gave jokes such as

    Bring forth the chalkey dust of the love slamon.
    The Pigeon has no agenda.
    The Human slaves song...
    & of course

    U are not Bill Bayley you are but a Doppelganger I am the real Bill Bayley.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭Hmm_Messiah


    Woody Allen, Bob Newhart

    I know their stand up seems ancient but the timing and how they can make you imagine the whole scenario
    e.g. Woody and the Moose story or Newhart's Bus Drivers training.

    Tiernan must be the most naturally talented @ it these days

    Bill Bailey makes me laugh outloud so include him
    Billy Connolly was funny, now I find irritating and he can join my least favourites:-Lenny Henry (can't believe we thought him funny once, maybe he was..then) and Des Bishop (who states the obvious and is less funny than any person I've ever heard say something funny in a pub)

    Ellen Degeneres is probably the funniest of the women comedians, though Victoria Wood has a lovely innocent humour.

    oops Vic Reeves.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Ricky Gervais / Bill Bailey.

    Was in stitches watching Lee Evans once but I think I was just in that kind of mood.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭brian crackout


    For Stand Up My Favourites would probly be
    Billy Connelly
    Tommy Cooper

    For TV Comedy Probably

    RIk Mayall/Ade Edmondson
    Hale & Pace
    Matt lucas & Dave Williams
    Ricky Gervais


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭Fidelis


    Bill Hicks/Denis Leary
    Ricky Gervais
    Bill Bailey
    Richard Pryor
    Patrice O'Neal


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Fidelis wrote:
    Bill Hicks/Denis Leary

    Haha, well put!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭nitrogen


    I think the difference between a good and great comedian is the ability to make people laugh outside your own culture.

    Billy Connolly can obviously do this, Bill Hicks is another one and Richard Pryor. Besides those two, Bill Bailey is also excellent. Although Tiernan is funny, there's only so much I can take of Irish stand-up. Hence my first statement.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    nitrogen wrote:
    I think the difference between a good and great comedian is the ability to make people laugh outside your own culture.

    Billy Connolly can obviously do this.

    Billy is succesful here because our culture is quite similar to Scotlands, but I don't think he would be as succesful in the States (if they could even understand him). Still a top, top comedian.


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