Dylan Moran - like him or loathe him?

Basq · 02-12-2006 1:05am #1

Was a feckin' star on Jonathon Ross tonight!

But wanted to get a general consensus of what people think of him.. i myself never appreciated his stand-up until recently. Thought he was fantastic in Black Books.

But have watched a lot more of his stand-up recently and i really appreciate it now.. it's excellent. What makes it so funny i suppose is that stuff comes so out of left field.. you can never tell where his stories are going, where they'll end or whether what he just said for a punchline. Very ludicrous a lot of the time but very hilarious too!

So, do you like or loathe his comedy?

Basq · 02-12-2006 1:18am

Oh.. and Dara Ó Briain is on next week's Jonathon Ross - he's always great in interviews.

User45701 · 02-12-2006 1:35am

Dylan moran rules

saw him live (monster) at vickor st and again in some place called the water gate up north

love black books aswell have it on dvd

Dr. Nick · 02-12-2006 1:50am

He out-cooled the Ross, that's some achievement. Fantastic piece of tv, I laughed out loud.
Is he another of the kNaaavan brigade?

Elfish · 02-12-2006 1:55am

Yeah he was v funny alright, took no **** from Ross either

Anyone notice that JR closed the interview by calling him Dylan RYAN??

Dr. Nick · 02-12-2006 2:01am

thought he said MoarAAn like they always do?

Elfish · 02-12-2006 2:31am

sounded like ryan to me - don't think I missed the M sound of moran...bbc feed maybe?

admiralofthefleet · 02-12-2006 2:43am

imo he is the funniest irish comedian at the moment, is he always pissed on stage or just he just come across that way. monster was so funny

Vokes · 02-12-2006 8:55am

JR kept calling him Dylan Moe-ran

Anyway, he had in my stitches on the JR show - I wouldn't mind seeing one of his show.

And he did a new pilot recently

"From the makers of Father Ted comes Too Much Too Young, a new sitcom about a pair of childhood sweethearts who beat the odds, and stayed together.

Angus and Shell started their family when they were just 18, but with daughter Kayleigh now on the cusp of adulthood they’re discovering a whole new world of stress and worry. Bringing up kids is tough enough at the best of times – just imagine trying it when you’ve still got a lot of growing up to do yourself.

Along with 12 year-old Callum (old beyond his years), and 7 year-old Maisie (weird beyond belief) Angus and Shell have plenty on their plate. And that’s before you factor in Angus’ stubborn refusal to let go of his youth, and Shell’s tentative curiosity about how different her life could’ve been.

Dylan Moran, star and creator of BAFTA-winning comedy Black Books, plays Angus. An award-winning stand-up and writer, Dylan’s acting credits include BBC1’s How Do You Want Me, and the films Notting Hill and Shaun of the Dead.

Maxine Peake, the acclaimed star of Shameless, Dinnerladies, and See No Evil: The Moors Murders, plays Shell.

I wonder how it went.

Katykaboom · 02-12-2006 10:41am

I think he's brilliant, children are like drunken minature people!

Miguel_Sanchez · 02-12-2006 11:22am

Dylan Moran is great. Wish I'd seen him on J Ross - always enjoy his interviews.

Black Books is a genius sit-com.

How Do You Want Me? was pretty funny too.

wheres me jumpa · 02-12-2006 12:03pm

Never really liked him until I saw him doing a stand up show late one night, maybe somebody can tell me where it was, Ive seen it a few times since so it must be one of his finer attempts.

Really enjoyed it. Certainly amongst my mates he is under estimated.

Dont be at yourself · 02-12-2006 2:15pm

That pilot he's done is also written by Paul Rose, aka Mr. Biffo, who is one of the funniest people alive. No lie.

Basq · 02-12-2006 2:48pm

That pilot description sounds dreadful though! :eek:

Vokes · 02-12-2006 2:50pm

2point4 Children Part Deux ?

Basq · 02-12-2006 2:52pm

SofaKing wrote:

2point4 Children Part Deux ?

With a bit of "My Family" thrown into the mix!

Stargal · 02-12-2006 3:35pm

I think he's brilliant - I saw him do stand-up in the Olympia on my 14th birthday a good few years ago and ever since then I've been a big fan. Did anyone ever see 'How Do You Want Me', his short-lived but still decent sitcom on BBC2 a few years ago? Not quite Black Books, but still ok.

The_g-man · 02-12-2006 4:34pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-y4P8Aoo2k
Does anyone have the other routine he did at the comedy store where

he went off on a tangent from being hungry to wanting to be a woman, sometimes, and could smuggle diamonds across a border to fund the operation?

That was hilarious.

Oral Slang · 16-12-2006 12:33am

Really love him - loved Black Books & went to see him before in Vicar Street which was a really hilarious show..
Love Bill Bailey too, so Black Books was really my idea of class comedy!

Catari Jaguar · 17-12-2006 1:19pm

Ah.. I'm sad that I missed that. he's soooo funny and smart and just Frasier-esquely intelligent and charming. I saw him on TV doing stand up and he was off his face talking about love and women, dunno if anyone knows that sketch? Was fuxn hilarious

God I want his babies...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB81wfAMtZU

Here's link to interview

SprostonGreen · 18-12-2006 12:40pm

I think he is good doing stand-up, but on the JR show found him to be a bit distant, he was hard work almost as if he doesnt like Ross.

Worztron · 28-09-2015 11:10am

He's my favorite living comedian.

squonk · 28-09-2015 12:04pm

He's crap! I really just don't get his humor but I will say that the 'Children are little drunk people' excerpt is great. The rest though isn't anything to write home about. He's always seemed like a right arse to me. I think he's one of our poore r comedians. I've alwasy assumed that the sounding pissed thing was his act but, having seen him in standup once, I'm not so sure. I had to leave before the end of the show it was that bad. That being said, I'd originally been going to see Ben Elton and got my night's mixed up so I wasn't his target audience.