britans best/worst comedian

grames_bond

this poll was just conduced....all i can say is :rolleyes: who the hell was voting?

UK'S FAVOURITE COMEDIANS
1. Peter Kay
2. Lee Evans
3. Alan Carr
4. Catherine Tate
5. Dawn French
6. Rowan Atkinson
7. Al Murray
8. Jack Dee
9. Eddie Izzard
10. Frankie Boyle

UK'S LEAST FAVOURITE COMEDIANS
1. Jo Brand
2. Jonathan Ross
3. Victoria Wood
4. Ricky Gervais
5. Harry Hill
6. Jimmy Carr
7. Paul Merton
8. Russell Brand
9. Spike Milligan
10. Alan Bennett

some rediculous decisions there on both polls!

elshambo

grames_bond wrote: »

this poll was just conduced....all i can say is :rolleyes: who the hell was voting?

The kinda people who vote in best/worst polls!:o;)

RobbieBonham

grames_bond wrote: »

who the hell was voting?

The customers of some internet bank called 'Smile', so they've really got the pulse of the British public there... {disengage sarcasm mode}

http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2008/11/30/7892/kay_named_uks_favourite_comic


EDIT - Just realised upon reading that they voted Spike Milligan amongst their least favourite. Hope the bank goes under.

anonymous_joe

Jo Brand's a legend! What lies!

Given that I've never heard of 'em they're probably a small bank. So let's all hope/pray to applicable deity (or lack thereof)/karmatic force that the current financial climes destroy them. Seems reasonable. :P

corkoniann

where the hell is billy connolly? the world's greatest comic and the man who shaped stand up as we now know it.

Mr.Nice Guy

Alan Carr good, Spike Milligan bad? :eek:

Heisenberg.

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Quint

After watching Russell Brand for an hour, I can't believe he's not top of the bad list. All he did was talk about women he shagged for the whole show! Did you know he has sex a lot? Hilaroius! Now, imagine making a career of those stories....:(

ra88

I think you are missing Michael Mcintyre... the best around right now!

nipps

ye, i find michael macintyre halarious!!!

Iron Hide

Why in hell is Al Murray on the favourite list and not Billy Connolly, Michael McIntyre, Johnny Vegas and Benny Hill.. The mind f***in boggles.

GoodKnightAlex

It should've been titled: 'The Best and Worst Comedians for Anyone Under the Age of 16'.

Most of those comedians in the top list are the type who've thrived off silly voices and slapstick. Nothing wrong with that, but the 'best'? Izzard's in the right place though. He's a rarity for comedy, and deserves to be in the 'top' list.

I think because the poll was conducted by a bank, they're most likely going for safe comedy, so that no one calls up the bank cranky about curse words.

Just like Bill Cosby to Eddie Murphy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XylJW5c9eJ0

Galvasean

Billy Connolly not being in the favourites list makes me sad

getz

number one peter kay, yes

grames_bond

Galvasean wrote: »

Billy Connolly not being in the favourites list makes me sad

i wholeheartedly agree!

getz wrote: »

number one peter kay, yes

i wholeheartedly disagree!*


* unless you were being sarcastic

ball

ra88 wrote: »

I think you are missing Michael Mcintyre... the best around right now!

nipps wrote: »

ye, i find michael macintyre halarious!!!

I can't believe this.
I was just about to say how Michael McIntyre should be on the least favourite.

He's my least favourite person in the world

TheSpecialOne

jo brand is very funny!! hate that michael mcintyre cannot for life of me understand his popularity

beetlebailey

TheSpecialOne wrote: »

jo brand is very funny!! hate that michael mcintyre cannot for life of me understand his popularity

Jo Brand ? Funny ? Her stand up career is based on jokes about being fat,no one wanting to shag her,periods and men being useless!..........Yawn!

eth0_

Stewart Lee, Jon Richardson and Robin Ince are definitely in my top 5.

Worst comedians...Jimmy Carr (dull comedy, poor delivery - as if he's reading from a joke book), Ricky Gervais, Ross Noble.

Rebel021

I watched Russell Brand's Scandalous the other day and turned it off after 30 mins.
Absolute rubbish.
@etho have to agree with Jimmy Carr

chalad07

eth0_ wrote: »

Stewart Lee, Jon Richardson and Robin Ince are definitely in my top 5.

Worst comedians...Jimmy Carr (dull comedy, poor delivery - as if he's reading from a joke book), Ricky Gervais, Ross Noble.

Totally agree with Stewart Lee - i've only really heard of him this weekend, and spent a few hours checking him out. So so funny. He really is a cut above most of the stuff we see. I dont know the other two you mentioned but i'll check them out.

On topic - yes, that list is a joke. But to be honest, so is any 'top ten' anyone cares to mention.