Ch4 100 Greatest Stand Ups

mewso

9 p.m. tonight. Updated for 2010 apparently. I'm sure we'll all disagree with the list.

eth0_

It was terrible. Bizarre rankings and they used the most unfunny clips they could find. Very, very few comedians who have come to prominence in the past 5 years - and you know why? Because they re-used about 70% of the voxpops from the edition of "100 greatest stand-ups" that was on C4 a couple of years ago.

And as for the Jim Davidson interview - I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Was a load o'bollix... Who the f*ck voted for Lee Evans?

cypharius

It'll be pretty much the same, I wouldn't mind so much if they showed some newer clips, but those 100 greatests are terrible.

They should do an entirely new one, 100 greatest comedians of the last 10 years, I think that comedy ages.

Chuchoter

I was actually shocked Jim Davidson was in the list. I think it says something about a nation if he got in. :S

Exclamation Marc

For anyone who missed it but wants to know the results....

1 BILLY CONNOLLY
2 RICHARD PRYOR
3 RICKY GERVAIS
4 BILL HICKS
5 EDDIE IZZARD
6 PETER KAY
7 BILL BAILEY
8 CHRIS ROCK
9 MICHAEL MCINTYRE
10 VICTORIA WOOD
11 ROSS NOBLE
12 STEWART LEE
13 JIMMY CARR
14 DYLAN MORAN
15 WOODY ALLEN
16 DARA O'BRIAIN
17 LEE EVANS
18 HARRY HILL
19 SEAN LOCK
20 TOMMY COOPER
21 LEE MACK
22 RUSSELL BRAND
23 DANIEL KITSON
24 LES DAWSON
25 AL MURRAY
26 JACK DEE
27 ALAN CARR
28 GEORGE CARLIN
29 FRANKIE BOYLE
30 JO BRAND
31 ROBIN WILLIAMS
32 TOMMY TIERNAN
33 JERRY SADOWITZ
34 OMID DJALILI
35 RUSSELL HOWARD
36 TIM VINE
37 JASPER CARROTT
38 BEN ELTON
39 REG D HUNTER
40 EDDIE MURPHY
41 ED BYRNE
42 RHOD GILBERT
43 ALAN DAVIES
44 TOMMY TRINDER
45 FRANK SKINNER
46 DAVE GORMAN
47 BOB HOPE
48 JOHNNY VEGAS
49 ROB NEWMAN
50 STEVEN WRIGHT
51 BERNARD MANNING
52 CHRIS ADDISON
53 LENNY BRUCE
54 PAUL MERTON
55 DAVE ALLEN
56 JERRY SEINFELD
57 JOAN RIVERS
58 GRAHAM NORTON
59 STEVE COOGAN
60 ANDY KAUFMAN
61 STEVE MARTIN
62 CHUBBY BROWN
63 PHIL JUPITUS
64 BOB MONKHOUSE
65 JASON MANFORD
66 MARK THOMAS
67 DEMETRI MARTIN
68 PAUL O'GRADY
69 FRANKIE HOWERD
70 JENNY ÉCLAIR
71 DENIS LEARY
72 ALEXEI SAYLE
73 JIM DAVIDSON
74 BILL COSBY
75 PATRICK KIELTY
76 CHIC MURRAY
77 EMO PHILLIPS
78 ARDAL O'HANLON
79 JULIAN CLARY
80 RONNIE CORBETT
81 TIM MINCHIN
82 BOB NEWHART
83 LENNY HENRY
84 DAVE SPIKEY
85 BARRY HUMPHRIES
86 HARRY ENFIELD
87 JETHRO
88 JOE PASQUALE
89 SEAN HUGHES
90 DICK GREGORY
91 RIK MAYALL
92 KEN DODD
93 ROSEANNE
94 ARTHUR SMITH
95 JACKIE MASON
96 LEE HURST
97 FRANK CARSON
98 DAVID BADDIEL
99 SHAPPI KHORSANDI
100 FREDDIE STARR

Absolutely awful list. How Lee Evans, Russel Brand, Dylan Moran and Harry Hill are so high is absolutley beyond me. Billy Connolly, I have no idea how is so high on the list. The people who voted for this must be inept in their views on comedy. And Jim Davidson, don't get me started.

pphheerroonn

Chris Rock...

Pattern emerging here... Awful list. Although there are a few I do agree with Demetri Martin, Peter Kay and Jimmy Carr are among my favourite comedians.

abouttobebanned

Lol so according to you guys there are no good comedians?

pphheerroonn

Not that there are none, there are just better ones than made this list.

Mr. Presentable

If it's anything like the Rock best lists, then they gave voters 125 acts to choose their top 100 from. No surprise the results are strange so. As for the clips, I imagine they chose whatever they could get for free, which would explain some acts having no clip at all.

grames_bond

lets be honest this poll has alan carr above george carlin....as soon as you see that you know not to pay attention to it at all!

Exclamation Marc

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Lol so according to you guys there are no good comedians?

I don't think it's that there are no good comedians, it's just the ordering of the list is so bizarre. Billy Connolly has jumped up huge places since the last vote and considering he's done nothing since, it really makes you wonder. And can anyone really say that Ricky Gervais is the third GREATEST stand up of all time?? He was good on his various TV shows and his three stand up shows have been pretty good, but better than all those other 96 below him and the ones not mentioned??? Very doubtful.

InReality

The program would be better if it was top 25 ( or less ) and had longer clips. & clips are just repeats from earlier shows which makes it hardly worth watching.

My tops would be seinfield , chris rock and connolly.

Seinfield was being offered crazy amounts of money (a million i think ) for a single live show but turned it down.
Rock is always great on tv and very smart as well.
Saw connolly was in dublin a few years ago , guy is a real master.

phasers

Michael Mcintyre in the top ten? Jesus Christ!

And don't get me started on Ricky Gervais.

Dreadful list. I really don't get why Billy Connolly is so popular.

Heisenberg.

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Horse_box

Absolutely terrible list!

Only good thing was seeing Stewart Lee voted 12th. Great to see him up there

Horse_box

FireballPitcher wrote: »

I don't think it's that there are no good comedians, it's just the ordering of the list is so bizarre. Billy Connolly has jumped up huge places since the last vote and considering he's done nothing since, it really makes you wonder. And can anyone really say that Ricky Gervais is the third GREATEST stand up of all time?? He was good on his various TV shows and his three stand up shows have been pretty good, but better than all those other 96 below him and the ones not mentioned??? Very doubtful.

Billy Connolly was 1st in the last list iirc

DublinWriter

Horse_box wrote: »

Billy Connolly was 1st in the last list iirc

There was another, similar documentary on C4 called something like "The Top Ten Comedians' Comedians" where the votes were cast by comedians themselves.

Bill Hicks came 1st.

Exclamation Marc

Horse_box wrote: »

Billy Connolly was 1st in the last list iirc

No I think Billy Connolly was around #3 and Peter Kay was #1 if I'm not mistaken.

phasers

Nope, Billy Connolly was number 1 the last time as well.

Exclamation Marc

phasers wrote: »

Nope, Billy Connolly was number 1 the last time as well.

Yep, my bad.

Found the original list for a comparison.

Channel 4's One Hundred Greatest Stand-Up Comedians

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2007 LIST

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RESULTS:

100 - Tim Vine
99 - Patrick Kielty
98 - Alan Carr
97 - Jim Bowen
96 - Bill Cosby
95 - Lee Mack
94 - Ardal O'hanlon
93 - Rik Mayall
92 - Paul Merton
91 - Dick Gregory
90 - Joe Pasquale
89 - George Burns
88 - Ronnie Corbett
87 - Reg D Hunter
86 - Bob Newhart
85 - Harry Enfield
84 - Demetri Martin
83 - Tommy Trinder
82 - Barry Humphries
81 - Freddie Starr
80 - Andy Kaufman
79 - Frank Carson
78 - Mitch Hedburg
77 - Chic Murray
76 - Arthur Smith
75 - Dave Gorman
74 - Dave Allen
73 - Ed Byrne
72 - Frankie Howerd
71 - John Thompson
70 - Jethro
69 - Russell Brand
68 - Lee Hurst
67 - Mike Reid
66 - Chris Addison
65 - Rhona Cameron
64 - Tommy Tiernan
63 - Alan Davies
62 - George Carlin
61 - Phil Jupitus
60 - Omid Dajilil
59 - Steve Martin
58 - Dave Spikey
57 - Julian Clary
56 - Roseanne
55 - Sean Lock
54 - Emo Phillips
53 - Tommy Cooper
52 - Jerry Seinfeld
51 - Lenny Henry
50 - Bob Hope
49 - Graham Norton
48 - Ken Dodd
47 - Jackie Mason
46 - Rob Newman
45 - Paul O'Grady
44 - Robin Williams
43 - Johnny Vegas
42 - Dara O'Briain
41 - Stewart Lee
40 - Sean Hughes
39 - Jenny Eclair
38 - Andrew Dice Clay
37 - Jim Davidson
36 - Mark Thomas
35 - Denis Leary
34 - David Baddiel
33 - Chubby Brown
32 - Steven Wright
31 - Bob Monkhouse
30 - Lenny Bruce
29 - Bernard Manning
28 - Joan Rivers
27 - Daniel Kitson
26 - Frank Skinner
25 - Steve Coogan
24 - Eddie Murphy
23 - Lee Evans
22 - Jo Brand
21 - Ben Elton
20 - Jasper Carrott
19 - Les Dawson
18 - Alexei Sayle
17 - Dylan Moran
16 - Al Murray
15 - Jerry Sadowitz
14 - Woody Allen
13 - Jack Dee
12 - Jimmy Carr
11 - Ricky Gervais
10 - Ross Noble
9 - Chris Rock
8 - Victoria Wood
7 - Bill Bailey
6 - Bill Hicks
5 - Harry Hill
4 - Richard Pryor
3 - Eddie Izzard
2 - Peter Kay
1 - Billy Connolly

take everything

Horse_box wrote: »

Absolutely terrible list!

Only good thing was seeing Stewart Lee voted 12th. Great to see him up there

Will he rename his new shows "Stewart Lee- 12th best standup" i wonder.
I'm sure he's chuffed at this. :P

seanybiker

Chris Rock shouldnt even be near that list let alone that high on it. Crap list.

phasers

See I'd disagree, I think Chris Rock is a terrific stand up and very deserving of his place.

That's the problem with these lists I suppose. Any list ranking comedians is completely pointless because they all have different styles and people have different tastes. It's like comparing apples and oranges.

krudler

Les Dawson higher than George Carlin, w...t....f..

Russel Howard? Come on now, he's hardly one of the best comedians around now, never mind of all time.

MrSir

This list really does make me want to kill someone.

Nailz

Ricky Gervais ABOVE Bill Hicks??? And where in the mother funk is Mitch Hedberg?! What utter ****e, what tools did they have voting on this?

Exclamation Marc

Nailz wrote: »

Ricky Gervais ABOVE Bill Hicks??? And where in the mother funk is Mitch Hedberg?! What utter ****e, what tools did they have voting on this?

Channel 4 viewers. And therein lies the problem.