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Do you find Tommy Tiernan funny?

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    #182
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    I don't even see why him being shouty is criticised. It's not all that he is. Bill Burr is very shouty too. Doesn't mean that's all his comedy is.


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    #183
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    I don't even see why him being shouty is criticised. It's not all that he is. Bill Burr is very shouty too. Doesn't mean that's all his comedy is.

    It's a hack tactic used in comedy to deflect from the fact that you have no jokes.


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    #184
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    It's a hack tactic used in comedy to deflect from the fact that you have no jokes.

    But it's not an either or situation. You can be shouty and have the jokes to back it up. Bill Burr that Tarzana mentioned is a perfect example of this.


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    #185
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    It's a hack tactic used in comedy to deflect from the fact that you have no jokes.
    no it's not


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    #186
    GAAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    Have watched his first DVD countless times he was funny then and lost it soon after, Ireland still had the punt that tells you how long ago it was!


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    #187
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    It's a hack tactic used in comedy to deflect from the fact that you have no jokes.

    But not always. And if punters can't differentiate, that's their problem and they're not sharp as they think. All comedians have a shtick, even Dylan Moran and Bill Hicks and George Carlin and whoever.


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    #188
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Stewart lee for example neither shouts (much) or has jokes and is amazing!


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    #189
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    Stewart lee for example neither shouts (much) or has jokes and is amazing!

    Arrah, he's grrrraaand but not without problems as a stand up himself. The bitter preachiness, even if it is an act, can be wearying.


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    #190
    Billy86
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    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    being popular in Australia is a bad thing isn't it?

    :confused:


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    #191
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,689 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    I saw him back in 1998 or 99, it was a very different show. He was awfully quiet, almost like his character in Father Ted. I don't recall him getting any laughs and he was booed off stage.


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    #192
    MadDog76
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    Billy86 wrote: »
    I'll agree in terms of awards and the likes not meaning anything in something as subjective as comedy, but having the kind of international reach that Dylan Moran's stuff has had really does set him apart from the others to come from Ireland, in my opinion. Then again, I don't tend to find Irish stand ups in general to be very good - for a nation known for or wit (and/or that likes to think of ourselves in such a light), we really are not very good at producing comedy.

    But that's a whole separate gripe of mine. :p

    I agree, Ireland does not produce great Comics .......... Dylan Moran actually proves that point as, although being quite good, he is not amazing yet he is one of the best we've produced which is slightly embarrassing.


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    #193
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    MadDog76 wrote: »
    I agree, Ireland does not produce great Comics .......... Dylan Moran actually proves that point as, although being quite good, he is not amazing yet he is one of the best we've produced which is slightly embarrassing.

    The UK is full of top class comedians and Dylan is regarded with the best. He's better than quite good.


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    #194
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    The UK is full of top class comedians and Dylan is regarded with the best. He's better than quite good.

    Again, that is subjective ........ for me, he is quite good ......... sometimes even very good ........ but only sometimes. :)


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    #195
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    MadDog76 wrote: »
    Again, that is subjective ........ for me, he is quite good ......... sometimes even very good ........ but only sometimes. :)

    Agreed, it is subjective. But to say he isn't highly regarded outside of Ireland is wrong.


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    #196
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    Agreed, it is subjective. But to say he isn't highly regarded outside of Ireland is wrong.

    That's true, he is ........... I just wish we had better than him to show off ........ still a fan of his though.


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    #197
    paleoperson
    Registered Users Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭paleoperson


    osarusan wrote: »
    People find different things and comedians funny. It's all subjective.

    You know there's something wrong though when people are laughing and he hasn't even said anything funny yet. This happens with Tiernan a lot. He just puts on his hapless voice and people are already starting to laugh.

    They're laughing at when he puts on his special funny voice. It's infant-like and sad.


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    #198
    Brian from Bray
    Closed Accounts Posts: 394 ✭✭Brian from Bray


    Not one bit funny tbh just loud and annoying.


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    #199
    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    MadDog76 wrote: »
    I have no issue with people's personal opinions on Comics or Singers or Actors or whatever but let me ask you this ......... do you agree with the Op?

    That people who find Tommy Tiernan funny are just pretending to find him funny because they have convinced themselves that he's funny??

    Or do they (me) actually just find him funny?
    Do I think they're lying? No, I think people have different senses of humour so some people will find him funny and some will find him unfunny and both are correct. People who like him aren't lying and people who don't like him aren't lazy or Ill-informed.
    MadDog76 wrote: »
    I agree, Ireland does not produce great Comics .......... Dylan Moran actually proves that point as, although being quite good, he is not amazing yet he is one of the best we've produced which is slightly embarrassing.

    Dylan Moran, Dara O'Briain, Andrew Maxwell, Ardal O'Hanlon, Colin Murphy... Yeah, ireland doesn't produce internationally popular, successful comediaans at all...


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    #200
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    kylith wrote: »
    Do I think they're lying? No, I think people have different senses of humour so some people will find him funny and some will find him unfunny and both are correct. People who like him aren't lying and people who don't like him aren't lazy or Ill-informed.


    Dylan Moran, Dara O'Briain, Andrew Maxwell, Ardal O'Hanlon, Colin Murphy... Yeah, ireland doesn't produce internationally popular, successful comediaans at all...

    Andrew Maxwell, Ardal O'Hanlon and Colin Murphy ......... the standard is low.

    I do like Dara O'Briain though! :)


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    #201
    kylith
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    MadDog76 wrote: »
    Andrew Maxwell, Ardal O'Hanlon and Colin Murphy ......... the standard is low.

    Again, that's your opinion. I like some of them more than others, but they are all very popular. Such is the way of personal preferences and opinions. No-one gets to decide that someone objectively is or isn't funny just because they like them or not.


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    #202
    wakka12
    Registered Users Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Well I don't find him funny but I guess I can understand why people do like him. But everyone has different tastes, for instance my best friends favourite tv show is the big bang theory. In my opinion is the least funny show to ever hit the TV, the cartoons my little sister watches have more quality to their jokes tbh


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    #203
    AnonoBoy
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    Dominick Square Sprawl wrote: »
    So what you're saying is that there is no such thing as an unfunny comedian.

    No.

    What he was saying is that there's no such thing as an objectively funny comedian.

    ;)


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    #204
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    It's a hack tactic used in comedy to deflect from the fact that you have no jokes.

    No, its an expressive delivery method. Dylan Moran, who has been getting plenty of love on this thread, shouts all the time.


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    #205
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    MadDog76 wrote: »
    Andrew Maxwell, Ardal O'Hanlon and Colin Murphy ......... the standard is low.

    I do like Dara O'Briain though! :)

    Again, this is all down to personal opinion; I cant believe this thread has gone on for 14 pages.


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    #206
    jimgoose
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    I do find him quite entertaining, but he can be a bit, shall we say, intense.


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    #207
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
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    If anyone finds him funny they are just wrong.

    He is s**t.


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    #208
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 6,045 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Dara O'Briain is the most unfunny comedian ever. He talks way too fast. It's like listening to an auction.

    Tommy is a bit shouty but his material is good. I'd prefer Dylan Moran or John Bishop though.


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    #209
    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    Pheonix10 wrote: »
    If anyone finds him funny they are just wrong.

    He is s**t.
    You have made me rethink my whole life, what if I'm wrong about everything?


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    #210
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    My wife thinks he the most unfunny 'comedian' ever. I love him and his style of comedy. My wife thinks Des Bishop is very funny and loves his shows. I think he's just a ****e American trying to be a comedian by putting on a Tipperary accent and failing.


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    #211
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    My wife thinks he the most unfunny 'comedian' ever. I love him and his style of comedy. My wife thinks Des Bishop is very funny and loves his shows. I think he's just a ****e American trying to be a comedian by putting on a Tipperary accent and failing.

    I love Des Bishop, a very self-aware funny Comic.


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