Favourite stand up comedian ?

ButtersSuki

Joe_ Public wrote: »

There's probably a thesis to be written there which would also take in Mrs Brown's Boys and all that You Got (Absolutely No) Talent dross. Lowest common denominator just appeals to the masses for some reason.

Don't go there.

ButtersSuki

weemcd wrote: »

Amy Schumer - lowest common denominator crap and she steals jokes apparently.

This is not intended as sexist, but if she was a man, she'd be playing to 6 people in a bar and 5 of them would be watching football while the other did a crossword.


Sarah Silverman and Joan Rivers are/were very funny though.

Mantis Toboggan

Jason Manford is my current favourite.

Akrasia

I really like Richard Herring, the comedian Stewart Lee wishes he was (I also love Stewart Lee)

If anyone watches the latest Comedy vehicle, there was a piece where Stewart Lee spent at least 10 minutes smacking his lips and chomping and not saying anything else.

This is funny when you imagine hundreds or thousands of people flicking over to BBC2 without any idea what is going on or who Stewart Lee is, and being annoyed/confused/disgusted at the depths to which the BBC quality control has sunk.

i don't watch 'Goggle box' but I'd probably watch it to see how they reacted to this routine.

If you don't think Stewart Lee is funny, then the joke is on you.


Charlie Brooker isn't a stand-up but everything he says makes me laugh.

bnt

When Denis Leary was on form, he was easily up there. He had a rant about "coffee-flavoured coffee" that rules:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_dxLiuXuw

(Yes, I know Leary lifted some bits from Bill Hicks - just as Bill Hicks borrowed bits from Lenny Bruce and George Carlin. Where Leary really shat the bed was in letting the "Jim Fixx" routine get on to one of his albums. His original work such as No Cure For Cancer was better.)

Akrasia

Akrasia wrote: »

I really like Richard Herring, the comedian Stewart Lee wishes he was (I also love Stewart Lee)

If anyone watches the latest Comedy vehicle, there was a piece where Stewart Lee spent at least 10 minutes smacking his lips and chomping and not saying anything else.

Think that was his take on Rod Liddle, with bits of food stuck to his jacket...

Joe_ Public

Don't know if he's been mentioned but quite like Ross Noble. Only ever seen him on panel shows like WILTY or HIGNFY and generally makes me laugh.

Also trying to remember the name of a guy who was around 15-20 years ago, only did a few gigs, developed a cult following and then basically disappeared. Might have been Scottish I think, did kind of surreal comedy and used lots of props which he'd basically fling all over the stage. Not much to go on, but might flick a switch in somebody's memory bank?

Custardpi

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Don't know if he's been mentioned but quite like Ross Noble. Only ever seen him on panel shows like WILTY or HIGNFY and generally makes me laugh.

Also trying to remember the name of a guy who was around 15-20 years ago, only did a few gigs, developed a cult following and then basically disappeared. Might have been Scottish I think, did kind of surreal comedy and used lots of props which he'd basically fling all over the stage. Not much to go on, but might flick a switch in somebody's memory bank?

Jerry Sadowitz? He's put a huge amount of energy into taking down any of his material (he released several comedy albums) which people post online.

Joe_ Public

Custardpi wrote: »

Jerry Sadowitz? He's put a huge amount of energy into taking down any of his material (he released several comedy albums) which people post online.

Yes, that's him, thanks. I don't know why he's so uptight about his material but I tend to respect guys who don't hawk themselves relentlessly around every available media channel. Very funny whenever I've seen him anyway.

recylingbin

Custardpi wrote: »

Jerry Sadowitz? He's put a huge amount of energy into taking down any of his material (he released several comedy albums) which people post online.

He's the best comedian I've ever seen live.

He used to do a show on channel 5 called the people versus...where members of the audience would come up and talk about whatever they wanted until jerry got bored/annoyed/full of hate. It was a top show.

dresden8

eviltwin wrote: »

Bill Hicks, Frankie Boyle and Chubby Brown. Denis Leary was brilliant too before he gave it up.

No cure for cancer was comic genius.

Been to see very few comedians but

Dara O'Briain - Hilarious
Josh Widdecombe - Hilarious
Jimmy Carr - Seen it all before
Reginald T Hunter - Meh
Milton Jones - funny but stretched the joke too far
Gary Delaney - Hilarious
Double show with Patrick McDonnell and John Colleary - Laughed my arse off.

dresden8

Custardpi wrote: »

Jerry Sadowitz? He's put a huge amount of energy into taking down any of his material (he released several comedy albums) which people post online.

Jerry Sadowitz never got on telly after he outed Jimmy Savile.

The pervert scum closed ranks

Joe_ Public

dresden8 wrote: »

Jerry Sadowitz never got on telly after he outed Jimmy Savile.

The pervert scum closed ranks

Didn't John Lydon get the same treatment too?

Cake Man

I love Jeff Dunham, the ventriloquist fella with the dummies. He's just hilarious!


Said absolutely no human being that ever existed....

dresden8

dresden8 wrote: »

Jerry Sadowitz never got on telly after he outed Jimmy Savile.

The pervert scum closed ranks

Actually he appeared on tv a number of times, including the BBC, and even had his own show on Channel 5.