Does anyone find Des Bishop funny ?

jetsonx

Does anyone find Des Bishop funny ? I think he has about as much wit as an
unflushed toilet. Sure, his delievery is imbued with great energy and ethusiasm
but thats about as far as his act goes as far as I am concerned. He claims that he is here to observe the Irish and find humour in us. Observational comedy ?? A taxi driver would have more observational comedy that this guy. What do people think ?

xzanti

I think he's hillarious... Didnt really watch much of his stuff before but saw his stand up show during the week and I was in stitches... Best impression of a traveller Iv ever seen.. classic

qz

Always gets me lolling.

dbnavan

He is legend, I have lived in the states for a while so I can see where he is coming from.

grimloch

Can't say his 'brand' of humour appeals to me very much to be honest.

Sparky

he can be funny at times, i did like his work experience programme when it was on

Larianne

Yeah, I think he can be very funny. Was watching him on RTE2 last week and laughed alot. But its peoples taste I suppose. I wouldnt like Jason Byrne much where others might. Or I think Ken Dodd is gas while others don't!

Sparky

i cant wait to see his next programme where hes in deprived areas

Dave!

I thought the Work Experience programme was great, but his stand-up isn't terribly good.

p~b

he was funny doing the impressions of eddie hobbs on the late late how

Sarky

The man has his moments. A damn sight funnier than most people who consider themselves "witty".

Sparky

p~b wrote:

he was funny doing the impressions of eddie hobbs on the late late how

huh..you watch the late late...i only seen him because i was passing by the telly...i eh dont normally watch the late late.......:D

sturgo

On one hand he proposses to help poor people in underpriviledged areas. On the other hand he uses them as material by patronising them and undermining them on stage.

Personally I think he's an unfunny arsehole.

electric69

I think a pretty funny guy...he is a hell of a lot funnier than that Ricky Gervais guy from "The Office"....cant stand him....i'd prefer watch paint dry than listen 2 him!!

Crucifix

I enjoyed the work experience, but I don't think he's a good stand-up comedian.

Mossy Monk

that work expeience show was ok
his stand up is brutal
he was on RTÉ 1 this morning and was a pain in the arse
i dont really like him

Mimikyu

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Karl Hungus

I think he's the most unfunny, banal excuse for a comedian around.

RuggieBear

he has his moments.....

Rantorama

Never found him particularly funny.
And that cringe inducing white boy rapping he does (if he still does it?)make's Vanilla Ice sound like N.W.A.

scojones

I think he's brilliant.

GreenHell

Not funny. He has his own cult of follows kind of like the frames in their hayday that won't hear no wrong about him. I find him brutally unfunny, sarcastic and insulting. Sure throw in an american accent and we can all do that.

He has been around for ages as well so this american blow in routine is rubbish. Go home find a job ya bum.

Rb

Yeah he's been here over 10 years hasnt he?

Some of his stuff is great, some of it is brutal but overall i find him amusing enough to watch.

larryone

He has his moments.
But for the most part he's utter fscking shíte.

The Real B-man

He's Deadly

jetsonx

GreenHell wrote:

He has been around for ages as well so this american blow in routine is rubbish. Go home find a job ya bum.

perfectly summed up. the american blow-in routine is flogging a dead horse and is cringing to listen to at this stage.

Timans

I think he is HILARIOUS!But am thinking that he couldnt make a living in any other country because all he talks about is ireland.

CrimE

Yeah I think hes a legend personally. ALways good for a laugh

Laguna

I liked him in the Des Bishop Work Experience, but I don't think he's a talented comedian. I think his main draw in this country is the fact that he's an American pointing out the oddities of the Irish. I get the feeling if he was English that no one would like him at all, because all the Irish would stand up and say "**** off tan".

SprostonGreen

Yes he's funny, the work experience programme was good too.

ExoduS 18.11

GreenHell wrote:

Not funny. He has his own cult of follows kind of like the frames in their hayday that won't hear no wrong about him. I find him brutally unfunny, sarcastic and insulting. Sure throw in an american accent and we can all do that.

He has been around for ages as well so this american blow in routine is rubbish. Go home find a job ya bum.

for someone who was complaining about bishop being insulting you sure did contradict yourself there, "Go home find a job ya bum" .. classy. how do you find him insulting by the way, just out of curiosity?

TerrorFirmer

He's brilliant. Work experience was fantastic, stand up not as good, but still watchable. Can't say much bad about him really, but thats just my opinion

And for the record, I personally think Tommy Tiernan is about as funny as watching paint dry, don't know what the big deal with him is... :mad:

Laguna

MobileInfantry wrote:

And for the record, I personally think Tommy Tiernan is about as funny as watching paint dry, don't know what the big deal with him is... :mad:

Couldn't agree more, he just gets up and shouts at the top of his voice.

I think my favourite stand up comedian is a close call between Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor..

Mossy Monk

Dave Chappelle is by far the greatest i have ever seen. he should be on tv more often over here

Sauron

I think Des can be quite funny sometimes... but he isn't one of the best around by a long shot..

WellyJ

Mossy Monk wrote:

Dave Chappelle is by far the greatest i have ever seen. he should be on tv more often over here

Agreed,

everyone should import his Chappelle Show DVDs.

Absolutely brilliant, miles better than any comedian mentioned in this thread.

JackKelly

I think he's great. I like the angle he comes at. His impressions are spot on also. Tommy Tiernan on the other hand, i find as funny as a hat.

mickydoomsux

Think he's pretty good, although some of that material on the show during the week was pretty cringworthyly (that's not even a word!) bad, but every comedian has moments like that.

The work experience show was great though. Especially the Aberekebara (sp?) one.

Stephen

He makes me laugh. Standup and TV show included.

solas

he made me laugh so much I cried. Maybe I just caught a good show.
Did anyone else see the Setanta sketch? (why was that so funny?)


*WHOOOOOOoooooosssssssssshhhhhhhh WHOOOOoooooooooooooooosshhhh...*

Creamy Goodness

good impersonation of eddie hobbs.

can't wait to see his new show in the new year

CrazySka

electric69 wrote:

he is a hell of a lot funnier than that Ricky Gervais guy from "The Office"....cant stand him....i'd prefer watch paint dry than listen 2 him!!

SACRILEGE

I like Des Bishop, hated him when he was on "dont feed the gondolas" but, like Dara O'Breen I think hes improved an unbelievable amount over the years. funniest comedian in Ireland at the moment imo

iguana

TimAy wrote:

Tommy Tiernan on the other hand, i find as funny as a hat.

I've seen some pretty funny hats! Funnier than either Tommy or Des anyway.

simu

He oscillates between being funny and annoying.

Spider_Baby!

I think hes hilarious, i loved both stand-ups ive seen him do, the tv show was pretty good, but sorta dragged on.

Nightwish

I've seen his show every year at the Cat Laughs festival and I've been to his shows in Dublin too. I found them very very funny. Although I find that he performs better in a smaller venue than in the likes of Vicar St. IMO, Jason Byrne is Irelands funniest comedian

bloke

Would agree that he "oscillates". Between funny / not funny / annoying / condescending. He has made me laugh. He has also made me froth at the mouth at his arrogance. The American Blow in thing has got very old, especially the "you all drink too much" thing. I may however be biased, having just returned from the pub...

The immersion joke, while over-used and old, cracks me up. It's genuinely funny, and true observational comedy.

Jason Byrne, on the other hand, has *never* made me laugh, and *always* annoyed me. He generates a lot of noise and energy, and that's it. I can only hope that people don't judge our culture on his "humour" and he plays down being Irish when abroad... some hope

Laguna

I don't get Jason Byrne's style of humour, it's like the guy above me said, the energy's there, but no laughs.

Karl Hungus

While I'm not shocked that there are people who enjoy him, I am kinda suprised that there are some people here claiming he's the best comedian in Ireland. That's just wrong. Fair enough, we've quite a lot of brutally unfunny comedians (Stand up Dave McSavage) around, but at the same time we do have quite a few excellent comedians.

Personally, I think the criminally under-rated Kevin McAleer is a shining example of comedy in Ireland, his painfully dry yet dulcet tones lend themselves to the style of comedic storytelling he does live and he appears so downright serious that half the time you're really not expecting a punch-line, or the kind of absurdidity he comes out with. I know some people absolutely hate him with a passion, which kinda makes it all the better.

HarryHoudini

I'm still trying to form an opinion of him, I absolutely hated him on don't feed the gondalas, when he used to make up these really terrible raps about politicians and stuff like that, I cringe every time I think about it.
His TV show was pretty good, made me hate him less than I did initially.
I then seen him down in Kilkenny at the Cat Laughs before last and I have to say I found him quite funny. I don't think he'll ever develop much of an audience outside of the following he has at the minute, he doesn't seem to have the range that someone like Tommy Tiernan has.
Best comedian in Ireland gong at the minute has to go to Karl Spain, seen him loads of times, the man is sharp as a razor, I've never seen anyone put down a hecler so fast, he's a class act, watch his new TV show tomorrow at 10:30 on RTE 2, last weeks was excellent.

Ishmael

Meh, he can be funny at times, seen him live once and on t.v. a couple of times. He is ok but seems to re-use material a bit too much.