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Are there too many stand up comics?

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  • #32
    Imallrightjack
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    Al porter. He needs a huge dose of morphine.


  • #33
    PARlance
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    Parchment wrote: »
    Dara O'Briain while he seems like a nice guy is not funny.

    Dylan Moran is brilliant - a comic genius. The rest of the Irish crowd are dire.

    Completely agree re those two.

    I think Tommy Tiernan was excellent for a long time and can still have his moments.

    McSavage has come up with little pieces of gold here and there.

    I'll whisper this one... I thought Maxwell was quite funny at the start.


  • #34
    Parchment
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    PARlance wrote: »
    Completely agree re those two.

    I think Tommy Tiernan was excellent for a long time and can still have his moments.

    McSavage has come up with little pieces of gold here and there.

    I'll whisper this one... I thought Maxwell was quite funny at the start.

    I agree - i thought Andrew Maxwell was funny on the Panel.


  • #35
    King George VI
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    Imallrightjack wrote: »
    Al porter. He needs a huge dose of morphine.

    Is that the lad from Tallaght who acts like an oul wan? Jesus, Leukemia is funnier than he is.


  • #36
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,455 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    It's funny, some people declaim themselves 'a comedian' but if I was as shi!t at my job as the vast majority of them are, well, I'd be ashamed.

    Most of them just get by with a forceful personality, because, Jason Byrne/Deirdre O' Kane et al, you are as funny as drought.


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  • #37
    Dr Crayfish
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    King George VI wrote: »
    Is that the lad from Tallaght who acts like an oul wan? Jesus, Leukemia is funnier than he is.

    Homophobe!!


  • #38
    darkdubh
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    Parchment wrote: »
    I agree - i thought Andrew Maxwell was funny on the Panel.

    I thought he was funny enough on The Panel but he blew it, in Ireland at least with that short lived RTE show that he got. It really felt like he was trying way too hard to be edgy and relevant. He had this bloody annoying woman playing the ukulele on every week, I thought at first she was a one off then the following week she was back again. And this really cringy weekly bit with breakdancers juxtaposed over footage of him telling jokes. It felt like something you'd see on Scratch Saturday circa 1989.


  • #39
    Glenster
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    PARlance wrote: »
    I think Tommy Tiernan was excellent for a long time and can still have his moments.

    Tommy Tiernan is so old fashioned now as to be embarrassing.

    He's one step away from being George Hook.


  • #40
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Humour is one of the most diverse things there is.
    Funny for you might not be funny for me.

    There is room for everyone :)


  • #41
    Glenster
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    biko wrote: »
    [Insert thing here] is one of the most diverse things there is.
    [BLANK] for you might not be [Blank] for me.

    There is room for everyone :)


    The reasonable post that sucks the fun out of every thread ever.

    I was just about to rant about Tommy Tiernan again, and now I cant.....


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  • #42
    seachto7
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    Glenster wrote: »
    Tommy Tiernan is so old fashioned now as to be embarrassing.

    He's one step away from being George Hook.

    What does this even mean? :confused:


  • #43
    kunst nugget
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    seachto7 wrote: »
    What does this even mean? :confused:

    It means Tommy is squareville, pops! He ain't hip to the game and he don't do the big tickle no more.


  • #44
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Glenster wrote: »
    Tommy Tiernan is so old fashioned now as to be embarrassing.

    He's one step away from being George Hook.

    yes as soon as an irish comedian mentions priests i zone out, it's old now.


  • #45
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,391 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    ha i nearly forgot, i was in the international a few months back and something hilarious happened!

    Having a great night, the comedians were funny and the atmosphere was great, Then one of the hosts sheepishly mentioned that there was going to be a change of plan and there was an extra act. In walks "the boss" aka Aidan Bishop and up he gets....and quickly dies on the spot and limps off the stage. I looked around at the crowd reactions and people were really confused about why this guy was onstage.

    Next comedian gets up "well ....that was weird!"


  • #46
    frozenfrozen
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    I think we could easily have loads more comedians and nothing bad would happen


  • #47
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Ralf and Florian wrote: »
    He just rips off that barman character from The Savage Eye from the little I've seen of him.

    i would disagree there apart from the satirical homophobia


  • #48
    darkdubh
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    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    I think we could easily have loads more comedians and nothing bad would happen

    Who said it would? I'd prefer if we had a smaller number of comedians who were really good at their craft rather than the current free for all in which it seems anyone and their dog can be considered a comedian.


  • #49
    frozenfrozen
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Who said it would? I'd prefer if we had a smaller number of comedians who were really good at their craft rather than the current free for all in which it seems anyone and their dog can be considered a comedian.

    I think anyone and their dog would be considered a double act


  • #50
    infogiver
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    Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Alison Spittle.

    Not funny

    Watched her clips on YouTube.
    Very painful.
    One from a comedy festival in Lincoln, horrific.


  • #51
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,418 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    biko wrote: »
    Humour is one of the most diverse things there is.
    Funny for you might not be funny for me.

    There is room for everyone :)

    Except Alison Spittle. And Peter Kay.


    A few people are slagging off Andrew Maxwell, and tbh he wouldn't be anywhere close to my list of favourite comedians. But I was down at the Cat Laughs a couple of years ago and we were at a show that had the usual for the festival - a mixed line-up of 4 or 5 comedians doing a short set. We were really looking forward to all of the rest of the performers, but were expecting Maxwell to be painful. Surprisingly he was pretty good, better than at least one of the others playing the gig. The secret seems to be only give him 10 or 15 minutes and he's grand, any more than that and you've only yourself to blame for buying the ticket.


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  • #52
    infogiver
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    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    I enjoy Farmer michael on youtube, anyone like or dislike him? most seem to dislike.

    I enjoy him but only in 3 minute bursts.
    However I find that I'd probably go and see Eoin Colgan in a show.


  • #53
    razorblunt
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    The hassle with alot of comedians now is over exposure, it seems to be a case of do the festivals, try to get picked up for a panel show and then do as much as possible as quickly as possible.

    It also seems to be the case if you keep going long enough you'll fall into a tv role.

    The whole sub culture of "comedians" on FB needs to be culled though, some of the worst sh?tehawks are on there; "GAA Stories", The "what's that Kathleen" and the Twomey fella are barrell scrapping.


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
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    infogiver wrote: »
    I enjoy him but only in 3 minute bursts.
    However I find that I'd probably go and see Eoin Colgan in a show.

    Eoin Colgan can be funny alright. Not sure about him doing stand up though.

    The worst are comedians from North of the border, like the Hole in the Wall Gang.


  • #55
    infogiver
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Eoin Colgan can be funny alright. Not sure about him doing stand up though.

    The worst are comedians from North of the border, like the Hole in the Wall Gang.

    It's possible that I laugh more at the comments on his Facebook status updates more so than anything he actually says.
    I really do laugh though.


  • #56
    snowflaker
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    local amateur video humour on YouTube doesn't work well i the mainstream- too local and unpolished

    /i don't like Andrew Maxwell or Ed Byrne, or Jason Byrne!!!!

    in fact; Dara O Briain and Dylan Moran will do, shoot the rest.


  • #57
    [Deleted User]
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    infogiver wrote: »
    It's possible that I laugh more at the comments on his Facebook status updates more so than anything he actually says.
    I really do laugh though.

    The most popular redtube searches, county by county, recently had me laughing. Sligo "indoor soccer". Might be an old one but enjoyed it. But it only works as a visual/social media joke.


  • #58
    snowflaker
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    Who? care to post a clip?

    Is he as annoying as that bald GAA guy?


  • #59
    infogiver
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    snowflaker wrote: »
    Who? care to post a clip?

    Is he as annoying as that bald GAA guy?

    Search for Eoin Colgan on Facebook.
    He's one of the characters in The Hardy Bucks

    Sorry it's OWEN not Eoin


  • #60
    C Montgomery Gurns II
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    I don't know, there is an awful lot of scutter out there in terms of US comedians - Netflix has exposed me to an awful lot of rubbish comedians. For every ..... Anthony Jeselnik, there's thousands and thousands of deeply unfunny US comedians out there..

    He's feckin atrocious.


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  • #61
    snowflaker
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    infogiver wrote: »
    Search for Eoin Colgan on Facebook.
    He's one of the characters in The Hardy Bucks

    Sorry it's OWEN not Eoin

    I searched Eoin couldnt find him, will try the bastardised anglicised version ;)


    It's a No from me.


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