Who is the FUNNIEST Irish comedian ever?

Bob Harris · 10-01-2020 02:05PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Dave Allen, the greatest raconteur of them all.

Dylan Moran is missing from your list.

I fell asleep the other night watching a youtube vid and woke up to a Dave Allen one playing. He was funny I must admit.

Snickers Man · 10-01-2020 02:32PM

Boredstiff666 wrote: »

Left out Spike Milligan.

Mea MAXIMA Culpa :eek::eek:

Mind you, just browsing through the replies here and some of the recommendations are of people I would definitely have on my "Not funny at all, ever" list.

David O'Doherty?? Seriously?

And Deirdre O'Kane? I'd rather listen to a dentist's drill.

Such a subjective topic.

JohnnyFlash · 10-01-2020 02:38PM

Probably not the funniest ever, but saw David O’Doherty perform twice last year. An exceptionally funny man.

razorblunt · 10-01-2020 02:40PM

No Facebook Comedians? Sorry, "comedians". Suregawdluvus.

I like Foil, Arms and Hogg I have to say but they're in a different category of sketch comedy IMHO.
They are very very good though.

Akabusi · 10-01-2020 02:50PM

Dylan Moran for me, followed by Dave Allen

Scotty # · 10-01-2020 02:51PM

Other....

Spike Milligan
Neil Tobin
Deirdre O'Kane

ILoveYourVibes · 10-01-2020 02:52PM

D unbelievables.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 10-01-2020 02:54PM

Tommy T, a wanker of the highest order and the unfunniest person ever.

Zaph · 10-01-2020 03:17PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

D unbelievables.

This is the funniest comedians thread, the unfunniest one is over there somewhere. >>>>>

ILoveYourVibes · 10-01-2020 03:21PM

Zaph wrote: »

This is the funniest comedians thread, the unfunniest one is over there somewhere. >>>>>

okaaaay

You are taking comedy verrrry seriously.

JohnnyFlash · 10-01-2020 03:45PM

Ignacio Thousands Succotash wrote: »

Tommy T, a wanker of the highest order and the unfunniest person ever.

This is about comedians you find funny, dude. Not the someone you don’t like thread.

EmmetSpiceland · 10-01-2020 04:29PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

He used to be funny, no doubt about that. But that was a long, long time ago.

He takes himself very seriously now and has a massive opinion of his own depth of intelligence which is actually very shallow.

I, personally, think he’s come out the far side of taking himself too seriously. He seemed to get a bit self conscious about people thinking he’s a clown so he got very “artiste” about his craft.

Happens to a lot of comedians. Blindboy Boatclub, from The Rubberbanits, is another example of someone who doesn’t want to seen like the “character” he used to portray so goes to great lengths to show that he is, somewhat, intelligent.

Tiernan seems to be up for just having a laugh and being a bit “funny” again. Of course, he adjusts to whatever the situation requires in his, current, tv show.

partyguinness · 10-01-2020 04:45PM

Scotty # wrote: »

Other....

Spike Milligan

Ah come on. Leave out the Plastic Paddies or we'll be here all day. Sure may as well stick in Conan O'Brien or Stephen Colbert or Katherine Ryan while you are it.

Bob the Seducer · 10-01-2020 05:02PM

partyguinness wrote: »

Ah come on. Leave out the Plastic Paddies or we'll be here all day. Sure may as well stick in Conan O'Brien or Stephen Colbert or Katherine Ryan while you are it.

If we're playing that game, I'm drafting Jimmy Carr since he already has the passport and both his parents are from Limerick!

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 10-01-2020 05:16PM

Laylah Small Signal wrote: »

Dermot Morgan's stand up was poor and his acting was ropey. First few episodes of fr Ted, he just about kept you in it. He did improve as it went on. The writing was the star, really.

Dave Allen was a class act. His skit on starting school in rathfarmham is a favourite.

I’d have to disagree. I think Morgan had the toughest role in Ted. The others were more broadly comedic caricatures but Morgan’s role was more complex, having to be both a straight man to the others and a complete fool in his own right. I think he did a great job.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 10-01-2020 05:18PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Probably not the funniest ever, but saw David O’Doherty perform twice last year. An exceptionally funny man.

O’Doherty is fantastic. Saw him just before Christmas, great stuff. The last ten minutes of the show was spent in just constant laughter. A very down-to-earth guy too.

partyguinness · 10-01-2020 05:21PM

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

If we're playing that game, I'm drafting Jimmy Carr since he already has the passport and both his parents are from Limerick!

He is English. His parents are Irish. Not_the_same...:mad:

hibble · 10-01-2020 05:32PM

partyguinness wrote: »

He is English. His parents are Irish. Not_the_same...:mad:

If its Spike he's on about, he was actually born in India as his father was stationed there. I think that's why he was turned down for his UK passport and ended up in Australia.
All the Q series were excellent.

Sorry, just realised I mixed my quotes up. ... but that Jimmy Carr I just can't see what the attraction is I don't find him funny at all?

Keyzer · 10-01-2020 05:37PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Dave Allen, the greatest raconteur of them all.

Dylan Moran is missing from your list.

Dave Allen - hands down.

Door open, door open....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinfbvkbwZk

Sam Quentin · 10-01-2020 05:41PM

Michael Healy Rae.

Eyyyyyy ooooops emmmm soz sorry bout that,. I've just been informed that he's actually not a comedian.. ouuuuu me bad

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 10-01-2020 05:48PM

razorblunt wrote: »

I like Foil, Arms and Hogg I have to say but they're in a different category of sketch comedy IMHO.
They are very very good though.

I find them so pedestrian. I read an interview with them where they said they were in talks about getting a TV show but they were told that sketch comedy is currently out of fashion. Maybe that’s true but I couldn’t help thinking that it was just that they weren’t considered good enough.

I saw them over the summer as a friend wanted to go. It was pretty gentle comedy and a lot of stereotypical Irish stuff that in reality many people don’t identify with. If you’re going to go down the ‘LOL, the Irish love Buckfast’ route or whatever, you need to find a way to put a spin on it. But there was no envelope-pushing, just “LOL, the Irish love drinking and Buckfast!”.

The genius of Father Ted was that despite the slapstick stuff, a lot of the observations about the Irish were keenly observed and felt anything but stereotypical. Very subtle stuff, a lot of it.

mr_edge_to_you · 10-01-2020 05:50PM

Not a stand up comedian as such but I'd rate Paul Howard as the funniest man in Ireland. And he's been consistently funny for 20 years.

keepwalking · 10-01-2020 05:56PM

Dylan Moran, without a doubt.

BorneTobyWilde · 10-01-2020 05:57PM

Tommy Tiernan

Since when is SCREAMING gibberish funny ?

Rows Grower · 10-01-2020 07:48PM

Seanachai wrote: »

I'm not a big fan of his stand-up but I thought this scene in The Actors is one of the funniest things on film.

How many films have you watched?

No matter how many it is, you badly need to watch more films.

Rows Grower · 10-01-2020 08:04PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I, personally, think he’s come out the far side of taking himself too seriously. He seemed to get a bit self conscious about people thinking he’s a clown so he got very “artiste” about his craft.

Happens to a lot of comedians. Blindboy Boatclub, from The Rubberbanits, is another example of someone who doesn’t want to seen like the “character” he used to portray so goes to great lengths to show that he is, somewhat, intelligent.

Tiernan seems to be up for just having a laugh and being a bit “funny” again. Of course, he adjusts to whatever the situation requires in his, current, tv show.

I used to be a big fan of his. I don't watch his TV show but I have seen him live on stage twice in the last 12 months, he's brutal.

I paid to see him the first time and after a short while realised he was locked drunk. He couldn't even remember what he was talking about half way through some of the jokes. It was actually painful to witness someone I had previously admired so much fall so far. If I met him in the pub afterwards I would have demanded my money back.

The last time I saw him was at the same venue, there was no entrance fee and it was still painful to watch and listen to him. He peaked an awful long time ago and is on a steady decline since.

11-01-2020 01:23PM

Too subjective to say. I think Dave Allen had the best material and delivery of all time. He could say more with a facial expression than most comedians can with a whole paragraph. But his best work is pre-prepared and rehearsed. Not so much "in the moment".

I see Dara O'Briain is doing well in the poll above. I do not think his material is as good. But his quick off the cuff wit is definitely second to none. I have seen few people who can be funny "in the moment" like he can. His pre-prepared stuff live is almost never as good as what he just does when he is riffing.

If somehow you could combine those two - you would have a god of comedy I think.

Lefty Bicek · 11-01-2020 01:26PM

Other.

Kevin Gildea.

Sam Quentin · 12-01-2020 02:53PM

Chris O Dowd is VERY funny overall.

https://youtu.be/w__m0NBo5cI

EmmetSpiceland · 12-01-2020 03:19PM

Sam Quentin wrote: »

Chris O Dowd is VERY funny overall.

https://youtu.be/w__m0NBo5cI

Is Chris O’Dowd a comedian? Would he not be considered an actor?

Really enjoyed him in that ‘Get Shorty’ show.

Who is the FUNNIEST Irish comedian ever?

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