POLL: Peter Kay - Best Comedian or Over-Rated Comedian?

Basq · 15-03-2005 02:42PM #1

Last year, a poll was taken at the Chortle Comedy Awards naming Peter Kay as the most over-rated comedian ever!

See here: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/feb04/rate.html

However, earlier this week, a poll organised at Jongleur's Comedy Club named him the nation's best comedian!!

See here: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds19890.html

Somewhat confusing, i know!

So, what do you think? Is the man funny or over-rated?

Personally, i think the man is definantly one of the funniest comedian's out there! His two live DVD's are amazing, along with 'Phoenix Nights' being one of the best comedies to come out of the UK in years (along with 'The Office'). 'Max & Paddy..' wasn't near as good as 'Phoenix Nights' but was still great viewing!

eirebhoy · 15-03-2005 02:46PM

The top ten comedians in the poll:
1. Peter Kay
2. Billy Connolly
3. Lee Evans
4. Ricky Gervais
5. Eddie Izzard
6. Jack Dee
7. Roy Chubby Brown
8. Graham Norton
9. Jo Brand
10. Jimmy Carr

I'd have Billy Connolly ahead of Peter Kay and Jimmy Carr a lot further up. Don't know a few of time to be honest.
1. Connolly
2. Kay
3. Carr
4. Gervais

super_furry · 15-03-2005 02:48PM

Billy Connolly is the funniest man alive to my mind. Peter Kay's alright, but I'd have the likes of Johnny Vegas ahead of him.

Basq · 15-03-2005 02:50PM

super_furry wrote:

Billy Connolly is the funniest man alive to my mind. Peter Kay's alright, but I'd have the likes of Johnny Vegas ahead of him.

Can't believe Johnny Vegas wasn't in that top 10.

Hilarious!!

D!ve^Bomb! · 15-03-2005 02:56PM

i saw Kay on tv a month or two back and i have to say he is fúckin HILARIOUS!!!! absolutely brilliant

skywalker · 15-03-2005 03:07PM

super_furry wrote:

Billy Connolly is the funniest man alive to my mind.

Definitely agree with ya there. tbh Peter Kay and the punters who do little britain are both most massively overrated. They are not funny.

Cactus Col · 15-03-2005 03:10PM

Jimmy Carr is the most irritating gimp there is. I can only assume there was only ten options in the survey.

Goodshape · 15-03-2005 03:15PM

I don't think there's a person on that Top10 who isn't highly over-rated. Except maybe Connolly, but his best days are behind him.

Jonny Arson · 15-03-2005 03:31PM

Peter Kay is good but he's not in the same league as Billy Connolly.

Any other fans of Roy Chubby Brown out here? He is so obscene!

Sleepy · 15-03-2005 03:47PM

Strange list:

1. Peter Kay - completely over-rated
2. Billy Connolly - Funniest man alive
3. Lee Evans - pretty tame
4. Ricky Gervais - The Office was brilliant but his stand up is crap
5. Eddie Izzard - Has stood the test of time, still great
6. Jack Dee - One of the best dead-pan comedians around
7. Roy Chubby Brown - Are "knickers" jokes still funny? :rolleyes:
8. Graham Norton - His TV stuff is awful but his stand up show probably merits this position
9. Jo Brand - Not a chance, there is nothing funny about periods, tampons or other "women's problems"
10. Jimmy Carr - Way under-rated here, definitely one of the best on the circuit at the moment.

My own top 10 (Bill Hicks doesn't feature as I'm assuming it's only currently performing comedians)

1. Billy Connolly - His stuff has dipped a little in recent years but he's still great.
2. Robin Williams - he doesn't do it enough any more but his stand up is legendary.
3. Dylan Moran - The best Irish comedian ever.
4. Jimmy Carr - One of the few truly original comedians around
5. Tommy Tiernan - sure 'cracked' wasn't all that great but his new show is fantastic
6. Eddie Izzard - how could you not love him?
7. Jack Dee - deadpan, dead miserable, side splittingly funny
8. Graham Norton - Surprisingly good, edgy comedy, much better than the TV Shows.
9. JOhnny Vegas - you gotta love the idiot.
10. Des Bishop - he may only be funny in Ireland but he's got the absurdity of this country down pat.

Goodshape · 15-03-2005 03:57PM

Bill Bailey anyone? Very good stand up IMO.

_blank_ · 15-03-2005 04:05PM

What about Brendan O'Carroll. :eek:

*ducks and runs*

Stop chasing me with flaming torches....

][cEMAN** · 15-03-2005 04:09PM

Yeah Connolly is on a downwards hill in his career but he's still miles better than all comedians listed there.

Johnny Vegas would be in there imo over most of those guys. Jack Dee however I think is brilliant - though he was better when he kept a straight face. The first time he laughed at his own joke, the mood shattered a bit.

1. Peter Kay - Good but not the best, not by far
2. Billy Connolly - Imo the best, but then that IS just my opinion
3. Lee Evans - Don't much like him. He's trying to emulate norman wisdom too much. If you can't do your own thing, do nothing.
4. Ricky Gervais - He's not bad but in no way great. The office was overrated imo. It was nervous humour at best. It was funny for the first 5-10 mins, but after that it was the same thing over and over. Got old FAST!
5. Eddie Izzard - He's OK. Doesn't float my boat
6. Jack Dee - Brilliant, but better wry
7. Roy Chubby Brown - Some laughs but mostly outdated tripe
8. Graham Norton - If you love sexually explicit jokes and camp humour brilliant. Otherwise a sad little man.
9. Jo Brand - She's supposed to be funny? To look at yeah...
10. Jimmy Carr - s'ok at best

Depends what you want - TV show or standup. Standup i'd go for someone more like Chris Rock or Ben Elton. TV shows, i'd pick Bill Bailey - though his standup lacks.

Ed Byrne is funny on stage, as are Cedric The Entertainer, and Bernie Mac.

For TV appearance only, Ryan Styles was AMAZING in "Who's line is it anyway?", and that leads on to Drew Carey and him in the Drew Carey show.

For TV shows, the Mary Whitehouse Experience, and then Newman and Baddiel were excellent back in the day.

Guess that's just my own opinion though...

Stephen · 15-03-2005 04:25PM

Iceman, have you seen Bill Bailey's "part troll" stand up show? Its bloody excellent. (I particularly like his Kraftwerk interpretation of 'the hokey cokey').

Jim · 15-03-2005 04:28PM

Bill Bailey tbh.

As for Ed Byrne, he used to be good, saw a bit of him on JFL. His new stuff was quite dreadful.

The Mother****in' D o'D.

][cEMAN** · 15-03-2005 04:35PM

Stephen wrote:

Iceman, have you seen Bill Bailey's "part troll" stand up show? Its bloody excellent. (I particularly like his Kraftwerk interpretation of 'the hokey cokey').

Not yet, but now that you've told me about it i'll have to keep an eye out for it. Most of it seems a bit forced but I LOVE "Human slaves, in an insect nation - aaaAAAaaaahhhh" lol

Kingsize · 15-03-2005 04:47PM

wheres harry hill????

Chinafoot · 15-03-2005 04:51PM

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

The Mother****in' D o'D.

"do ya use cling film? you do? and what would you give it out of ten? you'd give it a six. and why would you dock it four marks? because its hard to tear...."

excellent

anyway, i don't think Peter Kay is overrated by any means. He's hilarious. But i would put Billy Connolly ahead of him.

the rest of the list (despite its order) is pretty good though......except Jimmy Carr. I dont mind him on the Friday Night Project or Distraction but in stand-up, i dunno.

rubadub · 15-03-2005 04:56PM

Roy chubby brown ahead of Steve Coogan and John Cleese.... :rolleyes:

Just shows whats around at the moment that snide prick jimmy carr is all over the tv these days. 2-3 years back ali g would have topped it

tq · 15-03-2005 05:41PM

Richard Pryor is the funniest stand up comedian i've seen

wilkins · 15-03-2005 05:56PM

Spike Milligan - genius

Peter Kay is funny but what about John Cleese, Paul Whitehouse & Paul Merton?

Or Peter Cook ????

Jimmy Carr is a truckin asphole.

leuler · 15-03-2005 06:16PM

Connolly is so far past his sell by date that he reeks. He has completly lost the plot and just babbles his usual 'I used to be a docker me, now I'm Prince Charles mate me'.

1. Peter Kay - hilarious, see new comic relief video
2. Billy Connolly - Nobhead and unfunny
3. Lee Evans - Can be funny
4. Ricky Gervais - Office, good idea and funny. Stand-up and chat-show sh1te
5. Eddie Izzard - funny standup
6. Jack Dee - not very funny.
7. Roy Chubby Brown - I saw him in Blackpool 20 years ago and he was hilarious(at the time and place)
8. Graham Norton - very funny
9. Jo Brand - sometimes funny
10. Jimmy Carr - Is he supposed to be funny?

steppen · 15-03-2005 06:27PM

have seen a lot of different comedians live......have to say Tommy Tiernan was the best..surprised not to have heard him mentioned at all so far.

Blisterman · 15-03-2005 06:32PM

Is it only british comedians in the poll. If so, why's Graham Norton there. If not, where are all the funny American comedians?

skywalker · 15-03-2005 06:35PM

Kingsize wrote:

wheres harry hill????

working in mddonalds i think.

A-Trak · 15-03-2005 07:53PM

Sleepy wrote:

9. Jo Brand - Not a chance, there is nothing funny about periods, tampons or other "women's problems".

Hear - Hear

repulsively unfunny woman,
And smugly sneering, god knows why.

Dave Allen (RIP) would definitely deserve a mention.

PullMyFinger! · 15-03-2005 09:40PM

tq wrote:

Richard Pryor is the funniest stand up comedian i've seen

Im going to try and DL some later this week, the clips Ive seen were genius!

The first 3/4 of Eddie Murphy's "Delerious" is one of the funniest things Ive seen, he should be in the ten without doubt. The olny Connelly DVD Ive bought was "An Audience With" and it was woeful, I must buy another to see what all the fuss is about.

Kay is at the top of his game but the best?? :rolleyes:

I'll have to think about that one

rubadub · 15-03-2005 10:17PM

Blisterman wrote:

Is it only british comedians in the poll. If so, why's Graham Norton there.

Cause they all think he is english as he was on the tv every night for ages. Its just like the way they "adopt" Irish atheletes or any Irish person who does anything praiseworthy suddenly becomes "first man in the british isles to..."
Sir Bob Geldof the right honourable english gent, well done old chap.

They can keep Norton!

Basq · 15-03-2005 10:23PM

rubadub wrote:

Cause they all think he is english as he was on the tv every night for ages.

Very true.. ye ever hear of the Kate Thorton / Samuel L Jackson interview?

Went like this:

KATE THORNTON: Now lets talk about Colin because in the UK he's become the man of the moment.

SAMUEL L.JACKSON: Really? Only in the UK?

KT: Well everywhere but we kind of claim him as our own because he's from Ireland.

SLJ: You can't claim him because he's from Ireland.

KT: Well we do because it's close by. (laughter)

SLJ: Ok. That's the source of all the conflict over there. You people always claiming the Irish as yours. We got a little problem just like that here called slavery but that's ok we don't need to talk about that so lets go. (more laughter)

KT: Well Colin is a very well paid slave.

SLJ: Ok good.

KT: As are you.

Oriel · 16-03-2005 12:10AM

Bill Bailey should definately be in the top ten, ahead of Jimmy Carr anyways.

Lump · 16-03-2005 01:29AM

Peter Kay is funny as ****, you need to be english or even better, from northern england. Irish people get it too....but it's better if you're english. I want to have he's babies to be honest.

John

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