Irish Comedians: Your Best and worst

speedboatchase · 21-05-2010 03:38PM

Best:

Dara O'Briain

Worst:

Everyone else

And I don't even like Dara that much

Emelio · 21-05-2010 05:46PM

worst is definately the byrne brothers - jason and ed.
no talent i think.
ed supposed to be comedian for intellectual

jason just shout and curse

comedy gold. not.

Chriskavo · 21-05-2010 07:23PM

Emelio wrote: »

worst is definately the byrne brothers - jason and ed.
no talent i think.
ed supposed to be comedian for intellectual
jason just shout and curse

comedy gold. not.

They are not brothers - where did you get that from. I agree with you about Ed Byrne. He is appalling.

xzanti · 22-05-2010 09:21AM

Chriskavo wrote: »

They are not brothers - where did you get that from.

Tom and Penolope aren't siblings either.. FYI

Chriskavo · 22-05-2010 08:07PM

Never got Des Bishop whose observations of Irish society are simply untrue and unfunny.

I have to take that back. I have never seen Des Bishop live to make a fair judgement. I just watched his DVD ' In The Name Of The Fada' during the week I have to say that I was quite surprised by how good and enjoyable it was. Des Bishops stand up routines during it were very good indeed and contradict completely my above quote. He came across as engaging, funny and charming.

I still think Ed Byrne and Dara O Brian are **** though.

Chriskavo · 22-05-2010 08:12PM

xzanti wrote: »

Tom and Penolope aren't siblings either.. FYI

Thanks xzanti

shoelaceface · 22-05-2010 08:25PM

BEST!!!

jimmy carr - his laugh is just MANIC!
frankie boyle - randomness and ability to remain poker faced (NOT IRISH I KNOW)
andrew maxwell - couldnt breath from the laughing at his last show
pj gallagher- the dirty aul one 'legendary'
neil delemare - random!

ALRIGHT

Dara o Brian - saw him in vicar st in feb, wasnt overly impressed! felt he was winging it a lot and just talking to the audience

des bishop - used to be brilliant, his real life programes are just not good!

WORST

Tommy Tiernan - tasteless and i find him very offensive most of the time! he's just not funny

ed byrne - just go to the library

KATHERINE LYNCH REALLY GRATES ON MY NERVES!!

cant think of anyone else. no good female comedians

minister poxbottle · 02-06-2010 03:49PM

cant stand tommy tiernan :mad: makes me want to put my boot through de telly

HalloweenJack · 03-06-2010 10:04PM

Best: Jimmy Carr (if he counts), Dylan Moran, Dermot Morgan. I can't think of any others I like.

Worst: Dave McSavage, Ed Byrne, Dara O'Briain, Karl Spain, loads more. Overall, I think there's more worse than better.

lotusm · 04-07-2010 10:16PM

Not funny anymore ,, same routine picking Joe and Mary Bloggs from the audiance and pulling the piss . Also going on about Video games from a 38 old man,,,,, get a life

WesternNight · 04-07-2010 10:17PM

lotusm wrote: »

Not funny anymore ,, same routine picking Joe and Mary Bloggs from the audiance and pulling the piss . Also going on about Video games from a 38 old man,,,,, get a life

Ha. I was there last night too. Really enjoyed it.

You don't play video games, do you? Otherwise you'd have been in absolute stitches.

panda100 · 05-07-2010 08:31PM

shoelaceface wrote: »

BEST!!!
frankie boyle - randomness and ability to remain poker faced (NOT IRISH I KNOW)

He is Irish.Both his parent are from Donegal and he writes extensively about it in his autobiography

Reckoner91 · 05-07-2010 11:22PM

Good
Jason Byrne - I just think his shouting and excitement is very much my kind of humor, just my opinion, I clutch my sides every time I see him perform, hilarious.

Andrew Maxwell - I don't think I can say anything that hasn't already been said before, the guy is just really funny.

David O' Doherty - Just for his hilarious songs alone, especially Orange "Orrrrrrange (like an orange!)" hahaha

Bad
Dara O' Brien - Seriously, why do people think this guy is remotely funny? He's terrible at delivering punch-lines, it seems like he's rushing half the time

Tommy Tiernan - Pretty much what everyone else has been saying. Although I did like his story about the guy running in the marathon. It's the only one worth even YouTube'ing...

That's all I can think of really, I don't really follow Irish comedians

That's all I can really think of...not much

meemeep · 05-07-2010 11:25PM

Worst: Catherine thingy and her granny, twink

carmel27 · 05-07-2010 11:48PM

meemeep wrote: »

Worst: Catherine thingy and her granny, twink

Saw her on telly earlier and, honestly, she makes me want to rip my eyeballs out of the sockets so I dont have to look at her. But then I decided against doing that, and just changed the channel:D

LimeFruitGum · 07-07-2010 07:57PM

Love David O'Doherty.

He's the absolute spit of one of my exes, but with longer hair, so it's all very weird.

I also like Des Bishop, Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere.

I've also seen Pat Shortt in Vicar Street. For some people, Killinascully is some daft over-the-top show about a load of culchies; to me, it is an old home video.

Worst comedy gig I've been to was Boothby Graffoe (ok, i know he is English) in Kilkenny, poor guy just died on his arse, but his routine just wasn't that funny. I can't think of any Irish comedian that I absolutely can't stand. I guess if someone just isn't funny or never will be, they don't last too long on the circuit.

odonohs2 · 07-01-2011 03:02AM

barbaraw19 wrote: »

Jimmy Carr ( Limerick born so he's are!!)

Jimmy Carr was not born in Limerick, his parents were, he's English

ejmaztec · 07-01-2011 11:56AM

odonohs2 wrote: »

Jimmy Carr was not born in Limerick, his parents were, he's English

As he has dual nationality, that's debatable.

xalot · 07-01-2011 11:58AM

Best - David O'Doherty
Worst - PJ Gallagher, seems like a nice guy but just dont find him funny

Asphyxia · 08-01-2011 01:05AM

Best would be Dara O'Brian I love his free style stand up it's so funny

I guess I don't really find Pat Shortt funny much anymore!

nikole95 · 09-01-2011 10:17AM

lady_j wrote: »

Best : Dylan Moran

Worst: DARA O BRIEN and Jason Byrne

Des Bishop isnt irish

Dave Mc Savage is a jumped up busker

and Tommy teirnan used to be funny be he never really developed his act

Best for me would be Tommy Tiernan....and I've gone from thinking Jason Byrne was a big weirdo to thinking he's a really funny big weirdo.

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squeakyduck · 09-01-2011 12:04PM

Best: Jason Byrne, Andrew Maxwell and this mime guy called Rueben.

Worst: Dara O' Brien, Maeve Higgins and Catherine Lynch

bledmillennium · 12-01-2011 01:35PM

Does George Carlin count?

Crazy_Fool · 18-01-2011 05:50PM

I love Dara O'Briain, Jason Byrne and Tommy Tiernan.
Don't think much of Katherine Lynch.

spoonface · 18-01-2011 05:56PM

LimeFruitGum wrote: »

Love David O'Doherty. He's the absolute spit of one of my exes, but with longer hair, so it's all very weird.

Yeah DOD's great. I also find Fred Cooke very funny, with his musical interludes etc. Hoping to see him on the 29th of this month in Abbey Tavern comedy night in Howth.

MonkeyDoo · 18-01-2011 11:23PM

All Irish comedians are funny, sure Ireland is one big joke!

Stanley62 · 19-01-2011 12:53AM

Brendan Grace by a mile. Most of the others are a Joke!!!

Irish Comedians: Your Best and worst

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