Des Bishop is not funny.

Jimmy Garlic · 08-01-2011 6:33am #1

Arrogant yes, self absorbed yes, annoying yes, predictable yes, but not funny, he is like an American Brendan O'Carroll.

mixed up · 08-01-2011 6:35am

Thank god somebody else noticed this he's crap to say the least.

Tar.Aldarion · 08-01-2011 6:37am

He's ok, funny enough.

PrincessLola · 08-01-2011 6:38am

Yes!! He actually p*sses me off. I was watching some stand-up of his on tv the other day and he just came across as a arrogant tool:mad:

Maybe its because of the American accent but when he mocks ireland its just annoying.

mixed up · 08-01-2011 6:40am

Watch jim jefferies he's f**king brilliant.

Tar.Aldarion · 08-01-2011 6:42am

mixed up wrote: »

Watch jim jefferies he's f**king brilliant.

Quite funny live too.

Killer Pigeon · 08-01-2011 6:42am

"Please, have pity on me, I'm just a poor American boy who came here when I was just 14 years old and I found it terrible hard to fit in."
"In the States you have this ... in Ireland you get that."
*Joke that was quite funny then but kinda old now*
Repeat the same old tripe for a few years.
"Tá mé ag talkáil in Irish"
??????
PROFIT!!!

Caitlinn · 08-01-2011 6:42am

Yeah, if he's on TV anymore I switch over. I think he's played out his shtick a bit too long. Just find him annoying now.

DepecheHead101 · 08-01-2011 6:42am

I'm usually pretty open to other peoples comic tastes that I don't personally find palatable but Des is just horrible. He looks like he is playing himself in the biopic of a failing comedian. His voice alone wont allow me to listen to him. He belongs in the back of a pub.

Complete garbage.

yoshytoshy · 08-01-2011 6:47am

very hard to come across comedians that everybody likes.

never found cooper funny or many other "classics"

GizAGoOfYerGee · 08-01-2011 7:00am

No, he really isn't funny at all.

Though I do respect the work he has done with the Irish language, and Abrakebabra.

He is also the proud owner of one testicle. Fair play to him.

But yeah, not funny. Sorry Des.

JupiterKid · 08-01-2011 7:06am

Des Bishop was faintly amusing when he was new on the comedy scene here... when? About nigh on 10 years ago now? Since then he's recycled the same old gags about being a yank adjusting to and observing Irish life.

It's old and tired now and he hasn't evolved or developed his act. He's getting embarrassing to watch now. He's also arrogant and reminds me of a tosser I went to school with years ago.

James T Kirk · 08-01-2011 7:23am

Bishop in a nutshell:

"Hi, I was born in America, raised in Ireland."

"Woah, different cultures!"

*applause*

teddy_303 · 08-01-2011 7:29am

Hes boring alright. Check out Steve hughes on you tube...

Jesus Wept · 08-01-2011 7:29am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Arrogant yes, self absorbed yes, annoying yes, predictable yes, but not funny, he is like an American Brendan O'Carroll.

Not a fan but Brendan O'Carroll comparison is harsh.
It'd be harsh on most people.

Killer Pigeon · 08-01-2011 7:34am

The-Rigger wrote: »

Not a fan but Brendan O'Carroll comparison is harsh.
It'd be harsh on most people.

Brendan O'Carroll:

"Show us your wobbly bits!"
Repeat over 9,000 times.
????
PROFIT!!!

Jimmy Garlic · 08-01-2011 7:42am

The-Rigger wrote: »

Not a fan but Brendan O'Carroll comparison is harsh.
It'd be harsh on most people.

They do have a few things in common, they are both cringeingly unfunny and they both rehash and reuse the same material over and over again. How anyone can pay money to see Des Bishop is beyond me, I am not hating on the man, that is just how I (and a lot of other people) see it.

Jesus Wept · 08-01-2011 7:43am

Brendan O'Carroll

1. Show us your wobbly bits.
2. Repeat over 9,000 times.
3. Become a geriatric transvestite.
4. Pretend it's for comedic reasons.
5. Make old people lol because the most hilarious thing in the world to them as a man dressed up as a woman, let alone an old one.
5. Profit.
6. ?!?!?

Jesus Wept · 08-01-2011 7:45am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

They do have a few things in common, they are both cringeingly unfunny and they both rehash and reuse the same material over and over again. How anyone can pay money to see Des Bishop is beyond me, I am not hating on the man, that is just how I (and a lot of other people) see it.

They are both comedi....
They are both humans.

Brendan O'Carroll is vile.

Jimmy Garlic · 08-01-2011 7:56am

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

"Tá mé ag talkáil in Irish"

I think the only reason he learned Irish was to act superior.

Jimmy Garlic · 08-01-2011 8:56am

The-Rigger wrote: »

3. Become a geriatric transvestite.

I always wondered about O'Carroll and the tranny thing, he enjoys it a little too much.

Other comedians on my unfunny list;
Ed Byrne.
PJ Gallagher.
Niel Delemare.
Dermot Whelan.

Galvasean · 09-01-2011 9:01pm

Where's the "He has his moments" option?

Dub Ste · 10-01-2011 2:23pm

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I think the only reason he learned Irish was to act superior.

My thoughts exactly,he was Ray D'Arcy a while ago,(just for a change!!),and he was talking about going to China,and d'arcy asked him,half jokingly,if he would learn chinese.

Bishops answer........I would if I could get a tv show out of it.

Now he may have been messing,but that summed him up me.

Cannot stand the man,he just isn't funny at all.Over christmas he was on the telly,so thought,it's the season of goodwill,give it a chance,well,i could only stand 5 mins,before i had to change it,or the telly would be going through the window..

matt-dublin · 10-01-2011 2:55pm

saw him on saturday in bray. the show about his dad. I thought he was amusing and felt the show content was slightly morbid IMO

BigBenRoeth · 10-01-2011 5:50pm

Des Bishop is the biggest gom ever

Henno30 · 11-01-2011 2:50am

I used to think he was alright when I was younger, but in hindsight all he ever did was make dubious, pandering, observations about 'the Irish' to an easily impressed audience.

At least he tried to make some original television though, rather than churn out dreadful panel show performances week on week for the money. Or maybe he did? I can't really remember.

grames_bond · 11-01-2011 9:42am

Galvasean wrote: »

Where's the "He has his moments" option?

^^ this tbh! I am really fed up with the "omg he is so sh!t" notion about des, when he does his tv shows there is a theme behind them so he stays within that theme (but i will be the first to admit that US/Irish shtick has gotten old now)

but when he does straight stand up, no theme throughout he is very very funny, I wish he would go back to those days!

coL · 11-01-2011 11:04am

I don't find Des Bishop the least bit funny as a comedian and I honestly can't understand how he has made a living from it. I saw him (12) years ago doing a free gig in DIT Bolton Street and he was ok, that was before the whole I only have one joke 'I am a yank living in Ireland' phase that pretty much killed his career in my eyes.

Big respect to him for seeing a chance to promote the Irish language/raise his profile/prolong his career/make a tv programme/get paid for doing nothing. A lot of people have very mixed views about it, some of which are negative. The reason for these nagative views has been attributed by many to people feeling inadequate about their own level of Irish.

This may be a part of it but the thing that gets me about him learning Irish, and the thing that nobody seems to comment on, is that the cost of going off for a year and learning Irish has not been taken into account. Just off the top of my head, for most people, it would consist of the following:-

a) giving up a paying job (not sure if this applies to Des cause he is a comedian)
b) keeping yourself in terms of food and lodging during the year
c) paying for the tuition fees
d) travel expenses
e) miscellaneous expenses
f) any other commitments such as loans, mortgage etc. that people cant just walk away from and would have to be paid during the year

The point I am trying to make is that yes he did learn Irish and fair play to him for that, but he also got an opportunity that others didn't i.e. he didn't have to worry about the cost or his job or anything else for that matter.

I think that anyone who was given that opportunity would be fluent in Irish after a year no problem at all. Yes lets give him credit for what he did but lets also look at it in context and not blow it up to something it is not.

James T Kirk · 15-01-2011 6:20am

Was being glib about Des Bishop.

He does indeed "have his moments".

15-01-2011 7:00am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I think the only reason he learned Irish was to act superior.

My brother won a big boxing tournament awhile back and himself and a few of the other lads boxing asked Des if he would pose for a pic, he told them he was far too busy and if they wanted to talk to furthur bither him they would speak to him in Irish. So not only is he not funny but he's a tosser also.

Should add that I met him in a pub a year or so back and he kept trying to talk to people in Irish, he asked me could I speak the language and when I told him I don't see the point of conversing in dead languages he made an offhand remark about how much of a shame it was that I was so ignorant. I made the point to him that it was a shame that he struggled so hard to get a laugh considering his routine hasn't changed in a decade. Hard to know who the biggest tosser is, him or savage who is equally unfunny aswell as being aconceited git.

Jimmy Garlic · 15-01-2011 8:38am

Deleted User wrote: »

My brother won a big boxing tournament awhile back and himself and a few of the other lads boxing asked Des if he would pose for a pic, he told them he was far too busy and if they wanted to talk to furthur bither him they would speak to him in Irish. So not only is he not funny but he's a tosser also.

Should add that I met him in a pub a year or so back and he kept trying to talk to people in Irish, he asked me could I speak the language and when I told him I don't see the point of conversing in dead languages he made an offhand remark about how much of a shame it was that I was so ignorant. I made the point to him that it was a shame that he struggled so hard to get a laugh considering his routine hasn't changed in a decade. Hard to know who the biggest tosser is, him or savage who is equally unfunny aswell as being aconceited git.

He is smug and extremely arrogant to say the least.

Dub Ste · 18-01-2011 10:20am

Deleted User wrote: »

My brother won a big boxing tournament awhile back and himself and a few of the other lads boxing asked Des if he would pose for a pic, he told them he was far too busy and if they wanted to talk to furthur bither him they would speak to him in Irish. So not only is he not funny but he's a tosser also.

Should add that I met him in a pub a year or so back and he kept trying to talk to people in Irish, he asked me could I speak the language and when I told him I don't see the point of conversing in dead languages he made an offhand remark about how much of a shame it was that I was so ignorant. I made the point to him that it was a shame that he struggled so hard to get a laugh considering his routine hasn't changed in a decade. Hard to know who the biggest tosser is, him or savage who is equally unfunny aswell as being aconceited git.

This is one of so many reasons why I cannot stand this arrogant UNFUNNY piece of excrement.
Did he learn to speak Irish because he really wanted to,or because he got at tv show out of it.

Do us all a favour,stop trying to be a comedian,you're just making a fool out of yourself:mad::mad:

Dub Ste · 24-01-2011 10:28am

I know it may seem I'm a bit obsessed with how unfunny this prick is,but he's on RTE again this week.

Who does he know in Montrose,that keeps giving him airtime??

Can I have a partial refund of my tv licence please ?
:mad::mad::mad::mad:

iPlop · 25-01-2011 1:22pm

I saw him back in January 2005 in vicar street before he started doing all the tv shows and it was a good gig ,but now he's like the rest of them.Why is it that Irish comedians become sarcastic ,arrogant idiots after a few years???

scotty_irish · 25-01-2011 1:27pm

matt-dublin wrote: »

saw him on saturday in bray. the show about his dad. I thought he was amusing and felt the show content was slightly morbid IMO

saw the show about his dad at the fringe last year, it was the best show i saw of the fringe and i went to about 20!

lee_baby_simms · 25-01-2011 2:00pm

Irelands equivalent to George Carlin:

The fact that Bishop is able to flourish on the Irish comedy circuit is just reflective of how poor our comedians are.

That said, all bets are off when Killanaskully and Mrs Brownes boys are killing in the ratings

Paparazzo · 28-01-2011 12:18am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I think the only reason he learned Irish was to act superior.

Sounds like you hit the nail on the head there judging from some of the other posters experiences.

take everything · 28-01-2011 12:19am

grames_bond wrote: »

^^ this tbh! I am really fed up with the "omg he is so sh!t" notion about des, when he does his tv shows there is a theme behind them so he stays within that theme (but i will be the first to admit that US/Irish shtick has gotten old now)

but when he does straight stand up, no theme throughout he is very very funny, I wish he would go back to those days!

^This.
Yeah bit of bandwagon jumping with the criticism.
Not a fan myself but he's far from the worst in fairness.

Agricola · 28-01-2011 1:12am

Hes not the worst by a long shot, but its easy to see that in many people eyes - mine included - Des Bishop is the yank comedian who does all the US v Irish culture jokes. Hes eaten out on it far too long.

Another thing is, he has a very sunny disposition on life. "Nothing is too big a challenge, I relish a challenge" sort of thing. Its a very American outlook on life. I think that grates on a very basic level with most Irish people. I think we generally prefer darker, more cutting or ironic humour, with a good dose of misery thrown in!

Calibos · 28-01-2011 1:55am

Not that I am a comedy connoisseur but I agree with the other names of unfunny Irish comedians on the various lists in this thread. However, I think there is a bit of comedy connoisseur snobbishness or bandwagon jumping with regard to Des Bishop.

I have always found him quite funny anytime I saw him on telly and always had a few belly laughs. I actually found this thread after searching the forum for his name because I just watched the 'My dad was nearly James Bond' thing on RTE. I wanted to see whether other people found it is good as I did. I haven't watched anything on any channel on any subject before where I laughed and cried, where I saw my own family down to a tee(without the cancer bit) with so many points of belated learned pearls of wisdom about family blah blah blah. I dunno,but the programme really affected me and surely there is not much more you can ask from a programme. Seems his other programmes have been well recieved by most people too. Yes he is still playing the Irish insider outsider looking in theme but it still gets laughs from me and I presume most 'ordinary' people unless you are a comedy connoiseur who goes to comedy gigs every weekend and has seen him live a million times before.

I'm actually disgusted to learn here that he was doing this show last weekend in Bray (in the Martello??) which is only 100 yards away from my gaff. In hindsight I would have loved to have attended his 'My Dad....' live show. Could have told him personally how funny and moving the show was. I think this reviwer puts it best..

Of all the show’s at the Fringe this one was by far one of the best, heartbreaking in its topic, yet blisteringly funny with his observations. Des Bishop new Fringe show is honest and probably one of the greatest gifts a son could give his dying father. This show will stay with you hands down!’

LMN3 · 28-01-2011 2:35am

Calibos wrote: »

I actually found this thread after searching the forum for his name because I just watched the 'My dad was nearly James Bond' thing on RTE. I wanted to see whether other people found it is good as I did. I haven't watched anything on any channel on any subject before where I laughed and cried, ... the programme really affected me and surely there is not much more you can ask from a programme.

I've just done exactly the same thing! I thought it was a terrific programme as well, and I was disappointed not to find a thread about it. I had decided earlier that I wouldn't watch it, as from the write-ups it sounded exploitative and icky. But it wasn't either of those things and I finished it liking Des Bishop a lot more and absolutely loving his dad, who is a complete sweetheart. It was funny and moving and a really refreshing depiction of a family who actually love each other.

The_D_Man · 28-01-2011 2:42am

He was in the dj box for a while in a nightclub in cork lastnight, so we being the ***** we are, seized the opportunity the waver one finger in the air and chant uni-ball on the dancefloor...he was none too pleased to say the least

partyndbs · 28-01-2011 2:56am

typical boards...full of losers hu look to deeply into things like this and coz like some 'lejend' on boards think hes **** the rest agree with him to fit in

Jimmy Garlic · 29-01-2011 2:35am

partyndbs wrote: »

typical boards...full of losers hu look to deeply into things like this and coz like some 'lejend' on boards think hes **** the rest agree with him to fit in

But he is sh1t, that is just a fact.. My mother in law is funnier than Des Bishop.

heyheyhey1982 · 29-01-2011 2:40am

As for the uni ball comment above, that is the most retarded thing any one could say to someone who had testicular cancer- WTF was going through your head?

I have to say i loved all his shows, work experience is and remains one of my fave shows. Joy in the hood was great and the Learning Irish down the country was great too, i dont find his stand up as funny as the tv stuff he does as he's a natural in front of the camera and he makes people like him. People on here are saying "i went up to him and he told me to **** off" who knows if this is true- seeing him on the shows you wouldnt get that opinion. He's a recovering Alcoholic also- so maybe someone locked coming over to him isnt the type of person he wants to talk to for the night.

On last nights show with his father (who came across as a gent) it was the best thing watched this year on RTE. Was much more real than anything i've watched in a while- some very funny moments and alot of sincere moments with a family coming to terms with a member dying which is something i (and normally everyone) have a huge fear of.

No comedian is everones cup of tea, myself cant stand Tommy Tiernan who when i went to his show there where people in the Aisles rolling around the place laughing while i sat there blank faced.

And if anyone hasnt seen Work experience you have to get it- its very funny but watching des mix with people and the was they react with him you can tell he's a decent fella.

partyndbs · 29-01-2011 6:18pm

dez is obviously funny but mayb not hilariously stand up funny but hes tv funny

Jimmy Garlic · 30-01-2011 12:06am

partyndbs wrote: »

dez is obviously funny but mayb not hilariously stand up funny but hes tv funny

Some people (idiots) think Brendan O'Carroll is funny, in fact he was on the late late bore fest on fri night for the umpteenth time. Des Bishop, Brendan O'Carroll, Twink etc.. All the regulars on the late late show have one thing in common- they are all crap and could only be famous in Ireland because they haven't the talent to make it anywhere else.

pappyodaniel · 08-02-2011 5:57pm

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

The fact that Bishop is able to flourish on the Irish comedy circuit is just reflective of how poor our comedians are.

That said, all bets are off when Killanaskully and Mrs Brownes boys are killing in the ratings

Ireland is noted the world over for producing some of the best 'alternative' comedians ever. Eg..Dave Allen, Dermot Morgan, Sean Hughes, Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan and David O Doherty are/were respected across the pond and further afield. But we all know that Joe Public isn't very smart so for every Sean Hughes there's two Brendan O'Carrolls.

partyndbs · 08-02-2011 9:58pm

partyndbs wrote: »

typical boards...full of losers hu look to deeply into things like this and coz like some 'lejend' on boards think hes **** the rest agree with him to fit in

il qouote this again

BioHazRd · 09-02-2011 8:12am

Golden rule here - attack the post, not the poster.
If you can't keep it civil, you can take a wee break.
Partyndbs gets a warning for his post

P-Gal--08 · 20-02-2011 4:42pm

BigBenRoeth wrote: »

Des Bishop is the biggest gom ever

couldnt have said it better

Des Bishop is not funny.

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