Why are comedians not funny anymore..?

J_E · 17-12-2013 12:17AM

Rarely find stand-up comedy funny to be honest, but I'm a huge fan of Brian Limond (look up Limmy Show on Youtube, brilliant sketch show)

17-12-2013 12:24AM

That steve hughes clip is really funny

Paully D · 17-12-2013 12:31AM

Kevin Hart won't be to everyone's tastes (he's American, so a completely different style to the UK based lads) but he's very good if you're looking for something different. His two most popular stand up shows are available on YouTube.

Pat Mustard · 17-12-2013 12:51AM

Dave Chappelle. Genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWlBgj0uOc

Googl · 17-12-2013 12:59AM

They definitely don't make 'em like they use to. One of the greatest of all time, Mr. Bernard Manning

DwightSchrute1 · 17-12-2013 01:05AM

I can't understand how Jason Byrne seems to make a living from comedy. All he seems to do is put on stupid accents and make faces.

Galwayguy35 · 17-12-2013 01:33AM

Harry Enfield I always found his sketches funny on the tele.

Never got the fascination with Tommy Tiernan, I wouldn't be shocked by anything he says or anything but no way would I even give a euro to go and see him.

Went to a B O Carroll show once, useless IMO, Brendon Grace was the same.

Jon Kenny was funny though.

stefan idiot jones · 17-12-2013 02:22AM

The biggest culprit is too much exposure.

Too many comedians on too many panel shows is watering down their act.

Instead of really looking forward to catching them every year or so, it's now FFS not that cnut again.

And no, comediennes are not funny. I don't know why, like female singers in metal bands, it just doesn't work. I think they try too hard at being a persona.

Alpha Papa, Alan Partridge's film proves that there are comic geniuses still performing.

Owen_S · 17-12-2013 02:30AM

To make it in the UK as a top comedian, you really need to make it at Edinburgh. Seems simple enough, right? Unfortunately, most aspiring comedians tend to lose a lot money from putting shows on at the festival, and need significant financial backing. This is why we are seeing so many mediocre upper-middle class comedians getting so much airtime on television. They have parents who will support them and bail them out if they fail.

greenflash · 17-12-2013 02:38AM

Stand up died and was buried with Mitch Hedberg.

scottmcb04 · 17-12-2013 02:43AM

I can't understand how anybody could like Billy connolly, he's brutal I think!

Reginald d Hunter and the Canadian lad are the two best I can think of atm!

enfant terrible · 17-12-2013 02:52AM

That's what Dennis Pennis asked Steve Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFi8NOqgRus

Muahahaha · 17-12-2013 03:08AM

Hard to beat Stewart Francis for the sharp one liners, his whole show consists of one after the other. Saw him at Vicar Street a couple of years back and reckon he churned out over 600 one liner jokes in under one and a half hours, unbelievable stuff, you laughed so hard at one of his jokes and then were still laughing when the next one hit, my ribs were in bits that night.

scottmcb04 · 17-12-2013 03:11AM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Hard to beat Stewart Francis for the sharp one liners, his whole show consists of one after the other. Saw him at Vicar Street a couple of years back and reckon he churned out over 600 one liner jokes in under one and a half hours, unbelievable stuff, you laughed so hard at one of his jokes and then were still laughing when the next one hit, my ribs were in bits that night.

That's the Canadian fella I was thinking of!

Daqster · 17-12-2013 03:26AM

Links234 wrote: »

I'm just sorry I missed Steve Hughes the other week in Galway

Few of us went to see him last week and he never turned up.

Last time I'm paying attention to emails from comedy clubs.

SimonQuinlank · 17-12-2013 03:35AM

Plenty of good comedians knocking about,there's just a lack of diversity in the handful who command the mainstream media exposure these days.If panel shows,or that BBC comedy roadshow abomination are you're only source of comedy then you're going to get bored fairly quickly.

Doug Stanhope,Stewart Lee,Bill Burr,Louis CK and a Scottish lad named David Kay are well worth a look.

Shapey Fiend · 17-12-2013 03:42AM

The big media gatekeepers traditionally decided what was going to be popular. Now that model has broken down and nobody gets paid to be the filter we're increasing expected to sort through the chaff to find the good stuff. This is true of movies, music, TV shows, books, everything. There's more good stuff than ever before in the history of man but it's buried in a sea of mediocrity.

Muahahaha · 17-12-2013 03:53AM

scottmcb04 wrote: »

That's the Canadian fella I was thinking of!

Ah yeah, he's a legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWH5XubGKLA

Rud · 17-12-2013 04:17AM

Dave Chappelle and Jimmy Carr are the funniest fcukers on the planet.Nobody comes close to those two

Links234 · 17-12-2013 12:13PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

And no, comediennes are not funny. I don't know why, like female singers in metal bands, it just doesn't work. I think they try too hard at being a persona.

Oh boo! :mad: Boo on both counts! There's plenty of great women in metal!

Agricola · 17-12-2013 12:21PM

John Bishop's appeal is the same as Peter Kay. Old school comedy, no swearing, no cutting or vicious attacks on anyone, safe for all the family.

He seems like a really sound fella too. He's making a packet and is over the moon about his luck. Fair play to him. Not all comics have to be Tommy "the parish priest rode the hole off me when I was a young fella!!! :pac::pac: " Tiernan.

Bipolar Joe · 17-12-2013 12:23PM

Links234 wrote: »

Oh boo! :mad: Boo on both counts! There's plenty of great women in metal!

But can they tell a joke?

ArmaniJeanss · 17-12-2013 12:27PM

Surprised at all the Michael McIntyre hate, he's fantastic.

Agricola · 17-12-2013 12:31PM

Think its the law di daw British middle class thing that must grate over here. Or that funny walk he keeps going up and down the stage. I like McIntyre too, some really good observations.

preston johnny · 17-12-2013 12:31PM

Female comedians........... don't make me laugh.

Toto Wolfcastle · 17-12-2013 12:35PM

I watched an Adam Hills DVD the other day and really enjoyed it.

krudler · 17-12-2013 12:44PM

DwightSchrute1 wrote: »

I can't understand how Jason Byrne seems to make a living from comedy. All he seems to do is put on stupid accents and make faces.

He's still basically that guy in school who acted like a mad bastard and never grew up.

krudler · 17-12-2013 12:45PM

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

I watched an Adam Hills DVD the other day and really enjoyed it.

I hear he has a prosthetic foot, he rarely mentions it ever though so it's a really well kept secret.

Fussgangerzone · 17-12-2013 12:53PM

I saw David O Doherty, with support from Alex Horne, there last week.

They were both hilarious, although they wouldn't be for everyone.

I don't generally watch ****e like they show on Comedy Central, because it's lowest common denominator stuff.

I think Stewart Lee is a legend. For reasons such as:

Demetri Martin is very refreshing as well.

Agricola · 17-12-2013 12:53PM

Yeah hes always banging on about his prosthetic foot. He really uses it like a crutch..... :pac: (You can have that one Adam!)

Why are comedians not funny anymore..?

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