Des Bishop

Ciarrai76 · 17-05-2014 01:50AM

biko wrote: »

Very intelligent (I presume) and funny guy.
I'd buy him a pint.

make it a pint of orange juice, he doesn't drink alcohol anymore!

calanus · 17-05-2014 02:11AM

He's grand but his brother on the other hand......... Holy crap what a pile of pants!

SpaceTime · 17-05-2014 02:19AM

Seems like a nice bloke. Glad he stopped those rap pieces though!

Enjoying the Chinese trip particularly as I have familial connections to China. It's interesting to see his take on the place. I think he's showing a side of China I'm very familiar with - they're actually really good fun and have a great sense of humour and don't take themselves that seriously at all.

Lapin · 17-05-2014 04:12AM

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

bet youre the kind that doesnt put their fast food rubbish in the bin and leaves a big mess on the table..

Back in the day I had a summer job in a fast food shíthole somewhere in France.

It bored me to distraction.

I used to love it when people left a big fúck off mess after them.

It gave me something to go and do for a few minutes, and boy did I drag it out for a few minutes.

I used to hate it when people cleaned up after themselves.

Regarded them as inconsiderate tossers, or tosseurs in my mind as I was there to learn the lingo. Learnt feckall in that kip though, so I jacked in the job after three weeks and went to Paris to become a world famous artist, but the Summer was up just as I was on the verge of global success and I had to come home. I'll have to finish that plan someday.

Anyway, back on topic.
Des Bishop. I can take him or leave him but he's not the worst. Decent bloke. What you see is what you get with him.

Super-Rush · 17-05-2014 04:16AM

He has become very predictive tbh.

His first few shows were good as it was something new and fresh, and he can tell a story very well, but the American not understanding the way Irish people act does get old. He needs some new material.

biko · 17-05-2014 05:04AM

I doubt any of the critics in this thread would manage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjMPnlztYc4

DEFTLEFTHAND · 17-05-2014 05:21AM

Didn't age well at all, looks like a fella of 50+ making retirement from the Public Service. Not funny obviously but I say he's a nice guy, I liked the 'work experience' programme he did for RTE about 10 years ago.

Arthur Beesley · 17-05-2014 07:44AM

Hopefully he'll stay in China and give us a break.

bumper234 · 17-05-2014 07:53AM

Des Bishop seems sound, not my cup of tea but i think it's more his half yank half paddy accent that annoys me most. Would rather watch 10 hours of him though than 5 minutes of Tommy Teirnan or that other gob****e P.J Gallagher.

foggy_lad · 17-05-2014 08:29AM

The accent does my head in a bit but much better at entertainment than any of the Naaaaaavaan crowd of tossers including tommy tiernan and hector whatever his name is. Oh jaysus we got into all kinds of trouble every day growing up in naaaaaaaavan.

gandalf · 17-05-2014 08:59AM

Not a major fan of his comedy but he seems like a nice bloke and his latest show from China is great viewing. I am admire his fearlessness, very few people would throw themselves into learning a language as different as Chinese.

.jacksparrow. · 17-05-2014 09:01AM

Tommy tiernan went off the boil a bit a few years ago but he is in top form again.

Lukehandypants · 17-05-2014 09:04AM

Just watched, Des Bishop goes to China which was basically Des bishop brings comedy to the Chinese the same way he brought comedy to Ireland, it even included the same jokes he uses in Ireland such as, im a crazy American doin jokes about your country in a fish out of water kinda way.
Next up he is goin to bring comedy to easter island where he will learn the language and do jokes which are essentially the same as all the jokes he made in Ireland and China.

Is Des popular in America? Does he do standup in America?

Tilly · 17-05-2014 09:10AM

Lukehandypants wrote: »

Just watched, Des Bishop goes to China which was basically Des bishop brings comedy to the Chinese the same way he brought comedy to Ireland, it even included the same jokes he uses in Ireland such as, im a crazy American doin jokes about your country in a fish out of water kinda way.
Next up he is goin to bring comedy to easter island where he will learn the language and do jokes which are essentially the same as all the jokes he made in Ireland and China.

Is Des popular in America? Does he do standup in America?

Is there some rule that you have to make up new jokes for each country? You've little to be worrying about!!!

Lukehandypants · 17-05-2014 09:13AM

Tilly wrote: »

Is there some rule that you have to make up new jokes for each country? You've little to be worrying about!!!

If u like the same premise as all his other shows filled with the same jokes well that's ok.
I kinda like to see new things that will stimulate me rather than the same old same old.

RayCon · 17-05-2014 09:16AM

foggy_lad wrote: »

hector

Having never met him or know anything about him .. I have a serious irrational hatred for that man.

bumper234 · 17-05-2014 09:52AM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Tommy tiernan went off the boil a bit a few years ago but he is in top form again.

He is shouting 18% louder now? That's all he seems to do is shout shout shout.

Tilly · 17-05-2014 09:53AM

Lukehandypants wrote: »

If u like the same premise as all his other shows filled with the same jokes well that's ok.
I kinda like to see new things that will stimulate me rather than the same old same old.

But the Chinese haven't seen his old jokes.

dan1895 · 17-05-2014 09:55AM

Not a big fan of Bishops comedy, has developed much since I first saw 8 years ago or so and he can come across as preachy. But Hector!! He'd drive ya to destroying all radios and TVs in your house just not to listen to him.

rizzodun · 17-05-2014 10:02AM

fussyonion wrote: »

He can speak all those languages better than you can speak English, it seems :rolleyes:

I find it funny that people on AH giving out about a comedian completely miss a sarcastic comment but 12 of them thank the above...

Humour is lost on some people it seems.

Grayson · 17-05-2014 10:03AM

fussyonion wrote: »

Fair play to him for learning Irish too..most of the population couldn't say more than "An bhfuil cead agam dul go dti an leithreas?" yet he's managed to actually construct a show entirely in Gaelic.

I think he's unique.

In school we learned "An bhfuil cead agam dul amach?" I don't think our teachers knew the word leithreas so he's already one up on them.

as an FYI. Eddie Izzard has his acts translated into loads of languages including Icelandic. He practices them all in those languages so he can get timing right. Some comedians really go the extra mile.

stateofflux · 17-05-2014 10:06AM

i find Des Bishops comedy unfunny and irritating but hats off to the guy for doing what he did in china...that is some achievement

kneemos · 17-05-2014 10:15AM

RayCon wrote: »

Having never met him or know anything about him .. I have a serious irrational hatred for that man.

When he started on TnaG back in the day he wasn't bad.Dunno what happened,RTE got hold of him or something,started shouting and talking about goats.

Bubbaclaus · 17-05-2014 10:20AM

I respect his ability to pick up new languages, but he is an absolutely terrible comedian.

He has never made me laugh. Not even once.

suicide_circus · 17-05-2014 10:26AM

I just detest the late late show "guest" circuit, populated almost entirely by former RTE employees eg des. The same "celeb" faces year in year out. How anyone watches it is a mystery.

woahwoahwoah · 17-05-2014 10:55AM

A lot of Irish people don't like Des Bishop because he learned how to speak Irish. An American comes over here and knows more Irish than them. They wont admit it but it embarrasses them.

Sofaspud · 17-05-2014 11:31AM

He's lived in Ireland since 1990. That's nearly as long as me, and I'm Irish.

He plays the "fish out of water" shtick too much, despite the fact that he'd be well used to it by now.

Duck's hoop · 17-05-2014 11:33AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Didn't age well at all, looks like a fella of 50+ making retirement from the Public Service.

Miaow.

Dies he fūck look 50 anyway.

Heckler · 17-05-2014 11:35AM

I'm sure hes a nice guy and well done for learning irish and chinese but hes less funny than a heart attack. See you on the Ray Darcy show Des when they have rotated Jason Byrne and PJ Gallagher. About 2 weeks time then.

BearBanjer · 17-05-2014 11:46AM

Seems like a nice guy to be fair. Just find what he does pretty boring an repetitive at this stage.

Heckler wrote: »

I'm sure hes a nice guy and well done for learning irish and chinese but hes less funny than a heart attack. See you on the Ray Darcy show Des when they have rotated Jason Byrne and PJ Gallagher. About 2 weeks time then.

I'd rather listen to a baby spout nonsense for two hours than Jason Byrne. He is just dreadful. The most unfunny muppet there is. Makes Des look like Bill Hicks.

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