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    #32
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Another vote for The Viper.

    Makes me think of you AvB

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9XgvkkVmhM


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    #33
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    I never really got the “full story” there, did he not ask the women if it was ok before he took it out?

    He did, but it still sounded really sketchy.


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    #34
    khalessi
    Registered Users Posts: 6,215 ✭✭✭khalessi


    Black Books with Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey also a big fan of Tim Minchin


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    #35
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Bernard Manning

    Won't get many thanks for that


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    #36
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users Posts: 3,021 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    Tiredalways wrote: »
    Any love for Friday night dinner out there. regularly has me in peels of laughter.

    It's a masterpiece. Check out the clip on YouTube where they have a Paul Ritter voiceover saying Sh/t On It over his Chernobyl character.

    Channel 4 is where it's at in recent times. Add in The Inbetweeners which is priceless and we're also fans of Greg Davies' Man Down here. Indeed, Channel 4 were behind Phoenix Nights and Max & Paddy.

    Which leads me to Peter Kay - he's a comedic genius but sometmes the co writers on his TV shows don't get enough credit.


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    #37
    KoolKluxKlan
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭KoolKluxKlan


    Chris Lilley did some great Australian

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KTtxc87mYC4


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    #38
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,357 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    I can't say who is a comic genius, and I haven't read the whole thread. But all of the above comics have had me in stitches of laughter.
    Not for the whole show or routine maybe but a particular joke / skit.
    All have had moments of comic genius.


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    #39
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,527 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    cj maxx wrote: »
    I can't say who is a comic genius, and I haven't read the whole thread. But all of the above comics have had me in stitches of laughter.
    Not for the whole show or routine maybe but a particular joke / skit.
    All have had moments of comic genius.

    Have you seen much of Tony Cantwell’s “work”? It’s really bloody class.

    The tide is turning…



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    #40
    Buck_rodgers
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭Buck_rodgers


    If a comedians job is to entertain and get a few laughs the queen of comedy is Alison Spittle!
    Allow me to explain, she is without a doubt brutal , as funny as a tooth ache, but watch her with a few beers and a few friends and you will be wetting yourself as you and friends critique her terrible act, she is comedy gold if you have a few friends with a quick wit.


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    #41
    Retro.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭Retro.


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Bernard Manning

    Won't get many thanks for that

    He was good

    Could someone put up his Rolf Harris video


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    #42
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    85603 wrote: »
    If I had candidates for the title of comedy genius then four of them are in this clip together at the same time, below.

    norton, cumia, louis ck and patrice, at the same time. the dream team.

    honorable mentions for burr, stanhope, larry david, chris rock, dave chappelle.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN8j6xjAqrg

    Anthony Cumia is amazing, has such great chemistry with Jim Norton. How he never winded up in standup is crazy.


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    #43
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Almost everything Armando Iannucci touches turns to gold (except Lab Rats, which was shite). A comedy genius, and also a great producer. He seems to specialise in gathering groups of talented people together and then giving them free rein to 'do their thing' and create something brilliant. It's particularly amazing that he's managed to do it over three decades and in two different continents.
    FVP3 wrote: »
    Stewart Lee is as funny as cancer, though.

    He seems very unpopular among the kind of people who think the term 'as funny as cancer' is the height of hilarity.


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    #44
    Vita nova
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    Woody Allen
    Robin Williams
    Jerry Seinfeld
    Honourable mention to Seth MacFarlane


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    #45
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,357 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Have you seen much of Tony Cantwell’s “work”? It’s really bloody class.

    No but I'll have to Google him now


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    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    Buck_rodgers wrote: »
    If a comedians job is to entertain and get a few laughs the queen of comedy is Alison Spittle!
    Allow me to explain, she is without a doubt brutal , as funny as a tooth ache, but watch her with a few beers and a few friends and you will be wetting yourself as you and friends critique her terrible act, she is comedy gold if you have a few friends with a quick wit.
    Judging by this post I presume your contribution during these mirth sessions is to keep everyone’s drinks topped up and refilling the snacks in the bowls.


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    #47
    RollieFingers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭RollieFingers


    Steve Coogan and Frankie Boyle. People Just do Nothing is one of the best modern comedy shows too.


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    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,527 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Buck_rodgers wrote: »
    If a comedians job is to entertain and get a few laughs the queen of comedy is Alison Spittle!
    Allow me to explain, she is without a doubt brutal , as funny as a tooth ache, but watch her with a few beers and a few friends and you will be wetting yourself as you and friends critique her terrible act, she is comedy gold if you have a few friends with a quick wit.
    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I’ve scanned threads in AH that relate to comedy, and find they always seem to be bad tempered affairs where desperately unfunny men give out about comedians and comedy, so I’m hoping this thread doesn’t follow the same route.

    Guess the OP wasn’t wrong about that. Desperate.

    The tide is turning…



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    #49
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,221 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    FVP3 wrote: »
    The OP mentioned Armando Iannucci, a writer and people are replying with comedians. I don't know who can match Iannucci on modern comedy writing. Maybe Charlie Brooker, but he is more a general satirist than a comedy writer.

    Stewart Lee is as funny as cancer, though.

    Chris Morris worked with Lee, Iannucci and Brooker and to me is the pinnacle of modern comedy.


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    It BeeMee
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭It BeeMee


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Gervais and Merchant...together magic.

    The podcast would be nothing without Karl Pilkington


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    #51
    CrankyHaus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭CrankyHaus


    Birneybau wrote: »
    Chris Morris worked with Lee, Iannucci and Brooker and to me is the pinnacle of modern comedy.

    The Director of Brasseye was touring a film about the making of it last year, Oxide Ghosts.

    Good show, with some very funny bits they weren't able to put into Brasseye.

    Writer Arthur Matthews, who also wrote for Father Ted, was along for the Q&A but he was mainly paro about bringing up Graham Linehan.

    I assume Aonghus Von Bismarck has never actually read PG Wodehouse if he's listing them with the 2 Ronnies.


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    #52
    Noo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭Noo


    Vita nova wrote: »
    Woody Allen
    Robin Williams
    Jerry Seinfeld
    Honourable mention to Seth MacFarlane

    If you are going to honourably mention Seth MacFarlane then I'll have to throw Trey Parker and Matt Stone into the mix as being better. While not everyones cup of tea....man they do what they do well!


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    #53
    funnights74
    Registered Users Posts: 1,952 ✭✭✭funnights74


    Spike Milligan is a must, almost everyone mentioned here have been influenced by monty python , Peter Sellers Bob Newhart, all of whom say listening to the goons was a game changer for them and Spike Milligan was the creative force behind the work of the goons.


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    #54
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    Robin Williams was a great actor but a rubbish comedian.


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    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users Posts: 5,404 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    I think one of the best if not the best is Frazier.
    And the earlier Simpsons.


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    #56
    Greyfox
    Registered Users Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I never really got into the whole boxset ‘binging’ thing, and it seemed like a bit of a waste of time to be honest.

    It's only a waste of time if your binging the wrong tv shows.


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    #57
    Leilak
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭Leilak


    Sean Hughes was brill(rip)


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    #58
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,700 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    CrankyHaus wrote: »
    I assume Aonghus Von Bismarck has never actually read PG Wodehouse if he's listing them with the 2 Ronnies.
    Mostly rubbish.

    But I still like the use of language in Four Candles and the Swedish Made Simple sketch.

    Why resort to monosyllables when you can use single letters F.U.N.E.X?


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    #59
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,221 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    CrankyHaus wrote: »
    The Director of Brasseye was touring a film about the making of it last year, Oxide Ghosts.

    Good show, with some very funny bits they weren't able to put into Brasseye.

    Writer Arthur Matthews, who also wrote for Father Ted, was along for the Q&A but he was mainly paro about bringing up Graham Linehan.

    I assume Aonghus Von Bismarck has never actually read PG Wodehouse if he's listing them with the 2 Ronnies.

    Saw Oxide Ghosts twice, yeah.


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    #60
    Smart Bug
    Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭Smart Bug


    Birneybau wrote: »
    Saw Oxide Ghosts twice, yeah.


    Hi!!


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    #61
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,527 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    funnights74 wrote: »
    Spike Milligan is a must, almost everyone mentioned here have been influenced by monty python , Peter Sellers Bob Newhart, all of whom say listening to the goons was a game changer for them and Spike Milligan was the creative force behind the work of the goons.

    He’s hardly “modern” though, is he? He’d certainly be on an “all time” list.

    The tide is turning…



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