Worst current comedians.

Matmania · 31-07-2020 1:23pm #1

I know everyone has different tastes so i get that but just looking for who they think is the least funny comedian operating today. Also who gets the silver and who would get the bronze. Not looking for reasons just names. I will start.

Gold: Russell Howard
Silver: Jason Byrne
Bronze: Des Bishop

At the end hopefully be a consensus and we can award the medals.

Rodney Bathgate · 31-07-2020 1:26pm

What do people think of Maeve Higgins?

MrMusician18 · 31-07-2020 1:27pm

Matmania wrote: »

I know everyone has different tastes so i get that but just looking for who they think is the least funny comedian operating today. Also who gets the silver and who would get the bronze. Not looking for reasons just names. I will start.

Gold: Russell Howard
Silver: Jason Byrne
Bronze: Des Bishop

At the end hopefully be a consensus and we can award the medals.

There's not many still active at the moment tbf.

nj27 · 31-07-2020 1:30pm

Hannah Gadsby

gmisk · 31-07-2020 1:30pm

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

What do people think of Maeve Higgins?

She is grand to me....not a good comedian more like some girl telling you a vaguely funny story that goes on too long..but harmless.

Gold Jason Byrne
Silver Jason Byrne
Bronze Jason Byrne

Poor_old_gill · 31-07-2020 1:34pm

Jason Byrne is fairly poor - i've always found Ed Byrne & Michael McIntyre to be awful too.

Maeve Higgins isnt really a comedian - she just says every day things in a overly played up Cork accent, there's no actual comedy to it.
Similar to that Giz a laugh one who just does the same but with a Dublin accent

Seamai · 31-07-2020 1:35pm

nj27 wrote: »

Hannah Gadsby

Hate her with a vengeance, my Ozzie cousin keeps banging on about her. Not remotely funny.

Harry Palmr · 31-07-2020 1:36pm

Current Affairs/IMHO sez a black muslim woman I expect!

crossman47 · 31-07-2020 1:40pm

Alison Spittle - no contest

Bullocks · 31-07-2020 1:42pm

crossman47 wrote: »

Alison Spittle - no contest

No one comes close to being as bad as Spittle

RWCNT · 31-07-2020 1:54pm

He's more of a podcaster pretending to be a comedian, but Brendan Schaub is the most dreadful attempt at comedy I've ever seen.

Salmon Leap · 31-07-2020 1:55pm

Michael McIntyre and Des Bishop for sure

keano_afc · 31-07-2020 1:56pm

Alison Spittle
Aisling Bea
Jason Byrne

Rodney Bathgate · 31-07-2020 1:59pm

crossman47 wrote: »

Alison Spittle - no contest

Damn, that was the lady I meant to ask about. Not Maeve Higgins.

Guffy · 31-07-2020 2:04pm

Gold. Jimmy Carr, used to like him but find him crude now tbh.

Silver: tommy tiernan, just seems to have lost it too.

Bronze: pat short, stale as feck.

Ash.J.Williams · 31-07-2020 2:04pm

the greatest comedian (irish or otherwise) of all time is grainne mcquire.

Literally everyone else is the worst.

EmmetSpiceland · 31-07-2020 2:09pm

Andrew Lawrence.

JohnnyFlash · 31-07-2020 2:11pm

I don’t know if he counts as a comedian, but Blindboy is a painfully unfunny individual

Faith+1 · 31-07-2020 2:11pm

Amy Schumer......shudder.

EmmetSpiceland · 31-07-2020 2:12pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I don’t know if he counts as a comedian, but Blindboy is a painfully unfunny individual

More of an “artiste” than a comedian now, J.

suicide_circus · 31-07-2020 2:13pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

More of an “artiste” than a comedian now, J.

oh he's an atriste alright

Ash.J.Williams · 31-07-2020 2:13pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I don’t know if he counts as a comedian, but Blindboy is a painfully unfunny individual

podcaster

osarusan · 31-07-2020 2:18pm

Not sure if still active but Andrew Maxwell is truly hopeless.

Madeoface · 31-07-2020 2:26pm

Ed Byrne

One of the worst in history - makes Jimmy Cricket funny.

Dingaan · 31-07-2020 2:40pm

Matmania wrote: »

I know everyone has different tastes so i get that but just looking for who they think is the least funny comedian operating today. Also who gets the silver and who would get the bronze. Not looking for reasons just names. I will start.

Gold: Russell Howard
Silver: Jason Byrne
Bronze: Des Bishop

At the end hopefully be a consensus and we can award the medals.

I went to see Russell Howard last year in Dublin. The tickets were a gift. I never heard of him before going.

It was dreadful! He spent the whole show poking fun at the conservative party and conservative people in general. Does everything have to be heavily politicized these days? The crowd lapped it up all the same.
I was expecting more creative humour than just cheap jokes.

walshb · 31-07-2020 2:42pm

Gold: Jason Byrne
Dead heat for gold, Tommy Tiernan
Silver is that utter unfunny scouse knob, John Bishop.
Bronze: Jack Whitehall

Eric Cartman · 31-07-2020 2:45pm

Deirdre O Kane is probably the only female ‘comedian’ to get as much as a ‘ha’ out of me.

Alison Spittle and that overweight dyed red hair woman who goes on mock the week a lot are both absolutely bottom of the barrel though.

Poor_old_gill · 31-07-2020 2:58pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Deirdre O Kane is probably the only female ‘comedian’ to get as much as a ‘ha’ out of me.

Alison Spittle and that overweight dyed red hair woman who goes on mock the week a lot are both absolutely bottom of the barrel though.

I prefer Deirdre O Kane as an actor in comedy shows as opposed to when she does stand up comedy or comic presenting

Ludikrus · 31-07-2020 3:41pm

Al Murray

Russell Howard

kildare lad · 31-07-2020 5:15pm

Dingaan wrote: »

I went to see Russell Howard last year in Dublin. The tickets were a gift. I never heard of him before going.

It was dreadful! He spent the whole show poking fun at the conservative party and conservative people in general. Does everything have to be heavily politicized these days? The crowd lapped it up all the same.
I was expecting more creative humour than just cheap jokes.

I used to watch Mock the Week year ago when Frankie Boyle was on . Russell Howard was the worst person on the show , he'd do weird impressions and tell jokes that'd make no sense, I can't believe hes still making a career out of comedy. Obviously some people find him funny but I can't see why

ClydeTallyBump · 31-07-2020 7:10pm

That awful Jon on the Jimmy Carr Countdown show.

I don't know his full name. He also ruined a charity Bake Off episode on me too.

splinter65 · 31-07-2020 7:12pm

walshb wrote: »

Gold: Jason Byrne
Dead heat for gold, Tommy Tiernan
Silver is that utter unfunny scouse knob, John Bishop.
Bronze: Jack Whitehall

Jack Whitehall is one of the biggest bluffers on the tv.

splinter65 · 31-07-2020 7:14pm

kildare lad wrote: »

I used to watch Mock the Week year ago when Frankie Boyle was on . Russell Howard was the worst person on the show , he'd do weird impressions and tell jokes that'd make no sense, I can't believe hes still making a career out of comedy. Obviously some people find him funny but I can't see why

Frankie Boyle. There are no words. The firing squad is too good for him.

babi-hrse · 31-07-2020 7:20pm

I dunno Milton Jones is fairly poor on mock the week I know his whole approach is one liners but he really doesn't have to do stupid faces for effect the joke is funny or it isnt.

CtevenSrowder · 01-08-2020 8:12am

splinter65 wrote: »

Frankie Boyle. There are no words. The firing squad is too good for him.

Ye the shock comedy he does gets old very, very quickly.

walshb · 01-08-2020 11:43am

splinter65 wrote: »

Frankie Boyle. There are no words. The firing squad is too good for him.

An absolute effing turd that lad....

walshb · 01-08-2020 11:45am

Does that McSavage lad qualify here?

Or what actually is he apart from a fooking out and out odd ball....?

01-08-2020 11:47am

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Deirdre O Kane is probably the only female ‘comedian’ to get as much as a ‘ha’ out of me.

Oh god.. she absolutely pains me..
A battle-axe with a neck on her I reckon..

01-08-2020 11:48am

crossman47 wrote: »

Alison Spittle - no contest

Typical misogynist belittling her physical appearance instead of addressing her comedic talent.

Oh wait.

Mad_maxx · 01-08-2020 1:18pm

keano_afc wrote: »

Alison Spittle
Aisling Bea
Jason Byrne

i saw aisling bea at the galway comedy festival circa 2013 , shes no richard pryor but i enjoyed the show

shes a talented actress too from what ive seen

pajosjunkbox · 01-08-2020 2:31pm

walshb wrote:

Or what actually is he apart from a fooking out and out odd ball....?

walshb wrote:

Does that McSavage lad qualify here?

In fairness..... David McSavage has some genuinely funny characters. The savage Eye was excellent and refreshing as very few comics take risks anymore.

Matmania · 05-08-2020 5:28pm

Seen Des Bishop long time ago in the comedy club on the keys think the place is gone now. He is still doing the same stuff. If i could hand out of 4th medal Andrew Maxwell is a defo. He is shocking.

Ash.J.Williams · 05-08-2020 6:03pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

i saw aisling bea at the galway comedy festival circa 2013 , shes no richard pryor but i enjoyed the show

shes a talented actress too from what ive seen

I like Aisling

jk23 · 05-08-2020 6:07pm

Jarlath Regan

Brian? · 05-08-2020 6:15pm

Dingaan wrote: »

I went to see Russell Howard last year in Dublin. The tickets were a gift. I never heard of him before going.

It was dreadful! He spent the whole show poking fun at the conservative party and conservative people in general. Does everything have to be heavily politicized these days? The crowd lapped it up all the same.
I was expecting more creative humour than just cheap jokes.

That’s his act in fairness. He does a program that critiques he weeks news.

I don’t like his comedy at all, but you can hardly give out about politicised comedy from someone who’s entire career is based on political comedy.

Hangdogroad · 05-08-2020 6:19pm

That bearded guy who posts videos of himself sitting in his car shouting in an exaggerated rural accent. He's about as funny as an aids diagnosis.

.anon. · 05-08-2020 6:26pm

splinter65 wrote: »

Frankie Boyle. There are no words. The firing squad is too good for him.

CtevenSrowder wrote: »

Ye the shock comedy he does gets old very, very quickly.

I used to find him tedious because, yeah, 'shock comedy' stops being shocking when it's just a constant barrage and you're essentially building an entire act around the worst elements of your horrible cunty audience. Although I watched one of his more recent shows on Netflix and found parts of it really good, far more thoughtful than his 'Mock the Week' drivel.

He had a great joke about Jeremy Corbyn a few years ago, referring to him hypothetically becoming prime minister and then dying suddenly on a countryside walk, only for it to later emerge that he had kicked himself to death.

OptimusTractor · 05-08-2020 6:59pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

That bearded guy who posts videos of himself sitting in his car shouting in an exaggerated rural accent. He's about as funny as an aids diagnosis.

I believe his name is Kathleen.

Ash.J.Williams · 05-08-2020 7:07pm

jk23 wrote: »

Jarlath Regan

Yeah I’m very suspicious of men that are more feminist than women

Mad_maxx · 05-08-2020 8:40pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

That bearded guy who posts videos of himself sitting in his car shouting in an exaggerated rural accent. He's about as funny as an aids diagnosis.

His SJW activism is funnier than his " comedy " which is saying something

Sir stevo Timothy something or other ?

Insufferable bore

RWCNT · 05-08-2020 11:21pm

I didn't realise fake fb comedians counted.

In that case the roaring lad in the car and Rory's Stories have to take gold. One day scientists will discover and cure the defect that causes people to find that ****e funny, until then, they're in my prayers.

Worst current comedians.

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