Unfunny Irish comedians <<MOD note in OP>>

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I was wondering why I couldn't find a single clip of Joanne McNally's standup.
Even if she appears on a tv show, they never show her standup.

Then I found this... Jesus, it's bad. :eek:

She's got the voice of a math's teacher.

Genuinely never heard of her but the accent is all over the place, slips into posh and skanger Dublin, she can't hold whichever one is the fake one.

Jim Root wrote: »

I can’t for the life of me understand how that was commissioned.

Relatively cheap to produce. That and it plays into RTE's OBSESSION with nostalgia.
Ya know, when most people only had the 2 channels. And RTE were raking in cash.

I avoid it like the plague... the absolute drekk RTE produce is insulting.

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Anyone remember that very short lived RTE chat show type thing he had circa 2007ish? The one that featured breakdancers in the studio with footage of him doing stand up awkwardly superimposed over them, plus some woman playing the ukelele who was on every single week.

That sounded vaguely familiar... I think I remember the ads for it, but that was it.

Had quick search, and turns out it was called Andrew Maxwell's Smoke and Mirrors.

http://happyendings.ie/portfolio-item/andrew-maxwells-smoke-and-mirrors/

Did anyone watch it?

Hangdogroad wrote: »

That's it, I was trying to remember the name. It was an interesting concept, watched it for for a few episodes in the hope it might improve but lost interest. I wouldn't say it was terrible but it didn't gel. The ukele woman got on my nerves, when she was on the first episode I thought she was a one off but next week there she was again .

I just watched the promo there in the hope it would improve.

osarusan wrote: »

Andrew Maxwell is the unfunniest person ever.

tried to be funny in Im a celeb and it backfired

pgj2015 wrote: »

if mrs brown's boys is popular, anything is possible.

The success of Mrs Browns Boys led to Jason Byrne getting a sitcom.

Jason Byrne played the victim,even when it was obvious to anyone it was sh**e.

https://www.google.com/search?q=jason+byrne+sitcom&rlz=1C1JZAP_enIE780IE780&oq=jason+byrne+sitcom&aqs=chrome..69i57.2957j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Hangdogroad wrote: »

That's one that passed me by thankfully.

Someone made an edit of it, To highlight how horribly unfunny it was.

Of course, Pauline McLynn was in it... and many of his co-stars were in other better sitcoms. It just reminded you of better shows, quite frankly.

Higgins5473 wrote: »

2 ratings on IMDB. One giving it 1/10 and the other 10/10 from Alexander Aze with a grand total 1 review in 6 years with an account opening as soon as the show was released.

Shocking stuff. Jason Byrne has just rocketed up to neck and neck with Alison Spittle for me.

Yeah,it's why I voted for Byrne from the outset. He's consistently failed as a comedian.

Then proceeds to blame others for his failings. The BBC show was 'buried' according to him, not fully developed etc.

He was an ungrateful douche.

razorblunt wrote: »

I saw a tweet from Alison Spittle a few weeks back and I was instantly reminded of this thread. I think it was in relation to Dominic Cummings and his little trip but there was an obvious joke to be made and people were flogging it all day, Alison comes out at 10:10pm with the exact same joke. Talk about a day late and a dollar short.

I've seen Jason Byrne steal material from the likes of the Muppets, of all people.
(THE MUPPETS ARE REAL-DON'T AT ME! (joking, in case that's lost on people))

But there's a lot of comics stealing material rn. There was many on the Ray D'Arcy 'stand-up comedy' special thing he did before Xmas who were using stolen material.

I think one of those 'comediennes' works for Joe.ie, but her entire twitter account is stolen jokes and stolen material. (The hyphens around 'comedienne' are there because she clearly wasn't a comedienne)

Is there less of a stigma in Ireland with comedians stealing jokes than say the states? Dennis Leary, Amy Schumer and Carlos Mencia (rightly) got a lot of stick for stealing other comedians material but Brendan O Carroll does it wholesale with no consequences and he's not the only one.

razorblunt wrote: »

I saw a tweet from Alison Spittle a few weeks back and I was instantly reminded of this thread. I think it was in relation to Dominic Cummings and his little trip but there was an obvious joke to be made and people were flogging it all day, Alison comes out at 10:10pm with the exact same joke. Talk about a day late and a dollar short.

i watched the "brexit-an uncivil war" on netflix at the weekend and it's absolutely AMAZING! and Dominic Cummings would make mince meat of spittle!

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Is there less of a stigma in Ireland with comedians stealing jokes than say the states? Dennis Leary, Amy Schumer and Carlos Mencia (rightly) got a lot of stick for stealing other comedians material but Brendan O Carroll does it wholesale with no consequences and he's not the only one.

Brendan Grace did it all the time as well. Stealing from the likes of Rodney Dangerfield, or the two Ronnies.
He got away with it in the time of 'the one channel' (my only explanation, I wasn't alive then) but it became more egregious and annoying as time went on. O'Carroll did it too, with added homophobia.

Al Porter (before he got 'handsy') was notorious for stealing material either from other comics, or your average joke book.
Then recycling your average 'Carry on' routine.

Mencia was hounded out of showbiz. Schumer they keep putting in the spotlight, despite stealing material being one of her... lesser crimes. She'll never get another movie, maybe supporting parts, but not a lead.

The weird thing is, Dennis Leary's career fizzled out rather quickly (his standup career that is). Greg Giraldo happily ripped the piddle out of him on a Colin Quinn show. It's priceless.

KiKi III wrote: »

Well, we don’t usually get comedians to debate political aides. It’s not really comparing like with like, they have different audiences and different goals.

I’m not a fan of Spittle but lots of people are.

I’ve no interest in Mrs Brown’s Boys but my dad thinks it’s hilarious.

I have an aunt who says she married her husband because of how much he makes her laugh. I think he’s one of the most boring humans I’ve ever met.

No one person can define someone else as unfunny. It’s so subjective. It’s grand to say “I find that person about as funny as a wart” but it’d be good if people were open to the idea that their opinion isn’t the only opinion.

i'm not tlalking about debating! Cummings is on such a different level to mere mortal humans he's hilarious!!

KiKi III wrote: »

You managed to completely miss my point there. I get that you don’t think she’s funny. As it happens, I don’t think she’s funny either.

Think it goes a bit beyond that in here, K. Not finding her “funny” is one thing but gleeful attacking her politics, “wokeness” and her appearance is another.

You’ve got lads slobbering over the chance to put the “boot” into her. Bleating about her “terrible” tv show they never watched, or if they did they never gave a chance to.

To be honest, her show, ‘Nowhere Fast’ was, actually, decent enough. Better than a lot of the RTÉ comedy “shows” that have been on over the last while.

The level of, creepy, hatred on here being directed toward Ms. Spittle is both unnecessary and worrying.

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

attacking her politics, “wokeness” and her appearance is another.

Who has attacked her appearance? Can you point out a few examples, or even just 1 please?

KiKi III wrote: »

Hmmm, I think what you’re suffering from here is confirmation bias. You’re seeking out evidence that backs up your opinion without looking at evidence to the contrary.

Tens of thousands of social media followers, a recent Covid deal with the BBC for the watch-along thing she created, a show in Vicar Street last year. People are willing to pay to see her.

There's no Covid deal-it's just something her and her friends have done on twitter. You don't need to pay to see it-it's free. British tv already have Gogglebox,which accomplishes the same thing.

Social media followers can be bought. We've seen that. Having a mass audience on social media doesn't equal a mass audience in any other venture. There are people on social media with followings larger than Spittle who are setting up gofundme's to try and pay their rent.

Nowhere Fast didn't get renewed for a second season... it's not just people on boards who didn't like her. The show didn't sell, plain and simple. Even Amy Huberman's show sold to the UK, and I wasn't a fan of that, but I'll give her credit.

It's happened to others prior to her too-youtubers, who accumulated large followings on youtube, went to tv but died on their butts (FRED aka Lukas Cruikshank for example, ijustine for another example. Not that they care, they live in penthouses-early youtube successes).