Unfunny Comedians
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why, would you be forced to watch it? Randy Winkman said:
Driver101 said:
How many hours of TV do you watch per week if it's rare you don't give a new show a chance?
I suspect Comedy Central's viewing figures will be unusually high with PHers when the show launches.
They will all be there, ticking boxes and readying their "OMG! That was terrible!" reviews for this forum.I suspect Comedy Central's viewing figures will be unusually high with PHers when the show launches.
Out of interest, how do I get to see that channel? On Amazon?
A presenter/comedian they don't like, hosting a box ticking exercise of a show that upsets them, on a channel they never watch, and they will still be watching to be offended.
They can't use the excuse that they have appeared on a programme they normally watch.
Used to enjoy 8 out of 10 cats does countdown. Quite like John Richardson. However....
That harriden Sarah Millican has started to pop up on there. Ruins it for me. Its like someone pissing in your drinking water. Whenever I see SM's face, it reminds me of the depiction of a double decker bus in Thomas The Tank Engine.
She seems to always either go on about her divorce or her vagina. The first does not surprise me. The second very much does. Dire, unfunny, and a voice that is excruciating as finer nails on a blackboard.
That harriden Sarah Millican has started to pop up on there. Ruins it for me. Its like someone pissing in your drinking water. Whenever I see SM's face, it reminds me of the depiction of a double decker bus in Thomas The Tank Engine.
She seems to always either go on about her divorce or her vagina. The first does not surprise me. The second very much does. Dire, unfunny, and a voice that is excruciating as finer nails on a blackboard.
I think it's the extent of the smugness and complacency of a lot of these same recycled comedians, presenters, personalities etc who have been hogging our screens for decades that is signifying their own downfall and the demise of broadcast television in the UK in general.
They and the TV channels and production companies are still in their comfort zones yet seem so utterly oblivious to dwindling viewer figures but desperately try anything to get them up again, even if it means getting someone unfunny or of minor significance from some other part of the world, just to try and cater for certain demographics, generations etc.
The damage has already been done.
Go onto social media and there is bound to be something by someone that makes you laugh. It's just their talent was never recognised or considered by the TV channels and production companies so they were never going to get the limelight or the lucky break. It's also obsolete anyway and they don't really need TV in as much as TV never was interested in them.
The likes of Jonathan Ross, Ant and Dec, Alan Carr, Davina McCall, Fiona Bruce, Dermott O'Leary etc etc would not like it. TV is their metaphorical career life support machine.
Put it another way, if the ones who currently grace our screens so excessively were unknown and attempted to commence a social media following, they'd struggle and probably fail.
They and the TV channels and production companies are still in their comfort zones yet seem so utterly oblivious to dwindling viewer figures but desperately try anything to get them up again, even if it means getting someone unfunny or of minor significance from some other part of the world, just to try and cater for certain demographics, generations etc.
The damage has already been done.
Go onto social media and there is bound to be something by someone that makes you laugh. It's just their talent was never recognised or considered by the TV channels and production companies so they were never going to get the limelight or the lucky break. It's also obsolete anyway and they don't really need TV in as much as TV never was interested in them.
The likes of Jonathan Ross, Ant and Dec, Alan Carr, Davina McCall, Fiona Bruce, Dermott O'Leary etc etc would not like it. TV is their metaphorical career life support machine.
Put it another way, if the ones who currently grace our screens so excessively were unknown and attempted to commence a social media following, they'd struggle and probably fail.
captain.scarlet said:
I think it's the extent of the smugness and complacency of a lot of these same recycled comedians, presenters, personalities etc who have been hogging our screens for decades that is signifying their own downfall and the demise of broadcast television in the UK in general.
They and the TV channels and production companies are still in their comfort zones yet seem so utterly oblivious to dwindling viewer figures but desperately try anything to get them up again, even if it means getting someone unfunny or of minor significance from some other part of the world, just to try and cater for certain demographics, generations etc.
The damage has already been done.
Go onto social media and there is bound to be something by someone that makes you laugh. It's just their talent was never recognised or considered by the TV channels and production companies so they were never going to get the limelight or the lucky break. It's also obsolete anyway and they don't really need TV in as much as TV never was interested in them.
The likes of Jonathan Ross, Ant and Dec, Alan Carr, Davina McCall, Fiona Bruce, Dermott O'Leary etc etc would not like it. TV is their metaphorical career life support machine.
Put it another way, if the ones who currently grace our screens so excessively were unknown and attempted to commence a social media following, they'd struggle and probably fail.
I agree. TV comedy is so bland and boring nowadays. They and the TV channels and production companies are still in their comfort zones yet seem so utterly oblivious to dwindling viewer figures but desperately try anything to get them up again, even if it means getting someone unfunny or of minor significance from some other part of the world, just to try and cater for certain demographics, generations etc.
The damage has already been done.
Go onto social media and there is bound to be something by someone that makes you laugh. It's just their talent was never recognised or considered by the TV channels and production companies so they were never going to get the limelight or the lucky break. It's also obsolete anyway and they don't really need TV in as much as TV never was interested in them.
The likes of Jonathan Ross, Ant and Dec, Alan Carr, Davina McCall, Fiona Bruce, Dermott O'Leary etc etc would not like it. TV is their metaphorical career life support machine.
Put it another way, if the ones who currently grace our screens so excessively were unknown and attempted to commence a social media following, they'd struggle and probably fail.
I find there’s far better humour on social media , from posters such as Alastair Green, Rob Morgan, Josh Pugh etc but it’s a different humour and mostly short sketches.
captain.scarlet said:
I think it's the extent of the smugness and complacency of a lot of these same recycled comedians, presenters, personalities etc who have been hogging our screens for decades that is signifying their own downfall and the demise of broadcast television in the UK in general.
They and the TV channels and production companies are still in their comfort zones yet seem so utterly oblivious to dwindling viewer figures but desperately try anything to get them up again, even if it means getting someone unfunny or of minor significance from some other part of the world, just to try and cater for certain demographics, generations etc.
The damage has already been done.
Go onto social media and there is bound to be something by someone that makes you laugh. It's just their talent was never recognised or considered by the TV channels and production companies so they were never going to get the limelight or the lucky break. It's also obsolete anyway and they don't really need TV in as much as TV never was interested in them.
The likes of Jonathan Ross, Ant and Dec, Alan Carr, Davina McCall, Fiona Bruce, Dermott O'Leary etc etc would not like it. TV is their metaphorical career life support machine.
Put it another way, if the ones who currently grace our screens so excessively were unknown and attempted to commence a social media following, they'd struggle and probably fail.
If we were to broaden the category to presenters, I have to say, Claudia Winkleman could replace anyone on that list. She has absolutely stolen a career as far as I can see.They and the TV channels and production companies are still in their comfort zones yet seem so utterly oblivious to dwindling viewer figures but desperately try anything to get them up again, even if it means getting someone unfunny or of minor significance from some other part of the world, just to try and cater for certain demographics, generations etc.
The damage has already been done.
Go onto social media and there is bound to be something by someone that makes you laugh. It's just their talent was never recognised or considered by the TV channels and production companies so they were never going to get the limelight or the lucky break. It's also obsolete anyway and they don't really need TV in as much as TV never was interested in them.
The likes of Jonathan Ross, Ant and Dec, Alan Carr, Davina McCall, Fiona Bruce, Dermott O'Leary etc etc would not like it. TV is their metaphorical career life support machine.
Put it another way, if the ones who currently grace our screens so excessively were unknown and attempted to commence a social media following, they'd struggle and probably fail.
Edited by swisstoni on Sunday 11th February 11:41
Watched the latest Louis stuff recently and while still funny like many others these type of comedians have just gone into shock mode, and it is very easy cheap comedy for me. Fine once or twice set, but not regular.
Writing jokes is and always will be an art form, Louis has told some of the funniest jokes I have ever heard ones that I continually go back to, but the current stuff is just Gervais shock comedy, lazy, boring and actually not that funny. Again some of it well crafted and amusing, but not Cinnabon level!
Writing jokes is and always will be an art form, Louis has told some of the funniest jokes I have ever heard ones that I continually go back to, but the current stuff is just Gervais shock comedy, lazy, boring and actually not that funny. Again some of it well crafted and amusing, but not Cinnabon level!
flatlandsman said:
Watched the latest Louis stuff recently and while still funny like many others these type of comedians have just gone into shock mode, and it is very easy cheap comedy for me. Fine once or twice set, but not regular.
Writing jokes is and always will be an art form, Louis has told some of the funniest jokes I have ever heard ones that I continually go back to, but the current stuff is just Gervais shock comedy, lazy, boring and actually not that funny. Again some of it well crafted and amusing, but not Cinnabon level!
Are you referring to Louis CK, or another Louis?Writing jokes is and always will be an art form, Louis has told some of the funniest jokes I have ever heard ones that I continually go back to, but the current stuff is just Gervais shock comedy, lazy, boring and actually not that funny. Again some of it well crafted and amusing, but not Cinnabon level!
swisstoni said:
If we were to broaden the category to presenters, I have to say, Claudia Winkleman could replace anyone on that list. She has absolutely stolen a career as far as I can see.
It's as if the TV channels know that their current comedians and presenters are a safe bet and wont cause offence, so they stick with them and won't let anyone else in.Edited by swisstoni on Sunday 11th February 11:41
AdeTuono said:
flatlandsman said:
Watched the latest Louis stuff recently and while still funny like many others these type of comedians have just gone into shock mode, and it is very easy cheap comedy for me. Fine once or twice set, but not regular.
Writing jokes is and always will be an art form, Louis has told some of the funniest jokes I have ever heard ones that I continually go back to, but the current stuff is just Gervais shock comedy, lazy, boring and actually not that funny. Again some of it well crafted and amusing, but not Cinnabon level!
Are you referring to Louis CK, or another Louis?Writing jokes is and always will be an art form, Louis has told some of the funniest jokes I have ever heard ones that I continually go back to, but the current stuff is just Gervais shock comedy, lazy, boring and actually not that funny. Again some of it well crafted and amusing, but not Cinnabon level!
The Gauge said:
swisstoni said:
If we were to broaden the category to presenters, I have to say, Claudia Winkleman could replace anyone on that list. She has absolutely stolen a career as far as I can see.
It's as if the TV channels know that their current comedians and presenters are a safe bet and wont cause offence, so they stick with them and won't let anyone else in.Edited by swisstoni on Sunday 11th February 11:41
AdeTuono said:
flatlandsman said:
Watched the latest Louis stuff recently and while still funny like many others these type of comedians have just gone into shock mode, and it is very easy cheap comedy for me. Fine once or twice set, but not regular.
Writing jokes is and always will be an art form, Louis has told some of the funniest jokes I have ever heard ones that I continually go back to, but the current stuff is just Gervais shock comedy, lazy, boring and actually not that funny. Again some of it well crafted and amusing, but not Cinnabon level!
Are you referring to Louis CK, or another Louis?Writing jokes is and always will be an art form, Louis has told some of the funniest jokes I have ever heard ones that I continually go back to, but the current stuff is just Gervais shock comedy, lazy, boring and actually not that funny. Again some of it well crafted and amusing, but not Cinnabon level!
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