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Vincent-Vega said:
Well, we went to see Stratagem- Alan Partridge at the O2 this evening and left at the interval along with a good couple of hundred others.
Terrible and very disappointing, especially as someone who really is a Partridge fan, enjoyed everything he's done previously, TV stuff, Alpha Papa, audio books and the podcasts from the oast house, so really his easy audience to impress. Sadly it was a real let down and I made the call that it really wasn't good enough to warrant sitting for a 20 minute interval followed by another 45 minutes of drivel and then another hour or so getting out of the O2 car parks.
A real shame.
Would not recommend.
I'm a big fan of Alan Partridge but he can be a bit hit and miss. I commented about Seinfeld earlier. I don't like his stand up but love the series. I thought his series comedians in cars getting coffee was brilliant. I think many comedians need someone else to bounce things off, hence so many who appear on panel shows. You get what appears to be unscripted banter and some, the really quick ones like Lee Mack and David Mitchell, are brilliant with it, at being reactive in an instant. Whitehouse and Mortimer gone fishing is also really good because they are both genuinely funny men. Rarely, some comedians are brilliant in every medium, and the great Sean Locke and Billy Connolly spring to mindTerrible and very disappointing, especially as someone who really is a Partridge fan, enjoyed everything he's done previously, TV stuff, Alpha Papa, audio books and the podcasts from the oast house, so really his easy audience to impress. Sadly it was a real let down and I made the call that it really wasn't good enough to warrant sitting for a 20 minute interval followed by another 45 minutes of drivel and then another hour or so getting out of the O2 car parks.
A real shame.
Would not recommend.
Busy week this week - great comedy unleashed on Tuesday, Reg D Hunter headlining and going a little more off the reservation than you'll see him on the beeb, and tonight is Frank Sanazi which we're really looking forward too. https://franksanazi.com/about
woke hasnt killed standup yet
woke hasnt killed standup yet
Woke is nowhere near killing standup (and I consider myself centre left).
If you consume all your comedy on mainstream terrestrial TV there'll be a lot of editorial influence but I think the amount of followers that comics are getting on podcasts, youtube etc. is starting to have an impact on TV as producers and editors see that audiences still like their comedyto dance on the line of acceptability.
If you consume all your comedy on mainstream terrestrial TV there'll be a lot of editorial influence but I think the amount of followers that comics are getting on podcasts, youtube etc. is starting to have an impact on TV as producers and editors see that audiences still like their comedyto dance on the line of acceptability.
lornemalvo said:
I very rarely find female comediennes funny, and none are in what I would term the top echelon. Any hint of a chip on their shoulder about race, feminism etc and they are dead in the water
I agree and I would include the men in that also.Too many have made it by being right on lefties and are one trick ponies who are simply not funny.
One of the worst is that Roman Ragnathearrean fellow talking about the culture and his mother it’s just lame and not funny.
Twenty years ago you had to be genuinely talented now with pc politics the bar has lowered so the bbc darlings can ‘achieve’.
Went to see Stewart Lee the other weekend, I stepped outside at the interval for some fresh air, and didn't bother going back in for the 2nd half. I normally like him, but found him not to be very funny on this tour.
Went to see Gary Delaney last night in a rather nice little theatre in Chesterfield, he was his normal funny self doing his hundreds of one liners. I like the guy, and loved some of his more shocking one liners. I'm told he is married to Sarah Millican, who I really don't find funny. He had a warm up guy called Steve Day a deaf comedian who wasn't so good
Went to see Gary Delaney last night in a rather nice little theatre in Chesterfield, he was his normal funny self doing his hundreds of one liners. I like the guy, and loved some of his more shocking one liners. I'm told he is married to Sarah Millican, who I really don't find funny. He had a warm up guy called Steve Day a deaf comedian who wasn't so good
Edited by LeadFarmer on Saturday 18th June 17:16
Vincent-Vega said:
Well, we went to see Stratagem- Alan Partridge at the O2 this evening and left at the interval along with a good couple of hundred others.
Terrible and very disappointing, especially as someone who really is a Partridge fan, enjoyed everything he's done previously, TV stuff, Alpha Papa, audio books and the podcasts from the oast house, so really his easy audience to impress. Sadly it was a real let down and I made the call that it really wasn't good enough to warrant sitting for a 20 minute interval followed by another 45 minutes of drivel and then another hour or so getting out of the O2 car parks.
A real shame.
Would not recommend.
I love AP too but didn't rate Stratagem either. Loved seeing him live, but his show wasn't so good. I think 2+hrs of just AP on his own is to long and there really needs to be others around him and catching him out on what he says etc.Terrible and very disappointing, especially as someone who really is a Partridge fan, enjoyed everything he's done previously, TV stuff, Alpha Papa, audio books and the podcasts from the oast house, so really his easy audience to impress. Sadly it was a real let down and I made the call that it really wasn't good enough to warrant sitting for a 20 minute interval followed by another 45 minutes of drivel and then another hour or so getting out of the O2 car parks.
A real shame.
Would not recommend.
Saw Jack Dee last night, his “Off the Telly Tour”
First half was good, the second half was even better.
A couple of issues with a dodgy microphone interrupted the flow a little bit, but that was a technical error not a criticism of the show.
Wife and I loved it, properly belly laughs from the start.
If you like Jack Dee’s grumpy, sarcastic humour you’ll know what to expect.
First half was good, the second half was even better.
A couple of issues with a dodgy microphone interrupted the flow a little bit, but that was a technical error not a criticism of the show.
Wife and I loved it, properly belly laughs from the start.
If you like Jack Dee’s grumpy, sarcastic humour you’ll know what to expect.
Emily's dad said:
Saw Jack Dee last night, his “Off the Telly Tour”
First half was good, the second half was even better.
A couple of issues with a dodgy microphone interrupted the flow a little bit, but that was a technical error not a criticism of the show.
Wife and I loved it, properly belly laughs from the start.
If you like Jack Dee’s grumpy, sarcastic humour you’ll know what to expect.
This is excellent news. I love Jack. Never seen him but got tickets to this when he comes to London. First half was good, the second half was even better.
A couple of issues with a dodgy microphone interrupted the flow a little bit, but that was a technical error not a criticism of the show.
Wife and I loved it, properly belly laughs from the start.
If you like Jack Dee’s grumpy, sarcastic humour you’ll know what to expect.
Sat down rather than stand up, but just got back from seeing John Cleese. I was a bit worried he might have got a bit too grumpy and moaney in his old age, but he's still funny. A mix of stories, some clips from TV and films, and responses to audience submitted questions in the second half. A decent show.
Emily's dad said:
Saw Jack Dee last night, his “Off the Telly Tour”
First half was good, the second half was even better.
A couple of issues with a dodgy microphone interrupted the flow a little bit, but that was a technical error not a criticism of the show.
Wife and I loved it, properly belly laughs from the start.
If you like Jack Dee’s grumpy, sarcastic humour you’ll know what to expect.
What did you think of his stuff from 10 years ago?First half was good, the second half was even better.
A couple of issues with a dodgy microphone interrupted the flow a little bit, but that was a technical error not a criticism of the show.
Wife and I loved it, properly belly laughs from the start.
If you like Jack Dee’s grumpy, sarcastic humour you’ll know what to expect.
I was fond of his old stuff so the Mrs bought me his 2013 dvd but I found it quite stale and derivative, the paying the schools fees tour.
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Chris Mcglade tonight, same show we saw a while ago but will be enjoyable.
DRFC1879 said:
Hoping this is ok in the Lounge. It's not TV, Film, Streaming or Radio which is the other place I considered posting it.
Now we're allowed out again I've been trying to catch up on some live Stand-up. I saw Seann Walsh absolutely smashing a show in Leeds earlier in the year, I'm going to see Dan Nightingale et al on Friday night and have booked tickets for Adam Rowe's new tour in February. Others I've seen fairly recently and would recommend are Justin Moorhouse, Jeff Innocent and Tez Ilyas.
Anyone else in to their live comedy? Got any recommendations?
Quoting my own post here (I've changed name) but I thought it was worth a bump having seen Dan Nightingale's tour sow last night in Leeds. It was probably the best hour of comedy I've ever seen. His delivery, pace, intonation and expression was masterful. Absolutely brilliant.Now we're allowed out again I've been trying to catch up on some live Stand-up. I saw Seann Walsh absolutely smashing a show in Leeds earlier in the year, I'm going to see Dan Nightingale et al on Friday night and have booked tickets for Adam Rowe's new tour in February. Others I've seen fairly recently and would recommend are Justin Moorhouse, Jeff Innocent and Tez Ilyas.
Anyone else in to their live comedy? Got any recommendations?
RizzoTheRat said:
Sat down rather than stand up, but just got back from seeing John Cleese. I was a bit worried he might have got a bit too grumpy and moaney in his old age, but he's still funny. A mix of stories, some clips from TV and films, and responses to audience submitted questions in the second half. A decent show.
Whereas on his alimony tour he was a case of never meet your heroes for me. I enrolled on the ultra comedy course a few years back and gigged at the end of it. Now about to get back on the circuit and several of my course colleagues are gigging regularly. Highly recommend it if you’ve any interest in performing.
Shnozz said:
Whereas on his alimony tour he was a case of never meet your heroes for me.
I'll be honest I was a bit concerned that he might have got too old and grumpy, but he he sent himself up about it at the start and then spent the rest of the time showing clips from Python and Fawlty Towers and talking about them. Not a bad show.Went to see Russel Peters the other day, I'd never heard of him but he seems to be reasonably big in the US. Not a bad show, Being an indian born in Canada and living in the US a lot of the show was about race and culture. Similar to Maz Jobrani (Iranian living in the US) who we saw a while back. Jobrani's support act was Tehran Von Ghasri, who I thought was really good, but again very race/culture based being a Iranian/African American with Muslim, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Jewish grandparents
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