Unfunny Comedians
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e46m3Mark said:
GruntyDC5 said:
Sarah Millican is by far the worst comedian I have ever had the misfortune of seeing live. It was basically an hour plus of begging to buy her book.
She's not for me either but she's made some serious money from her particular brand of 'comedy'.Just saw a TV advert for a new show where they make a stand-up routine into a sketch. It was only 10 or 15 seconds but plenty long enough to see it's utter s
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I just dont get it, how is she even a "comedian". The most unfunny person I've ever had the misfortune of hearing.
TUS373 said:
This thread needed a quick reviving negating the need to start a new one.
It sounds like a cliche but I genuinely found what was on TV over the holidays very poor, not helped by a surplus of 'comedians' that were simply unfunny. In days of yore, the King would have had them executed.
The Graham Norton show had that Nan/Gran character of Catherine Tate. Sorry, nothing funny about Tate or her character. Just rubbish.
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So...in my analysis, we seem to be short of decent female talent especially. (I quite like Catherine Ryan). And as per the Mrs Browns Boys thread, there really is some dross about.
Couldnt agree more about Catherine Tate, the woman was just embarassing, a self serving piece of rubbish who took air time away from people with real talent.It sounds like a cliche but I genuinely found what was on TV over the holidays very poor, not helped by a surplus of 'comedians' that were simply unfunny. In days of yore, the King would have had them executed.
The Graham Norton show had that Nan/Gran character of Catherine Tate. Sorry, nothing funny about Tate or her character. Just rubbish.
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So...in my analysis, we seem to be short of decent female talent especially. (I quite like Catherine Ryan). And as per the Mrs Browns Boys thread, there really is some dross about.
silverthorn2151 said:
kowalski655 said:
Presumably Colin Mochrie will still do his "standing about, looking puzzled" act
And no Richard Vranch.
We went to the Albert Hall to see this and it was fantastic, start to finish.And no Richard Vranch.
The musicians were the 2 ladies who appear on the show in the USA where it still runs and is very popular I understand. They were terrific.
It made a change to be entertained by very professional and talented comedians who didn't need to swear or talk about periods to be very funny indeed.
Greg is a lovely chap. He presented my son with an award at high school a few years ago (the same school that Greg attended) and was genuinely pleased to be there.
An another note, I'mm off to see Bill Bailey soon, who also fits the bill (pun not intended) of being funny without being crude.
An another note, I'mm off to see Bill Bailey soon, who also fits the bill (pun not intended) of being funny without being crude.
Another vote for Bill Bailey here. A genuine comedian/entertainer.
Unfortunatley there seems to be a majority of either 'silly characters' or those who anchor their acts on just liberally using the F word. And repeat. People like Bailey rise above such cheapness with genuinely better constructed and conceived observational humour. I dont get why some people on TV make money for using language that is banned in our locsl pub. It just shows a lack of intelligence trying to shock people. As said way back on this thread, there are really no boundaries to push now.
Unfortunatley there seems to be a majority of either 'silly characters' or those who anchor their acts on just liberally using the F word. And repeat. People like Bailey rise above such cheapness with genuinely better constructed and conceived observational humour. I dont get why some people on TV make money for using language that is banned in our locsl pub. It just shows a lack of intelligence trying to shock people. As said way back on this thread, there are really no boundaries to push now.
Chrismawa said:
e46m3Mark said:
GruntyDC5 said:
Sarah Millican is by far the worst comedian I have ever had the misfortune of seeing live. It was basically an hour plus of begging to buy her book.
She's not for me either but she's made some serious money from her particular brand of 'comedy'.Just saw a TV advert for a new show where they make a stand-up routine into a sketch. It was only 10 or 15 seconds but plenty long enough to see it's utter s
te. I just dont get it, how is she even a "comedian". The most unfunny person I've ever had the misfortune of hearing.
TUS373 said:
Another vote for Bill Bailey here. A genuine comedian/entertainer.
last time we saw him, probably THE last time too, was just before Christmas a year ago, spent 90% of a two hour set regurgitating a tedious diatribe against brexit/brexit voters that way beyond any point of necessity or relevence, I mean even my mrs (who was massively angry and upset over brexit and should have been his prime candidate for it) found it pathetic, not least cos by this point it'd been two years of bile in the news already and like most sane people are bored,sick and tired of all the pettiness.Real shame, we've seen him several times previous and he'd been on it but never again - while im not someone who deigns to impose on a artist what he should show us, but by God that was a disgrace.
Chrismawa said:
Unfortunately she is from my home town
I just dont get it, how is she even a "comedian". The most unfunny person I've ever had the misfortune of hearing.
Same, there are plenty of other lasses here who are funnier. I'd quite like to have her in the group at the pub though, but certainly wouldn't go to pay money to go and see her. I just dont get it, how is she even a "comedian". The most unfunny person I've ever had the misfortune of hearing.
Horses for courses I'm sure.
Europa1 said:
It seems to me that a lot of people find her funny because of her accent. Strip that away and she has nothing.
The only way I can describe her voice is something akin to holding onto a cats testicles with a set of pliers, and then dragging said cat with claws fully extended down a very long blackboard. The noise that she omits would actually work very well as a torture technique. I wouldn’t last 30 seconds before admitting guilt to anything.
Se7enheaven said:
The only way I can describe her voice is something akin to holding onto a cats testicles with a set of pliers, and then dragging said cat with claws fully extended down a very long blackboard.
The noise that she omits would actually work very well as a torture technique. I wouldn’t last 30 seconds before admitting guilt to anything.
Very good and accurate. Much funnier that she is!The noise that she omits would actually work very well as a torture technique. I wouldn’t last 30 seconds before admitting guilt to anything.
Catherine Tate. Utterly awful. Just don't get the fascination that surrounds her
On the other end of the spectrum, I recently discovered 'James Acaster' whilst watching an episode of 'Would I lie to you'. Not seen any of his stand-ups, but he certainly raised quite a few laughs from me.
On the other end of the spectrum, I recently discovered 'James Acaster' whilst watching an episode of 'Would I lie to you'. Not seen any of his stand-ups, but he certainly raised quite a few laughs from me.
Edited by Otter Smacker on Wednesday 2nd January 21:37
TUS373 said:
As said way back on this thread, there are really no boundaries to push now.
TBH for a long time now I've steered clear of comedians who are labelled as 'pushing the boundaries' - by and large the boundaries of comedy are where they are because what's on the other side isn't very funny. It's why I was disappointed when the likes of Jimmy Carr and Ricky Gervais - whose earlier stand-up I really liked - started relying on cracking jokes about disabled kids in their later stuff. Yes it may have been controversial and 'shocking' to some degree - and that can be a positive thing - but it just wasn't funny, which is a problem for a comedian. I'm not saying that there are some subjects that should be off-limits for comedy as there absolutely shouldn't, but a lot of comedians seem to think that just 'going there' and saying stuff that hasn't been said before is enough. Well it's not - controversy and comedy certainly can go hand-in-hand but one isn't a substitute for the other.Teddy Lop said:
TUS373 said:
Another vote for Bill Bailey here. A genuine comedian/entertainer.
last time we saw him, probably THE last time too, was just before Christmas a year ago, spent 90% of a two hour set regurgitating a tedious diatribe against brexit/brexit voters that way beyond any point of necessity or relevance, I mean even my Mrs (who was massively angry and upset over brexit and should have been his prime candidate for it) found it pathetic, not least cos by this point it'd been two years of bile in the news already and like most sane people are bored,sick and tired of all the pettiness.Real shame, we've seen him several times previous and he'd been on it but never again - while im not someone who deigns to impose on a artist what he should show us, but by God that was a disgrace.
The last time I saw him, which was a few years ago, he was melting current affairs into his usual mad thought process and it was tear-inducingly funny, but some of it had been recycled from when I'd seen him a year before (not just his classic song repertoire). I think he needs to try and keep a little more material writing going while mid-tour to mix it up a little.
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