Unfunny Comedians
Discussion
Sonie said:
If Rosie Jones wasn’t on here, I’d be adding her.
For a Greta T comment on Last Leg. If it doesn’t get moaned at to Ofcom, I’d be surprised.
Another vote for Rosie Jones.For a Greta T comment on Last Leg. If it doesn’t get moaned at to Ofcom, I’d be surprised.
Comedy is all about delivery and timing. Unfortunately due to her disability, by the time she has managed to get the first few words out, I’ve already had plenty of time to work out the punchline well before she says it.
She’s also one of those female comedians who simply resorts to speaking about bodily functions and periods to be ‘funny’.
V1nce Fox said:
aaron_2000 said:
James Corden, can't watch anything with him in it, which is fair enough because most of the stuff he's in usually gets panned anyway.
To think the yanks got him as a replacement for Craig Ferguson.YouTalkinToMe said:
V1nce Fox said:
aaron_2000 said:
James Corden, can't watch anything with him in it, which is fair enough because most of the stuff he's in usually gets panned anyway.
To think the yanks got him as a replacement for Craig Ferguson.Lord Marylebone said:
Another vote for Rosie Jones.
Comedy is all about delivery and timing. Unfortunately due to her disability, by the time she has managed to get the first few words out, I’ve already had plenty of time to work out the punchline well before she says it.’.
IMHO This not strictly true. Mates dad is extremely intelligent funny guy, but has terrible stammer. I've spent a lot of time in his company over the years (crewing his modest yacht) and what you describe does happen - however if a person is genuinely funny, the delivery sometimes doesn't matter. I've been in stitches many a time well before the punchline makes its way out. And he is loving stringing it out even more.Comedy is all about delivery and timing. Unfortunately due to her disability, by the time she has managed to get the first few words out, I’ve already had plenty of time to work out the punchline well before she says it.’.
So he eventually does a course focused on breathing and the stammer goes. So does the funny.
My theory: if it's gonna take 2 mins to get a good retort out, or 5 for a story, it had better be worth saying. No stammer = no filter required. Just say whatever you want - like the rest of us.
Anyway - turned out OK in the end as the breathing technique was too hard to keep going long term, so after a few years he was back to full stammer and the proper funny came back too.
All that said, I don't think this would really work on telly and don't find RJones very funny.
Roo said:
Sally Phillips.
Never seen anything she's been in until I caught the beginning of an episode of Tipping Point the other day where she was trying to be funny by adlibing the intros.
Painful.
Each to their own, I have to disagree there, I think that she did some funny stuff in “Smack the Pony”, and her portrayal of the fictional Finnish P.M. Mikka Häkkinen in “Veep” was consistently good, like a female Peter Sellers.Never seen anything she's been in until I caught the beginning of an episode of Tipping Point the other day where she was trying to be funny by adlibing the intros.
Painful.
Riley Blue said:
Triumph Trollomite said:
Watching nish be racist repeatedly last night on the big fat quiz.
f
k off with your blatant racism, I bubbled my head in shame every time I heard his voice
Bad news - he's chairing The News Quiz when it returns.f
k off with your blatant racism, I bubbled my head in shame every time I heard his voiceGood news - only until the spring.
The improvement in the News Quiz triggered by her departure came at far too great a cost with the complete destruction of QI as a form of comedic entertainment.
How she has managed to build a presumably lucrative career off the back of nothing more than being short, dumpy Danish lesbian is beyond my comprehension...
Kermit power said:
Riley Blue said:
Triumph Trollomite said:
Watching nish be racist repeatedly last night on the big fat quiz.
fk off with your blatant racism, I bubbled my head in shame every time I heard his voice
Bad news - he's chairing The News Quiz when it returns.f
k off with your blatant racism, I bubbled my head in shame every time I heard his voiceGood news - only until the spring.
The improvement in the News Quiz triggered by her departure came at far too great a cost with the complete destruction of QI as a form of comedic entertainment.
How she has managed to build a presumably lucrative career off the back of nothing more than being short, dumpy Danish lesbian is beyond my comprehension...
Frank7 said:
Roo said:
Sally Phillips.
Never seen anything she's been in until I caught the beginning of an episode of Tipping Point the other day where she was trying to be funny by adlibing the intros.
Painful.
Each to their own, I have to disagree there, I think that she did some funny stuff in “Smack the Pony”, and her portrayal of the fictional Finnish P.M. Mikka Häkkinen in “Veep” was consistently good, like a female Peter Sellers.Never seen anything she's been in until I caught the beginning of an episode of Tipping Point the other day where she was trying to be funny by adlibing the intros.
Painful.
1602Mark said:
Kermit power said:
Riley Blue said:
Triumph Trollomite said:
Watching nish be racist repeatedly last night on the big fat quiz.
fk off with your blatant racism, I bubbled my head in shame every time I heard his voice
Bad news - he's chairing The News Quiz when it returns.f
k off with your blatant racism, I bubbled my head in shame every time I heard his voiceGood news - only until the spring.
The improvement in the News Quiz triggered by her departure came at far too great a cost with the complete destruction of QI as a form of comedic entertainment.
How she has managed to build a presumably lucrative career off the back of nothing more than being short, dumpy Danish lesbian is beyond my comprehension...
Riley Blue said:
Bad news - he[Nish Kumar]'s chairing The News Quiz when it returns.
Good news - only until the spring.
Seriously? That is very disappointing news. Good news - only until the spring.
Can I add Richard Osman to the list? He may not be a comedian, strictly speaking, but pops up on a lot of comedy panel shows, and llke Nish Kumar, is not as witty as he seems to think he is. They must both have incredible agents (on which note, going off at a tangent, Romain Grosjean's agent must be phenomenal), as they seem to be popping up everywhere at the moment.
Either that, or I am completely out of tune with the zeitgeist, which at the age of 47 is entirely possible.
Here is the list
1. Stan Laurel
2. Victoria Wood
3. Billy Connolly
4. Peter Sellers
5. Eric Morecambe
6=. Steve Coogan
6=. Ricky Gervais
8. Spike Milligan
9. Peter Kay
10. Ken Dodd
11. Caroline Aherne
12. John Cleese
13. Tommy Cooper
14=. Jennifer Suanders
14=. Dawn French
16. Ronnie Barker
17. Lee Mack
18. Sacha Baron Cohen
19. Lenny Henry
20. Rowan Atkinson
21. Dave Allen
22. Jo Brand
23. Lee Evans
24. Eddie Izzard
25. Stewart Lee
26. Bill Bailey
27. Micky Flanagan
28. Michael McIntyre
29. Rik Mayall
30. Kathy Burke
Now leaving out those who are NOT on the list. any major errors here
There are several overlapping categories.
Comedian Primarily inc Stand up eg Ken Dodd
Character actors Ronnie Barker
Writer performers Jennifer Saunders
etc
So using the Title should the list be amended
If it were Best Character Actors
Etc
1. Stan Laurel
2. Victoria Wood
3. Billy Connolly
4. Peter Sellers
5. Eric Morecambe
6=. Steve Coogan
6=. Ricky Gervais
8. Spike Milligan
9. Peter Kay
10. Ken Dodd
11. Caroline Aherne
12. John Cleese
13. Tommy Cooper
14=. Jennifer Suanders
14=. Dawn French
16. Ronnie Barker
17. Lee Mack
18. Sacha Baron Cohen
19. Lenny Henry
20. Rowan Atkinson
21. Dave Allen
22. Jo Brand
23. Lee Evans
24. Eddie Izzard
25. Stewart Lee
26. Bill Bailey
27. Micky Flanagan
28. Michael McIntyre
29. Rik Mayall
30. Kathy Burke
Now leaving out those who are NOT on the list. any major errors here
There are several overlapping categories.
Comedian Primarily inc Stand up eg Ken Dodd
Character actors Ronnie Barker
Writer performers Jennifer Saunders
etc
So using the Title should the list be amended
If it were Best Character Actors
Etc
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