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Post by bacon on Oct 22, 2014 21:02:59 GMT
Can't stand the posh t*at.
I've been to funerals funnier than him.
Thoughts?
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Post by bicesteryellow on Oct 22, 2014 21:13:15 GMT
Funny at times, twattish at others, is the best way to describe him.
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Post by andystroud on Oct 22, 2014 21:20:30 GMT
Funny at times, t*attish at others, is the best way to describe him. Difficult to argue with that. I find Bad Education funny in parts and (guilty pleasure?) his chat show strangely amusing, although I find his father funnier than him!
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Post by bacon on Oct 22, 2014 21:25:40 GMT
How can you find him funny? seriously...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2014 21:28:04 GMT
I was going to describe him as a "one trick pony", the trick being he's a vacuous posh boy. Then I remembered that one of my comedy heroes - Jack Dee - is also a one trick pony, but a miserable one.
I do like Bad Education, but find his stand up less funny as the months go by, and anything he does with his father simply a mutual back-slapping embarrassment.
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Post by Boogaloo on Oct 23, 2014 9:49:06 GMT
Comedy's a subjective thing. People's opinions of comedy differ wildly - that's the beauty of it. I've never really found Ricky Gervais funny.
Anyway back to Jack Whitehall - I think he's absolutely brilliant. I went and saw him live, and everyone including myself were rolling on the floor in hysterics!
As for being posh. There's nothing wrong with that - it's all part of the act. It's a bit like a WWE wrestling gimmick.
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Post by SteMerritt on Oct 23, 2014 9:54:22 GMT
He comes up with a lot of Swindon gags, so fair play for that. Thought he was OK a few years ago, but just find him annoying now. Give me Milton Jones instead.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 9:57:42 GMT
He comes up with a lot of Swindon gags, so fair play for that. Thought he was OK a few years ago, but just find him annoying now. Give me Milton Jones instead.Love Milton Jones on comedy shows like "Mock The Week", but not sure I could stand a two hour stand up of quick fire jokes. Would probably give me a headache. As Boogs says though, comedy taste is as subjective as musical taste. I can't bear "Mrs Brown's Boys", but a friend of mine who I agree with on most things thinks it's hilarious.
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Post by SteMerritt on Oct 23, 2014 10:05:42 GMT
He comes up with a lot of Swindon gags, so fair play for that. Thought he was OK a few years ago, but just find him annoying now. Give me Milton Jones instead.Love Milton Jones on comedy shows like "Mock The Week", but not sure I could stand a two hour stand up of quick fire jokes. Would probably give me a headache. I have tickets to see him in Oxford next year, you could be right, he might be a bit much spread over 2 hours!
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Post by amarillo on Oct 23, 2014 10:41:11 GMT
Funny at times, t*attish at others, is the best way to describe him. totally agree very hit and miss
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 13:04:39 GMT
I saw Milton Jones before he was famous. He did a gig at the purple turtle where I was a barman at the time. Fantastic guy and very likeable beyond bring very funny
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Post by cass63 on Oct 25, 2014 8:57:45 GMT
Not a Whitehall fan but went to see Milton Jones last year, quite clever comedy at times but 2 the whole routine got a bit tedious towards the end. Micky Flanagan is my favourite comedian at the moment along with Sean lock.
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Post by mooro on Oct 25, 2014 11:11:01 GMT
Comedy's a subjective thing. People's opinions of comedy differ wildly - that's the beauty of it. I've never really found Ricky Gervais funny. Anyway back to Jack Whitehall - I think he's absolutely brilliant. I went and saw him live, and everyone including myself were rolling on the floor in hysterics! As for being posh. There's nothing wrong with that - it's all part of the act. It's a bit like a WWE wrestling gimmick. Whitehall and Gervais both among those I like least - one of my favourite TV moments was watching Gervais die horribly on one of those charity all day gig things a number of years back. Just not funny. Then again, my favourite at the moment is Tim Vine, who got joke of the year at Edinburgh Festival this year - "Got rid of the hoover recently, it was just picking up dust!"
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Post by greatunclekip on Oct 25, 2014 11:29:17 GMT
Was very surprised indeed when I went to see Jack Whitehall live. Had pretty low expectations- but was fantastic.
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Post by stevegilbert on Oct 25, 2014 17:05:41 GMT
Best 2 comedians I have seen live are Jack Dee and Lee Hurst. The worst was probably Michael McIntyre.
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Post by unification on Oct 25, 2014 18:16:35 GMT
Always good to have a few opinions to make a debate occur. To me, The Office is the greatest comedy of all time. A big claim, granted, but one I stand by. I can take or leave Gervais' stand-up and his solo effort with the bewildering mawkish 'Derek' (excusing Karl Pilkington's role of course), but The Office and Extras with Stephen Merchant are still up amongst my favourites. My feeling is that Merchant is the one that reels Gervais in a lot. It shows on their podcasts they did and in their XFM shows from yesteryear.
Favourites from stand up include Tim Vine, Milton Jones and - as populist as it might seem - Peter Kay. Jack Dee can raise a smile too. Patrick Kielty would be my Room 101 choice given a chance to throw one down there.
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Post by bicesteryellow on Oct 25, 2014 18:36:45 GMT
What about Frankie Boyle?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2014 18:38:12 GMT
What about Frankie Boyle? If you have to be nasty to be funny you're probably not funny
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Post by bicesterox on Oct 26, 2014 0:49:19 GMT
Think I've only ever seen 2 comedians live, chubby brown and jethro Of the current lot, from what I Seen on the box I wouldn't mind seeing mickey Flanagan
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Post by saddletramp on Oct 26, 2014 7:31:57 GMT
Comedy's a subjective thing. People's opinions of comedy differ wildly - that's the beauty of it. I've never really found Ricky Gervais funny. Anyway back to Jack Whitehall - I think he's absolutely brilliant. I went and saw him live, and everyone including myself were rolling on the floor in hysterics! As for being posh. There's nothing wrong with that - it's all part of the act. It's a bit like a WWE wrestling gimmick. I saw him in Oxford earlier this year,he was brilliant,he went to the Dragon school in Oxford,so he had a lot of local stories. Also read him and his dads book,its funny as,his dad is funnier than him. Its basically the story of his growing up,the way he remembers it and the way his dad remembers it,they write one chapter each,with footnotes from the other disagreeing about almost everything. One story had me in tears,due to a shortage of players Jack got called up for the school football team,they played a rough school in Wales,a load of public shoolboys getting kicked all over the park,his dad had travelled down to watch the game,he abused the ref,the linesman,the home parents everything,moaning everytime a Dragon boy got kicked up in the air. Jack thought his dad was going to get lynched,especially when the Welsh team got a penalty,just as the centre forward was running up to take the spot kick.he heard,baa,baa,coming from the touchline. P.S. Cant stand "cringe humour" thought The office was garbage and everything else Ricky Gervais has done,especially The idiot abroad.
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Post by Junior on Oct 26, 2014 8:52:41 GMT
Not sure if their role is to come across as comedians alone but Richard Osman & Greg Davies really crack me up. Would I lie to you is superb.
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Post by chuckbert on Oct 26, 2014 9:12:08 GMT
Jim Jefferies
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Post by bicesteryellow on Oct 26, 2014 11:11:15 GMT
Roy Chubby Brown is an oaf. I've never liked him
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Post by bacon on Oct 26, 2014 12:36:02 GMT
Idiot abroad is absolutely hilarious, best thing on TV in years in my opinion
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Post by bicesteryellow on Oct 27, 2014 14:04:29 GMT
I have never been a fan of Mrs Brown's Boys if I'm totally honest. Always a bit unfunny
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Post by unification on Oct 27, 2014 16:43:07 GMT
I have never been a fan of Mrs Brown's Boys if I'm totally honest. Always a bit unfunny It succeeds in its ratings because it is such a timewarp comedy. Catchphrases, silly costumes and wigs, lots of innuendo and filmed in front of a live studio audience. ‘Citizen Khan’ has got a second series based on that premise as well. They may get critically slated, but get big ratings so they get milked for all they’re worth. ‘When The Whistle Blows’ from Extras pretty much had that sort of comedy spot on. Not to my taste whatsoever, but I can understand why they are popular. I maybe thought that comedies like The Office, The Thick of It and Peep Show killed off programmes like that – that doesn’t seem to have been the case.
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Post by bicesteryellow on Oct 27, 2014 16:49:13 GMT
I have never been a fan of Mrs Brown's Boys if I'm totally honest. Always a bit unfunny It succeeds in its ratings because it is such a timewarp comedy. Catchphrases, silly costumes and wigs, lots of innuendo and filmed in front of a live studio audience. ‘Citizen Khan’ has got a second series based on that premise as well. They may get critically slated, but get big ratings so they get milked for all they’re worth. ‘When The Whistle Blows’ from Extras pretty much had that sort of comedy spot on. Not to my taste whatsoever, but I can understand why they are popular. I maybe thought that comedies like The Office, The Thick of It and Peep Show killed off programmes like that – that doesn’t seem to have been the case. Citizen Khan is better but your point is absolutely correct. I think Mrs Brown appeals to people who just like to hear swearing on TV.
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Post by amarillo on Oct 27, 2014 17:04:20 GMT
Mrs Browns boys is surely the worst comedy of all time
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Post by bicesteryellow on Oct 27, 2014 17:18:02 GMT
Mrs Browns boys is surely the worst comedy of all time I laughed more watching Ceefax.
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Post by sazzle on Oct 27, 2014 20:51:34 GMT
It succeeds in its ratings because it is such a timewarp comedy. Catchphrases, silly costumes and wigs, lots of innuendo and filmed in front of a live studio audience. ‘Citizen Khan’ has got a second series based on that premise as well. They may get critically slated, but get big ratings so they get milked for all they’re worth. ‘When The Whistle Blows’ from Extras pretty much had that sort of comedy spot on. Not to my taste whatsoever, but I can understand why they are popular. I maybe thought that comedies like The Office, The Thick of It and Peep Show killed off programmes like that – that doesn’t seem to have been the case. Citizen Khan is better but your point is absolutely correct. I think Mrs Brown appeals to people who just like to hear swearing on TV. Disagree- Citizen Khan is the worst thing I have ever seen. Mrs Browns boys is a teeny bit less shit.
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