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Paul Merton.
Clive Anderson.
Jo Brand.
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marchingontogether!
James Cordon
Julian Clary
Michael Mcintyre
Female comedians
Brighty
Jeremy Clarkson.
Graham Norton.
Gastro enteritis.
Justin Lee Collins
Ricky Gervais
The Two Ronnies
Morecambe & Wise
Lee Evans.
Sarah Millican.
Frankie Boyle.
Peter Kay.
Ben Elton
Rory Bremner
Steve Bell
Frank Skinner
Frankie Boyle
Jack Dee
Julian Clary
Jimmy Carr
Me
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American 'coffee house' culture.
Cacking ones pants.
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
In threads like this it would be instructive if more contributors also stated which performers they like, as one already has.
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Lenny Henry.
Alistair McGowan
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The Now Show
Radio 4 comedy in general
Originally Posted by Paneraiseeker
Absolutely and completely agree. Beyond unfunny in fact.
And the winner is.......
Jenny Eclair.
Oddly, of the whole list, the OP's three are amongst the ones I like most. Others can be amusing at times but mostly I'd agree with your assessment.
Miranda Hart
Agree with your assessment - mostly I think it's down to the context in which they appear - especially cacking one's pants.
Sudanese border guards.
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Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
It would be a dull world if we all thought alike.
IMHO Merton has one joke - the introduction of the absurd. It really is tiresome to me but I'm glad you find him funny. It explains why he's on television. Jo Brand also has one joke - talking directly or indirectly about weight. She has recently expanded her repertoire to include jokes about her husband. Anderson is intelligent and has some good material but his delivery - where he talks over his colleagues or guests in short bursts of sniping fire - is too annoying. He's fine with straight material (for example in his Radio 4 output).
Happy to oblige - I like Steven Wright. Typical quote: I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.
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Slovakian border guards
Prostate exams and Lenny Henry - not necessarily in that order.
"A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet
Earth taken from space. On the back it said, "Wish you were here.""
"I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time". So I ordered
French Toast during the Renaissance."
"I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues
that are in all the other museums."
Quite possibly a comedy genius.
That bloke who's Mrs Brown... and Mrs Brown
Another vote for Lenny Henry.
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Perhaps not.
Miranda
Miranda
Miranda
Funny
Jimmy Carr
Freddie Starr
John Bishop
Rowan Atkinson
Unfunny
Lenny Henry
Jim Davidson
Jasper Carrott
The Royle Family TV show.
BBC radio comedy is always buttock-clenchingly awful, but you're right about that show in particular. Christ, it's even worse than The News Huddlines was.
I would have to agree that pretty much anything Radio 4 claims to be comedy is not funny, but do find "The Now Show" amusing, by and by.
"The News Quiz" has to be regarded as Current Affairs, so is excluded from the " comedy " category. IMO
I enjoy "Bleak Expectations".
Captain, I hope you're joking. If not, that is wrong on so many levels I don't know where to start but I'll have a go.
First, you complete your daily motion. That is fine.
Second, you feel impelled to take a picture of your output. That's not fine.
Third, you post said picture on a public internet site for the approval of others. That is wrong.
Fourth, others feel compelled to offer an opinion on your picture - presumably this isn't restricted to critique of the lighting or composition.
I'm trying to understand my fellow man but I'm failing. Why would someone do such a thing?
Another vote for Lenny Henry.
Is that Gillian McKeith's website?
Gastro enteritis usually isn't funny, but in this context it did make me laugh.
Female comedians
Cancer. Aids, in growing toe nails.
Wash your mouth out! Eric and Ernie were the finest and funniest comedy duo to grace this planet.
Unfunny = Alan Carr, Jimmy Carr (coincidence, I think not!)
Cheers,
Have never been able to stand Lenny Henry but then I find most stand up unfunny anyway.
Just to go against the grain I find Russell Brand very funny especially that TV show he did (can't remember the name) when he lampooned a different subject every week. Hilarious.
Somebody mentioned Mrs Brown, I also find that show enjoyable and funny with just the right amount of surrealism, swearing and pathos.
Cheers,
Neil.
when the haldex unit quits on my s3 with 36,000 miles only,and now out of warranty(3,500)ooooouuuuch.
Unfortunately not joking, shows some of the lows our fellow man can reach.....
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