Hedberg is great as well if you're in the mood, it's a bit much if you're not really ready for manic one liners..
Hedberg is great as well if you're in the mood, it's a bit much if you're not really ready for manic one liners..
Rob Delaney's show on Amazon is good.
Actually, Norm MacDonald is probably my favourite American comedian, just in terms of how naturally funny he is (not a huge fan of his stand up shows).
Norm is a proper piece of shit. Funny, though
I've just turned on an episode of this Frankie Boyle revolution shite and whatthe sweet fuck is this thing...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Jones_(comedian)
She might be an outstanding writer for all I know but fucking hell
Take it to the Shameful Lustage thread.
I saw the back end of a Jon Richardson thing a few weeks ago that was pretty good, so I watched that sitcom that his very Hull wife wrote and that was alright as well, even though her stand-up is atrocious.
I was accidentally exposed to the 'comedy' stylings of Kate Smurthwaite the other day through Come Dine With Me Couples on Netflix, absolute cringefest. The best bit being that it was filmed five years ago and since then she has ditched her dogsbody boyfriend so she can be in an open relationship with a load of other geezers
You like James Acaster m8.
i just listen to this https://www.earwolf.com/show/conan-obrien/ while i'm at work, and it keeps me happy
I've watched a couple of Rich Hall's documentaries (The Red Menace and Presidential Grudge Match) and it reminds me how good he is at that. Although the couple of minutes where he raps in one of them is agony.
This Rose Matafeo standup (Horn Dog) on BBC currently is giving me a headache. Thanks for listening.
I caught Fern Brady on Live at the Apollo before Newsnight and it wasn't even comedy.
I struggle with standup anyway (the whole 'I'm funny, so listen to this' conceit it's based on doesn't pull me in) but box-ticking BBC standup is a crime against entertainment.
Stand-up is for people that stare at others when they laugh.
I watched the new Dave Chappelle thing, and whilst it isn't bad, I think he is funnier than the material. If somebody other than him was doing it, with the way he tells 'em, it would be a bit meh.
https://louisck.com/collections/sorry
Louis CK's new special is out.
Munya Chawawa is the funniest comedian around right now and has been for a while. As soon as something happens in the news, he's got a joke video out about it - usually in the form of a catchy song. Dunno if it will translate to "stand-up" but that doesn't seem to matter anymore. And his name shouldn't hold him back from being liked by your Bamsters, cos its pronounced like chihuahua; easy.
Think he's on Channel 4 nowadays too, but idk.
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Man like Unknown P.
Peter Kay’s just announced a 2023 tour. Glad he’s not dying.
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Didn't he disappear because his wife is unwell or something?
He's been given a monthly residency at the London O2.
There'll be a new Phoenix Nights series before we know it.
They must really struggle to book that place up. The Blackpool Ballroom must've been full.
Is his comedy not a bit dated now? Get a Butlins residency granddad.
Not sure the O2 is the right audience for him, unless there's a shuttle bus there from Halifax town centre.
I'm going to try and get tickets.
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I quite like Peter Kay to be honest. I guess that makes me pretty, like, lame bro.
Peter Kay is class.
He certainly was, but so was Lee Evans once upon a time.
He can just move his act along with the times. Do bits about Britain's Got Talent and the Liberal Democrats.
There can't be much stand-up from twenty years(!) ago that has aged particularly well.
Jim Davidson.
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Phoenix nights was absolutely terrific, series one especially. I think there's an argument to be made that it's the best opening series of any British sitcom EVER. It's easily top five for me anyway.
That Peter Kay thing was pretty great too. Max and Paddy was a massive disappointment when I first watched it but now enough time has passed I think it's...well, alright I suppose. I enjoyed his stand up as a kid but I'm not exactly in a rush to buy tickets. Might be alright I guess.
Ticket carnage this morning as predicted.
I missed this at the start of Covid. Tim Key, Alex Horne, and Mark Watson playing a game they made up called No More Jockeys. Funny stuff, especially if you enjoy Tim Keys' brand of humour.
It's brilliant, I've been watching since the start.
Yep, it's a highlight of every Friday at the moment.
Imagine Peter Kay on Taskmaster.
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Some good shit in this, bit spicy so Lemon & Herb brigade may want to swerve.
Worth catching Paddy Young on his upcoming UK tour. Saw him last year and he is quite a funny man.
I’ve watched la lot of Paul Smith videos on instagram and, rubbish name aside, his entire gimmick seem to be from interacting with the crowd so I doubt it would translate well to stand-up on TV. You’d really have to watch him live, and hopefully get front row.
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'What's that on your 'ead that mate? That 'air is it mate?'
*inaudible*
'You go and get that cut do you mate? Yeah, every few weeks yeah?'
*audience starting to warm up*
'Yeah you pay the barber to cut it mate yeah?'
*audience in bits*
'Yeah bet you fuckin' love that mate gettin' your 'air cut mate.'
*people being given oxygen, some of them dying*
It does look dreadful on the clips.
Just watched Kevin Bridges latest effort and laughed a lot. The Boots story a particular highlight. Very good.
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Saw Basic Lee last night. Was pretty good. His routines have become a bit samey, yes, yes, I know that is a silly thing to say, although I always struggle to tell whether I've seen some of the material before and where. His audience also seems to have either changed quite a lot demographically, or has aged terribly. I don't think, as a 42 year old, I should have been one of the younger people in there. I blame the whole Brexit/Grauniad article gig thing, he now has a whole constituency who have no place actually being at one of his gigs and he plays to it terribly. I know that's always been a thing but it's too performative now. He also sort of lost it at a phone user which, whilst usually part of the show, I'm not sure it entirely was as it came right near the end of a massive set piece build up and he essentially flounced off to the interval instead of finishing it.
It also finished with a weird thanks for coming I don't really mean it when I'm being mean bit which was odd.
Kevin Bridges also got a mention, a reasonably favourable one.