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    Comedians

    Has this one been remade yet?

    Dylan Moran's new thing is very good.

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    What's his new thing?

    I saw his latest tour, Off The Hook, earlier this year and said:

    Went to see Dylan Moran tonight, who had taken his tour show up here for the second time. I've seen him twice before but only in ten or twenty minute bursts where he's been practicing new stuff.

    He was great tonight when he was improvising bits, but his actual act is a bit crap, by the standard he once was at least. Too much time talking about his boring family life, mocking stuff nobody actually cares about like the Great British Bake Off.

    He could read the phone book and make me laugh, though, such is his manner.
    His isn't an act that sells itself well to stories about his kids.

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    That is the new thing. Presumably he's refined it though because there's one line about 'Bake Off'.

    He does spend a fair bit of time on his family though.

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    Lots of people care about Bake Off.

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    I should watch Black Books again to see whether it would annoy me these days.

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    I'd say not that many among the typical audience at a Dylan Moran show, not that I meant for that to be taken literally. Maybe I should just repost your video from earlier. You dick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    I'd say not that many among the typical audience at a Dylan Moran show, not that I meant for that to be taken literally. Maybe I should just repost your video from earlier. You dick.


    I was just doing what you did to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    I should watch Black Books again to see whether it would annoy me these days.
    Why would it annoy you? It's gold.

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    I haven't seen any of it since I was about seventeen when I was less cynical and my tolerance for low-level, twee weirdness was probably higher. You know how when you first join TD and Fry seems like one of the funnier posters? It doesn't last does it?

    That said, I've never liked Dylan Moran's stand-up. It's comedy for frustrated novelists (see above).

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    Which can be found at

    John this may be of interest to you and others in Glasgow.

    I'm running this night at my local snooker club on Saturday. If any Glasgow based TTH's want discounted tickets give me a message on here and i'll sort you out. The headliner is the star of BBC One's Scots Squad Chris Forbes. Host is Scott Agnew,

    All info on the website www.laldycomedy.com


    In terms of Dylan Moran, I think his new show is fantastic. He is exceptional. Even when he was trying stuff out at the stand he was great.

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    Good luck Chrissy. Do you get much from ticket sales?

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    Saw Joe murpurgo at the fringe and he was fucking ridiculously good. Expected nothing as he's just one of those unknown comics who had a bit of a buzz around him but he was excellent. Heard that when he toured the same show at a few small gigs in London Chris morris and harry hill both were spotted in attendance... dissaponting appearances on mock the week and a shit bbc3 pilot beckons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Good luck Chrissy. Do you get much from ticket sales?
    Not really. All sales will go towards paying the rent and bills haha. aim is to break even. Sold 40 need 55 to hit that. Hopefully will do so. It's a cracking line up and a new night. The podcast i'm doing has helped as has hosting the local new material night. Fingers crossed.

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    Just after seeing David O'Doherty. Was very good.

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    Seen Nish Kumar Friday night. Overall a bit meh but there were some genuinely hilarious bits. Seemed crazy nervous at the start though.

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    Anyone seeing Bill Burr on his UK tour?

    Pissed that he's not doing a Birmingham date, considering Manchester or Bristol.

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    Went to see Sam Simmons on Friday. Not as good as his Edinburgh show last year, but he was still really good.

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    I went to see Frankie Boyle testing some new material at The Stand last week. It was quite good, not as many jokes designed just to shock.

    The warm up act was a guy called Scott Gibson who was also pretty decent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adamski View Post
    I went to see Frankie Boyle testing some new material at The Stand last week. It was quite good, not as many jokes designed just to shock.

    The warm up act was a guy called Scott Gibson who was also pretty decent.
    Gibson won best newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. He is king of the circuit just now

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    Shave your head and you're there.

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    I'm half an hour into Ricky Gervais' Humanity and it's crap.

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    I watched that the other day. First 'standup' I ever watch.

    Toggle Spoiler


    I also watched some French lad in NY and he was shit. Louis CK was a decent lol though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pepe View Post
    I watched that the other day. First 'standup' I ever watch.

    Toggle Spoiler


    I also watched some French lad in NY and he was shit. Louis CK was a decent lol though.
    I can't even look at Louis CK anymore because I'm that guy.

    John Mulaney's New In Town and Demetri Martin's Live...at the Time are both excellent. Chelsea Peretti is surprisingly good too.

    Ali Wong's Baby Cobra is phenomenal.

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    Quite a lot of it has been him recounting times he pwnd n00bs on Twitter, which supports my idea to start billing him as 'Twitter Personality Ricky Gervais'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Quite a lot of it has been him recounting times he pwnd n00bs on Twitter, which supports my idea to start billing him as 'Twitter Personality Ricky Gervais'.
    It did seem to revolve a bit too much around Twitter,

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    'Needless to say, I had the last laugh!'

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    Yeah it was a bit shit. He's spent the last week liking and retweeting anyone who says anything good about it.

    I did lol at the Trans community seething once again though.

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    I haven't found Gervais funny for about a decade now. It's a shame because his stuff in the early 2000s was genuinely brilliant.

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    Actually, looking back, you can probably pinpoint the exact moment he stopped being funny with the day he signed up to Twitter.

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    It was when he lost weight.

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    I went to watch Doug Stanhope last week. It was pretty bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panda Bear View Post
    I can't even look at Louis CK anymore because I'm that guy.
    As in you're a big fan of enforced public masturbation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    As in you're a big fan of enforced public masturbation?
    Dang.

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    Comedians just aren't funny anymore. Reddit and Twitter are much more entertaining.

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    I meant to mention that Gervais thing the other day. About eighty percent of it is just him relitigating his Twitter arguments from the last five years.

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    Went to see Joe Morpurgo again on Friday, he's bloody brilliant and everyone should see him if you get a chance.

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    I suspect the majority of you won't, but I really like Bo Burnham. Saw him in Cambridge a few years ago and he's also got shows on YouTube/Netflix. Make Happy is probably the best.

    It's mostly songs, I should probably say.

    EDIT:



    As an example.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Panda Bear View Post
    I can't even look at Louis CK anymore because I'm that guy.
    After watching that one show, from ten years ago, it is obvious that he is a total pervert. If anything, I'm surprised he was EXPOSED for something so low key.

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    Was Gad Elmaleh the French guy, @Pepe? I liked that. Not huge belly laughs but pleasantly funny.

    He was on Jerry Seinfeld's thing, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Anyone seen any of that? There's four seasons on Netflix. The Larry David one is particularly good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    I suspect the majority of you won't, but I really like Bo Burnham. Saw him in Cambridge a few years ago and he's also got shows on YouTube/Netflix. Make Happy is probably the best.

    It's mostly songs, I should probably say.

    EDIT:



    As an example.
    I love him. Absolutely quality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reg View Post
    Was Gad Elmaleh the French guy, @Pepe? I liked that. Not huge belly laughs but pleasantly funny.
    Yes, that was the one. Pleasantly funny is probably accurate. I might have liked it less since all those jokes about Americans I have already done a million times. I found it funnier when he was making fun of the French and the Moroccans.

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    I absolutely loved Dylan Moran about five to ten years ago, but I haven't seen any of his new stuff. Is he still as good as he was?

    I realise he has one schtick (degenerate Irishman), but it's a good one as they go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ItalAussie View Post
    I absolutely loved Dylan Moran about five to ten years ago, but I haven't seen any of his new stuff. Is he still as good as he was?

    I realise he has one schtick (degenerate Irishman), but it's a good one as they go.
    I saw him live what must have been a couple of years ago (feels like 6 months) and he was very good. I have no idea how he does it though, I can't tell if he just forgets what he's talking about and returns to it 20 minutes later or it's incredibly tighly written and he just pretends he's forgot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    I saw him live what must have been a couple of years ago (feels like 6 months) and he was very good. I have no idea how he does it though, I can't tell if he just forgets what he's talking about and returns to it 20 minutes later or it's incredibly tighly written and he just pretends he's forgot.
    the latter i'm sure

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    I saw him live what must have been a couple of years ago (feels like 6 months) and he was very good. I have no idea how he does it though, I can't tell if he just forgets what he's talking about and returns to it 20 minutes later or it's incredibly tighly written and he just pretends he's forgot.
    In 2009, I was lucky enough to see him do the same show in Australia at the start of the year, and the UK at the end of the year.

    Quite a lot of those rambles are actually very tightly scripted, although it was interesting to see how he'd adjusted the show slightly over the course of a year. Proper craftsmanship.

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    I'm sure. He just manages to pass it off so well.

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    Watched the first episode of James Acaster's Netflix thing last night. One truly interminable sequence about a podcast aside it was very good.

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    I saw show 2 (Represent) at Edinburgh a few years ago, and show 3 (Reset) in Leicester. I preferred Represent but both were very good.

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    I wasn't a great fan of his before seeing these but I think that's because Mock The Week does nobody any favours at all. Read his book recently which was really good.

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    I listened to the audiobook and it's great, especially as he's the one reading it.

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