ColonelBlimp Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Alive - Jimmy Carr Dead - Dave Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 3 hours ago, sage said: Also...who are people's Funniest Young Person. By young of course, I mean under 40. James Acaster for me. Freddie Starr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Dead Les Dawson Alive Micky Flanagan Young Kevin Bridges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 No idea, I don't subscribe to the idea that any one person is funnier than another. All I can say is that if I had to describe my outlook on life as a combination of the personalities of 3 current television comedians (if you had to limit it to that) it's probably, maybe, a combination of Jon Richardson, Ed Gamble & Joel Dommett.... and many others, not because they're funny but because they're relatable. I don't bloody know, I could name 3 completely different people tomorrow. I like a lot of deceased comedians, but I can't say I relate to any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 7 hours ago, Coconut said: I like a lot of deceased comedians, but I can't say I relate to any of them. Don't worry mate. I'm sure you will, some day. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Mucker1884 said: Don't worry mate. I'm sure you will, some day. ? I may have been quite drunk when I typed that, no idea what I meant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I was going to start a thread called "Britains Least Funny Comedian" and start out with Nish Kumar - but then I realised it was pointless as no-one could possibly come up with a better suggestion..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 4 hours ago, Gaspode said: I was going to start a thread called "Britains Least Funny Comedian" and start out with Nish Kumar - but then I realised it was pointless as no-one could possibly come up with a better suggestion..... He really is a pillock of the grand order. He was on a comedy Zoom event for a sick children’s charity we support and I thought fair play, I’ll give him a chance, but he used the opportunity to do a rant against the Tory party and in particular Boris Johnson which was not remotely funny or interesting regardless of political opinion. He so badly misjudged the event. People just started wandering away from their screens. Back on subject I do like silly puns, so Ken Dodd and Tim Vine would be a good pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Eric Morecambe John Cleese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Anag Ram said: He really is a pillock of the grand order. He was on a comedy Zoom event for a sick children’s charity we support and I thought fair play, I’ll give him a chance, but he used the opportunity to do a rant against the Tory party and in particular Boris Johnson which was not remotely funny or interesting regardless of political opinion. He so badly misjudged the event. People just started wandering away from their screens. Back on subject I do like silly puns, so Ken Dodd and Tim Vine would be a good pairing. Why book Nish Kumar for that? It's like booking Bernie Clifton and complaining all he did was ride around on a fake ostrich. Again, can't see any point in complaining someone isn't funny. Comedy is so subjective. You just mean it's not your kind of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, GboroRam said: ...It's like booking Bernie Clifton and complaining all he did was ride around on a fake ostrich... Whoa! Hang on one cockamamie god damn minute, buddy. Just exactly what the hell are you trying to say, here? ? ?♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Miranda Hart is horrendous as is Catherine Tate and Mrs Browns Boys. Also what's with the modern comedy obsession of doing a series with a parent as the sidekick- bugger off and get some original material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 26 minutes ago, GboroRam said: Why book Nish Kumar for that? It's like booking Bernie Clifton and complaining all he did was ride around on a fake ostrich. Again, can't see any point in complaining someone isn't funny. Comedy is so subjective. You just mean it's not your kind of humour. The point was it wasn’t really comedy. Going on and on about how he wanted to see BJ in proper prison is personal and political, not comedy. In your analogy it was closer to booking Greta Thunberg and then saying ‘well she wasn’t very funny!’ If he was lampooning him for his obvious deficiencies in a humorous fashion that would be comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Anag Ram said: If he was lampooning Boris for his obvious deficiencies in a humorous fashion that would be comedy. He was told he only had a 40 minute slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Donald Trump is funny. not sure whether he is dead or alive but he is very funny. whats even funnier is that people think he’s serious. I’m pretty sure when he takes off that outrageous wig and all the orange face paint, he just cracks up laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Joe Pesci can be a funny guy and amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Humour's a funny thing. It doesn't last all that long, and people stop being funny. My vote in the alive category goes to the magnificent Tim Vine. Favorite dead comic? Probably Eric Morecambe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Monty Python. Collectively meet both criteria, dead and alive. It says person, but cant have a thread without these (geniuses) being mentionned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Is there a difference between a comedy actor and a comic? Eric Morecambe was mentioned, did he write his own stuff? Ronnie Barker was someone who did both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 15, 2021 Author Share Posted April 15, 2021 I want to change mine to Karl Pilkington. Been listening to the podcasts. Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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