Omid Djalili

modern day Alexei Sayle -completely unfunny

I turned over after 5 minutes, not funny , he is a fair comedy actor but to give him a Saturday night show is ridiculous imvho

Saw a clip.
Very unfunny.

pc gone mad

I heard him being interviewed on the radio. I couldn't believe he's supposed to be a comedian.

a few too many falafels on his shoulders.

I'm inclined to agree for once, this is a blatant move by the BBC to pander to the pc brigade

i thought he was an actor not a comedian.

"I'm Iranian in Britain but don't be scared we're not all terrorists... and did I mention that I'm an Iranian who lives in Britain" is that his act summed up or do I have the wrong guy?

Never heard of him,who is he?

That's the guy Stem, if he was English he wouldn't get a look in.

I'm going to do a tour of the Sudanese comedy clubs. My only joke is, ' Hi I'm english, but don't worry I haven't got a teddy bear.'

yep, he's not very funny.

Still he's not quite as unfunny as 'comedienne' Jo Caulfield who I briefly saw on SNL last night. I actually felt embarrassed for her and her risible act - utter shyte.

I did that tour back in 03 nestor

I had a t- shirt especially designed

Sudanese Teddy bear tour
march 5th 2.47 pm - march 5th 2.48 pm

Very good, pumpy. :D I'll perhaps do an Afghanistan tour then. The F*ck the Taliban Tour, has a nice ring to it.

I think you might die on stage if you did that Nest.

The funniest man seen on TV since Billy Connely,I laughed so much I nearly cried,could do with an hour of this brilliant comic.!!!I think you nonbelievers need a funny bone transplant,you will need to get out more,???

saw him live two years ago and was very very funny. Not seen tV show so cant commnet

Saw him in The Theatre Royal in Lincoln.

i saw him on a small comedy show called Small Potatoes. i think he played a cafe owner.

there was a really funny scene when he was on an online chat room, He was in love with someone called Black beauty

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Not seen much of this bloke but what I have seen has been about as funny as chewing my arm off. I've seen him acting in things though and he was quite funny then. Anyone who decides to write a sketch show is always on to a loser though as they are hardly ever funny (unless you are ten years old).

has a funny dance

he has enough material for a one off stand up routine so if you see him the once yes he's funny but after that there's nothing.Just plays on the iranian thing/ put on middle eastern accent & then reverting to a clipped English accent. Boring & not funny.

bad comedians always revolve their act around what's different about them, as follows:

Fat comedians tell jokes about being fat
Black comedians tell jokes about being black
Women comedians about being women
Disabled comedians about being disabled
Gay comedians about being gay etc

White, male, heterosexual comedians have got nothing going for them in that department, therefore revolve their acts around everyday life and tell proper jokes without stereotyping themselves. Name me one decent comedian who has been around for a decent length of time that fits the above descriptions? Once they've told the same old jokes about what's different about them they've run out of material and their careers are over

Yeah too right. Roy 'Chubby' Brown is white, male & heterosexual and is hilarious (as in hilariously risible).

Tevez is God 02 Dec 10:56
I'm inclined to agree for once, this is a blatant move by the BBC to pander to the pc brigade

The BBC are the PC brigade.

Is Omid Djalili Iranian??

And is Jo Brand fat and ugly??

I just wish they'd let on....

exceptionally unfunny imo

Everyone who has posted a negative comment about this dusky genius, is imo a disgusting racist.

i guess im a disgusting racist and sexist then.

Djalili is crap and i do doubt someone of his calbire would get a saturday night bbc1 show if it wasnt for his nationality angle.

Serafinowics (sp?) is also bad and i have no idea how he got his show except for the Beeb thinking his funny name will appeal to our new eastern bloc imports.

Jo Brand has been living off 2 jokes (im fat and i hate men) for 20 years!

3 non blondes was **e and so was the spin off, but 'they is black' talking in Nigerian accents doesnt automatically make something funny, neither does shouting.

Its not the fault of these bad comedians really. The beeb is so desperate for them to succeed that they arent properly vetted. Im not really racist, there are plenty of funny black American guys and they are funny because they have actually had to develop there act instead of being snapped up immediately.

ChiefBronson = Bernard Manning reincarnate

i saw him live a few years ago and he was ok but this tv show in a dated dave allen format simply does not work

actually i've never seen Manning and therefore have no opinion of him either way. Im too young to have remember when he was allowed on tv and they dont show repeats!

Of the 70's comedians who are repeated, Morecambe and Wise were **, 2 Ronnies were largely **. As far as i can tell comedy from the 70's was blokes dessing up as women/nazi's/milkmen/priests etc and singing not particularly entertaining songs.

I cant remember his name but that miserable looking bloke who sat at a piano was another one...

Has anyone got the 'let's kick racism out of football' number?

Bronson is begging for these dogs to be set on him imo.

Charles Bronson aint scared of dogs!

I remembered the miserable guy was Les Dawson. Almost typed Les Dennis in my last post :)

Whilst on this subject may i push the thread towards the Beebs pundits? Carlton **ing Palmer ???!!! Laura Palmer would do a better job, and she's dead, wrapped in plastic...

harold sweets voice 02 Dec 17:57
ChiefBronson = Bernard Manning reincarnate

Harold.. regrdless of your views on B Mannings act..believe me if Omid Djaalili had one one ounce of BM 'S comic timing and delivery he'd be one far far funnier stand up than the one trick pony act he is.

People do forget that Bernard Manning was a supreme gag teller and that is surely the crux of any stand up act.The guy was no more more racist then Sir Trevor Philips..his act was offensive for sure but everyone was the butt of his jokes the race element was a small part of the act.He was an old style white working class comedian who lived and worked most of his life and an ultra run down working class mixed race area.

To think of how funny the likes of les dawson were ..a man who could make a dreaful show like blankety balnk worth watching simply because he compered it..how many shows could you say that about these days

who lived and worked most of his life and an ultra run down working class mixed race area.

Don't know what you have been reading but almost all the houses on the road he lived on were pushing 500,000 in value and I know of one non-white family (out of maybe 40 homes) that lived on that road up until recently.

Not that it's of any relevance really but it's amazing the amount of $hite that people will spout/believe just to support an argument.

That's not to say that there aren't some $hitty areas within a couple of miles of where he lived but he was hardly showing his support to the downtrodden by living in a poverty trap.

(Not that he should have been either)

ttt

Omid Djalili might be Iranian but not the type of Iranian you believe he is

he actually a pro revolutionist and is part of a wider campaign to demonize Iranians in the eyes of the public which will mean support when they decide to invade Iran

he is not on TV because he is funny, he is on the TV because his political views support the msm aganda

Strange. I am sure he was been on the tele since the 90's. He was definitely in Mean Machine, and he's a pretty good player for a fatty. They certainly are playing the long game with this chap (as well as that nice Carlos Esteves)

was in gladiator and pirates of the caribbean

So what have we learned from this thread?

1. Starting a thread about 'xxxx being not funny' will garner about 10 posts agreeing with you and then the backlash against the backlash will start

2. Everyone has different opinions on 'funny' - this appears to come as a shock to many people.

3. Anyone who says thay aren't racist, are.

in that case im definately racist