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anfeild
20 Nov 14 10:32
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Didn't realise he was a comedian.

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By:
portmanpark
When: 20 Nov 14 10:34
always reminds me of norman wisdom but less funny
By:
anfeild
When: 20 Nov 14 10:39
I think people who go to see him laugh because others are laughing. Either that or they pump laughing gas into the arena. Because he actually does not tell any jokes.
By:
xmoneyx
When: 20 Nov 14 10:40
I went to one of his gigs,and I had to tell jokes to myself
By:
twizzle22
When: 20 Nov 14 10:45
He was amusing when he first started out but now a one trick pony, similar to  Jim Carrey.
By:
anfeild
When: 20 Nov 14 10:52
I have tried to watch him many times to see if i'm missing something. I'm convinced people are laughing because other's are laughing. I bet if you ask any leaving the gig to tell you something funny from the gig they wouldn't be able to. Comedians today in general are dire. Jimmy Carr is stealing a living. Bill Hicks, Robin Williams (Live at the met) is a level above anything today. There is good comedians out there but most are just bland.
By:
Blackrock
When: 20 Nov 14 11:33
The missus has bought tickets for John Bishop, and i have to go. Anybody seen him live? What is in store for me?
By:
Dotchinite
When: 20 Nov 14 12:04
bad luck.
By:
History Maker
When: 20 Nov 14 13:16
It's funny that comedy, an art form designed primarily to make people happy (however temporarily), inspires such fierce contempt in people.

As far as I'm concerned the aforementioned Evans and Carrey are rubbish, but that's just because I don't like their particular physical brand of comedy. Some people do, and good for them. Two of, in fact possibly the two, most famous comedians of all time are Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, and their comedy was entirely physical (at least in their heyday). Even so, I don't like it.

It's funny that anfeild mentioned Carr and Hicks. Carr tells jokes. Hicks was all about narrative. I've watched a couple of his DVDs and I'm pretty sure he never told a joke. He's most famous for angry, narrative polemic told with excellent timing. They both make me laugh.

Bishop is way too family/granny friendly for my liking, but someone has to do the gig.
By:
Clungehungry
When: 20 Nov 14 13:21
Bishop is about right for his age group imo

Told a story once about how he is always accidentally embarassing his teenage daughters. He heard their mates had just had a birthday.

How old are you now love?
18 - all legal
You were legal two years ago!
I meant to drive.
By:
Crisp77
When: 20 Nov 14 13:22

Nov 20, 2014 -- 1:21PM, Clungehungry wrote:


Bishop is about right for his age group imoTold a story once about how he is always accidentally embarassing his teenage daughters. He heard their mates had just had a birthday.How old are you now love?18 - all legalYou were legal two years ago!I meant to drive.


17 is the legal age for driving. Someone should tell his joke writer. Plain

By:
Blackrock
When: 20 Nov 14 13:27
Seems like im in for a fun time.Cry
By:
Wesdag
When: 20 Nov 14 13:28
As funny as chilblains.
By:
HH Sultan Vinegar
When: 20 Nov 14 13:28
yeah or maybe change it "to vote"
By:
Crisp77
When: 20 Nov 14 13:33

Nov 20, 2014 -- 1:28PM, HH Sultan Vinegar wrote:


yeah or maybe change it "to vote"


Good point....you should Email him. You might get some work out of it if you have a funny story about going to the supermarket or a similar anecdote.

By:
HH Sultan Vinegar
When: 20 Nov 14 13:50
oh ok. I once sh1t myself in Tescos in Hammersmith, so I'll drop them a line.
By:
seaview
When: 20 Nov 14 13:55
He's not well,like many others before.
By:
Steamship
When: 20 Nov 14 13:56
I've seen Bishop and he is good my daughters off to see him again on Saturday.
My top current comedians
Tim Vine
Mark Watson
By:
Crisp77
When: 20 Nov 14 13:59

Nov 20, 2014 -- 1:50PM, HH Sultan Vinegar wrote:


oh ok. I once sh1t myself in Tescos in Hammersmith, so I'll drop them a line.


Ok but make the supermarket Lidl then you can get a double laugh with a don't worry it was only a Lidl Sh1t comment.

By:
pumphol.
When: 20 Nov 14 14:02
Plain
By:
Desmond Orchard
When: 20 Nov 14 14:09
Or, "My mate told me he slipped over on a fresh pile of sh1t in Lidl"
"Fook off" says I, "I've never seen anything fresh in Lidl"

Coat?
By:
HH Sultan Vinegar
When: 20 Nov 14 14:31
very good Des Laugh
By:
call me a taxi
When: 20 Nov 14 17:21
anfeild    20 Nov 14 10:52 
Robin Williams (Live at the met) is a level above anything today.
 

I recorded that on VHS from the telly, still got it here somewhere,

He was facking superb that night.
By:
boxingthefox
When: 20 Nov 14 17:41
Newsflash# Lee Evans staying in "comedy" Athos have passed him fit for work.Sad
By:
anfeild
When: 20 Nov 14 18:45
Yeah call a taxi brillant gig.
By:
anfeild
When: 20 Nov 14 18:50
Suppose its each to their own. However Lee Evans following does baffle me. I don't understand how he is so big. Fair play but just don't get him. Some of the bbc comedians are stealing a living imo. Sarah Macmillan and Miranda Hart are on the gravy boat.
By:
The Leopard
When: 20 Nov 14 19:24

Nov 20, 2014 -- 1:56PM, Steamship wrote:


I've seen Bishop and he is good my daughters off to see him again on Saturday.My top current comediansTim VineMark Watson


Mark Watson is funny....so stuff on radio here :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lwryx/episodes/player

By:
The Leopard
When: 20 Nov 14 19:24
* some stuff
By:
acey deucy
When: 20 Nov 14 20:05
Jim Carey is the funniest man alive in my book.
By:
VCM
When: 20 Nov 14 20:12
Problem is once you've watched Citizen Khan nothing else quite matches up to it
By:
Just Checking
When: 20 Nov 14 21:23
I caught some of Khan on comic relief, is his show better as on that he was horrendously unfunny and just very annoying, I couldn't sit and watch that for any length of time. Even Lee Evans is better.
Bishop is declining with age, a bit sort of self aware warm and smug now but still infintely better than Russell Brand ever was or will be.
By:
MC560 dn
When: 20 Nov 14 21:55
As Stewart Lee so memorably said "everyone seems to like all those 'Russell comedians' these days for some reason dont they"

One of the most embarassing things Id seen was Russell Kane doing that standup show where they are given topics and they have to make srtuff up and be funny on the spot. He totally died on his 'arris.

If you like something different and totally unique, though I can understand he's not everyones taste, then you cant beat a bit of this man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONG1obhsYzM
By:
Roger The Butler
When: 20 Nov 14 22:14
Lee Evans retiring from comedy is like a Division 2 footballer who has never played for England retiring from international football.

Yet, gun to head, I would still rather watch him than Russell Howard.

Actually, scrap that, I'll just let them pull the trigger.
By:
Just Checking
When: 20 Nov 14 22:19
Stewart Lee, Sean Lock, Lee Mack, Milton Jones, Tim Vine, many more. There's a very long list of good comedians out there, but it's that tw*t Brand who's the most rich and famous.

Brand couldn't fill Stewart Lee's trousers.

I mean literally, Lee's been eating too many pies and Brand has the build of crackhead! Laugh
By:
toilettennisplayer
When: 20 Nov 14 22:36
Good piano player .....
By:
doantwin2easy
When: 20 Nov 14 22:45
must of the funny ones aren't on the box. they're down at Jongleurs keeping it real brother.
By:
anfeild
When: 21 Nov 14 13:47
Stewart Lee is excellent as is Sean Lock. Lee's top gear sketch is probably the best sketch i have ever heard from any comedian. Up there with Bill Hicks on the la riots.
By:
Mr Eboue
When: 21 Nov 14 14:03
Stewert Lee is the best comedia in the UK by a million miles.

The likes of Russel Howard, Miranda Heart, Millican etc are not fit to be compared to Lee.
By:
rob_dylan
When: 21 Nov 14 14:21
Which top gear sketch?  There is one sketch where he wishes that Richard Hammond had died and that Jeremy Clarkson's daughters died/went blind or something.  proper funny.
By:
rob_dylan
When: 21 Nov 14 14:21
Which top gear sketch?  There is one sketch where he wishes that Richard Hammond had died and that Jeremy Clarkson's daughters died/went blind or something.  proper funny.
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