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I think Paul Whitehouse takes some beating . Those avviva adverts are fykin awful 
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I like him
agree the latest ones..not a patch on earlier ones
agree the latest ones..not a patch on earlier ones
loui, agreed, totally talentless/unfunny and what acting I've seen him do, is just awful.
Jack someone who when he took his Comedy GCSE's only got a Dee....
Norman Wisdom.
Superstar in Albania. Says it all really.
Superstar in Albania. Says it all really.
Salmon you really have wound me up..
No-one knocks Sir Norman.I knew him and he was a Gentleman and at his peak was the funniest man in the Country.
No-one knocks Sir Norman.I knew him and he was a Gentleman and at his peak was the funniest man in the Country.
Out of order Salmon ,norman proper funny even in normal life. Top bloke as well. No disrespect to ROnnie C ,another top bloke just didn't find him funny.
The fact everyone loves Norman wisdom is testimony to his talent not just as a comedian as an acrobat and singer also
I do agree tho , Lenny Henry... end of thread
I do agree tho , Lenny Henry... end of thread
If Jack Whitehall is the gimp I am thinking of, then yeah its him.
How old are you Norman Wisdom worshippers ?
He was useless at his peak in the 50s.
He was useless at his peak in the 50s.
I watched and loved all the films as a kid , not in the 50s I might add
Mr grimsdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale
Mr grimsdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale
Salmon you are joking..The man was sheer class.George Formby was the same and I am not 90...
You Liberals should be big fans of Sir Norman. Never was a man born into such poverty and yet had risen to such heights.....
You Liberals should be big fans of Sir Norman. Never was a man born into such poverty and yet had risen to such heights.....
Yes Jack ****Hall (see what I did there, now THAT is funny) must have good PR.
A bit like the latest Bond offering. A **** film, but marketed to death and a huge success.
A bit like the latest Bond offering. A **** film, but marketed to death and a huge success.
spoilsports
Norman Wisdom was classic comedy for me.
1970's - Wisdom/Laurel & Hardy at xmas was for me! - Them were the days
1970's - Wisdom/Laurel & Hardy at xmas was for me! - Them were the days
I never found Laurel and Hardy funny either.
Each to their own I suppose.
Each to their own I suppose.
Lee Evans. But I think he based himself on Wisdom so that would figure.
Laurel and hardy salmon , you cant be serious
Classic comedy that still stands up today
What were you given as humour as a child salmon im curious
Classic comedy that still stands up today
What were you given as humour as a child salmon im curious
Wisdom was unique for time, and anyone trying to emulate him at a later date was on a loser...imvho of course
I never really liked slapstick even as a kid.
My idea of funny people would be Morecambe and Wise,Paul Merton,Sid James. Fair variety I think.
My idea of funny people would be Morecambe and Wise,Paul Merton,Sid James. Fair variety I think.
yes eric and ernie were unique i agree
Tho i didn't really find yarwood that funny
Tho i didn't really find yarwood that funny
Mike and Bernie Winters, the only comedy double act with two straightmen!
Agree about Tommy Cooper. Watched some reruns of his old shows and the sketches were buttock-clenchingly awful.
Agree about Tommy Cooper. Watched some reruns of his old shows and the sketches were buttock-clenchingly awful.
Even if you don't think Morecambe and Wise were as good as most people think they were it is hard to suggest they weren't head and shoulders above other double acts around their time. Mike and Bernie ( abysmal ),Little and Large ( disappeared without trace ) Cannon and Ball ( WERE they supposed to be funny ? )
Nobody mentioned Dickie Henderson,(all round entertainer apparently), never got that at all, and Kenny Lynch, would never get near the telly these days imo.
Can't see how anyone can knock Victoria Wood though, some of her routines are so funny i haven't "got them" for ages!
Mind you as with most funnymen/ women it all depends who the writer is.
Can't see how anyone can knock Victoria Wood though, some of her routines are so funny i haven't "got them" for ages!
Mind you as with most funnymen/ women it all depends who the writer is.
There has not been a good funnyman since Chubby Brown, if your having a bad day, get him on youtube , Class,
Bob monkhouse was as funny as as a visit to the dentist.
Bob monkhouse was as funny as as a visit to the dentist.
no odds .............micheal mccintyre ........id bet 1.01 I could sit through him for 2 hours and not smile
Nobody mentioned Dickie Henderson because we had all managed to forget him until you mentioned him 
I only remember Kenny Lynch as a one-hit wonder ( Up On The Roof ).
I only remember Kenny Lynch as a one-hit wonder ( Up On The Roof ).
Monkhouse was a brilliant presenter of game shows rather than a comic. He was originally a member of a double act with a guy called Denis Goodwin,who went to Hollywood and committed suicide I think.
that scouse **** who keeps saying "only joking" utter sh1te.
Lenny henry, abysmal
cannon & ball, unfunny & should be expecting a knock from the boys working on operation yewtree.
Lenny henry, abysmal
cannon & ball, unfunny & should be expecting a knock from the boys working on operation yewtree.
rhod gilbert;welsh bloke shouting alot but not funny.painful listening
Kenny Lynch was a white mans black comedian, i saw him at Barbarellas in Brum in the early 70s not funny at all, a real uncle tom figure imo.
Watched a programme about Bob Monkhouse a few weeks ago, didn't really like his slimey delivery style but wrote all his own material and kept tons and tons of old archive material and tremendously hard working fella, a comedians comedian, and his last stand up before he died was in front of an audience of comedians.
Chubby Browns material is really dreadful disgusting stuff imo.
Watched a programme about Bob Monkhouse a few weeks ago, didn't really like his slimey delivery style but wrote all his own material and kept tons and tons of old archive material and tremendously hard working fella, a comedians comedian, and his last stand up before he died was in front of an audience of comedians.
Chubby Browns material is really dreadful disgusting stuff imo.
I remember watching Morecambe & Wise as a kid and often wondered what was supposed to be funny about them.
Dave allen was class in his time . When you could actually joke about things . To many subjects out of bounds these days . Is there any commedian that stands up and actually cracks normal jokes .
Dave Allen was the best stand-up ( or in his case sit-down ) comic from the British Isles I have seen on TV.
I thought Ben Elton was good in the 80s tbh but he has now sullied his own memory.
Stand-up is now more difficult because original material is almost impossible. You can only really do it on very topical stuff so you have to be " political ".
I thought Ben Elton was good in the 80s tbh but he has now sullied his own memory.
Stand-up is now more difficult because original material is almost impossible. You can only really do it on very topical stuff so you have to be " political ".
I'm sure that the BBC's favourite comedians R. Blackwood and S. K. Amos would be disappointed not to have got a mention to date.
iv,e had funnier toothache,s than paul merton, dave allen was my hero in the 70,s
non of the new wave so called funnymen could hold a candle to proper funnymen of the past
"They've solved the mystery of the Mary Celeste - Hale and Pace were the cabaret"
I quote the great Bernard Manning
I quote the great Bernard Manning
some contemporary ones:
glenn wool
sarah millican
josie long (it's very easy to make me laugh with political material but she is just rubbish)
james corden
america's funnyman (google it) is a legend though.
glenn wool
sarah millican
josie long (it's very easy to make me laugh with political material but she is just rubbish)
james corden
america's funnyman (google it) is a legend though.
yeah, you can stick hart on my list too. basically if the beeb give a woman a show these days it's atrocious. i'm sure it doesn't have to be that way.
some surprising choices here, for me it's pretty clear that Lenny Henry is the clear winner. If you look at his material there's nothing there that hasn't got something to do with being black, it's the same joke re-hashed over and over again. Lenny, you're black, get over it!
Lenny Henry was a victim of political correctness. The same "rule" (or change in the zeitgeist) that meant Jim Davidson could no longer do Chalky, meant Lenny could no longer do his White impressions (David Bellamy) or, really, the more stereotyped Black ones.
It is not even now that his humour depends on being Black. It is more specific than that, from what I have seen. His base audience seems to be men who grew up with Jamaican mothers in the Midlands: not a large group.
Physical comedians are not my thing (or many others', judging by the earlier comments) -- Norman Wisdom, Phil Evans, Miranda Hart. If you do like that sort of thing, Rik and Ade did it best: see Bottom.
It is not even now that his humour depends on being Black. It is more specific than that, from what I have seen. His base audience seems to be men who grew up with Jamaican mothers in the Midlands: not a large group.
Physical comedians are not my thing (or many others', judging by the earlier comments) -- Norman Wisdom, Phil Evans, Miranda Hart. If you do like that sort of thing, Rik and Ade did it best: see Bottom.
Good to see McIntrye get a few votes as well as my own.
The winner of course should really be that geordie woman Sarah Millican but I don't count her as a comedian unlike the BBC executives that gave her a series.
The winner of course should really be that geordie woman Sarah Millican but I don't count her as a comedian unlike the BBC executives that gave her a series.
I always thought Jerry Lewis was overrated.
Good singer and pianist but not funny surely.
Good singer and pianist but not funny surely.
Go into any of the working class boozers in Glasgow/Liverpool/Londons east end and you will find proper comedians,no script as you don,t need one it,s all out there.
by that reckoning going to the job centre ought to be a riot
Go into any of the working class boozers in Glasgow/Liverpool/Londons east end and you will find proper comedians,no script as you don,t need one it,s all out there.
true
shame about the aging alky nutters sitting in the next booth who think you're laughing at them
true
shame about the aging alky nutters sitting in the next booth who think you're laughing at them
Somebody mentioned it all depends who the writer is ..............
That imbecile , Whitehouse , does the writing .
NOT FUNNY AT ALL .
That imbecile , Whitehouse , does the writing .
NOT FUNNY AT ALL .
russell howard about as funny as a burning orphanage.
he looks like the sort of student C44t that you end up stuck behind in a petrol station trying to buy some rizlas with a Credit card
he looks like the sort of student C44t that you end up stuck behind in a petrol station trying to buy some rizlas with a Credit card
Don't know about no Ylime but years ago I went to see Connolly live at the Hammersmith Odeon and he was brilliant. I was hurting afterwards I had laughed so much. The incontinence pants routine was particularly funny.
James Corden - another absolute idiot .
Maybe its the times we are in - Is it cos he takes the pi55 out of his belly and the majority can relate to it ?
Maybe its the times we are in - Is it cos he takes the pi55 out of his belly and the majority can relate to it ?
swardean, i'm with you he is dire
jimmy fecking cricket,duncan norvelle (he was the camp one with the catch phrase "chase me"), jason manford, mike yarwood, lenny henry and can't stand joan rivers who qualifies as she was probably a bloke before all of the surgery
jimmy fecking cricket,duncan norvelle (he was the camp one with the catch phrase "chase me"), jason manford, mike yarwood, lenny henry and can't stand joan rivers who qualifies as she was probably a bloke before all of the surgery
Russell Howard having his own show is the biggest joke.
Forgot about Mike Yarwood. Possibly the worst mimic on TV. Always ended with a terrible singing routine when he had to say "and this is me" because you hadn't a clue who else he had done.
Shocking. How did he get a series?
Shocking. How did he get a series?
Michael McIntyre id rather watch paint dry and its more amusing
Jollie you shouldn,t be so harsh,everyone has a story to tell and you can meet some very interesting characters,in my younger days I spent some time in and around the "models" or Salvation Army homes to give them their proper name,I could write a book about the experience,lots of pathos but bucket loads of humour and some very very interesting characters,beats the Sloan Rangers all ends up.
no one has mentioned the 2 brands joe and russell ,same name same result feking bilge !
Always thought Woody Allen was absolute shyte .
Maybe hes just too clever for me , i just dont know
Maybe hes just too clever for me , i just dont know
Oh ffs Jo brand
I would 'like' to see her on Total Wipeout that might be a laugh.
I would 'like' to see her on Total Wipeout that might be a laugh.
Have to disagree about Joan Rivers, she is brilliant off the cuff.
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