Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

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Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:41 pm

I went to see Josh Widdicombe in Harrogate a couple of years ago and genuinely, my stomach was killing me I was laughing so much. If you've never seen or heard of him, I'd recommend. Another is Lee Mack. Very funny at stand up and also funny in Not Going Out.

I've also started to watch Greg Davies. Man Down is just weird and funny at the same time and I find he's funny on stage too.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Shappie » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:46 pm

Milligan Clease Everet. sessions.
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Braindead » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:55 pm

Steve Hughes - Australian guy, hilarious
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by UpTheBeehole » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:58 pm

Louis CK was a good stand-up comedian until it transpired he was a literal tosser

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Wile E Coyote » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:00 pm

JURGEN KLOPP
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by ClaretDiver » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:05 pm

Trevor Noah, a Saffer and very funny!

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Squarepusher » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:12 pm

Stewart Lee and Daniel Kitson are the best two that I've seen.
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by bfccrazy » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:47 pm

There are a few that I like -

Russell Peters
Gabriel Iglesias
Chris Ramsey - watched his dvd a bit ago and I was pleasantly surprised.
Kevin Bridges.

One that had be laughing A LOT though was a random youtube find not long ago. An Aussia bloke named Carl Barron who was born to make people laugh it seems.

Edit - Just looked up a Barron vid if anyone fancies a laugh.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5a39fS-82HE
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by bfcmartin » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:53 pm

The effin FA

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by RocketLawnChair » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:14 pm

The England Test Team, although that’s more slapstick than stand up.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Caernarfon_Claret » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:19 pm

Richard Scudamore

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by ablueclaret » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:42 pm

Sooty Sweep and Sue.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:08 pm

Micky Flanagan for me. And saw Andy parsons live really funny guy. Not forgetting Ken Dodd a living legend and still touring at 90 !
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Post by cutsy123 » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:17 pm

tim_noone wrote:Micky Flanagan for me. And saw Andy parsons live really funny guy. Not forgetting Ken Dodd a living legend and still touring at 90 !
Micky flanaghan gets turned off the min he comes on tv.

Im a kevin bridges and jimmy carr fan

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by conyoviejo » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:24 pm

Ken Dodd
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:27 pm

cutsy123 wrote:Micky flanaghan gets turned off the min he comes on tv.

Im a kevin bridges and jimmy carr fan
So the minute Micky "comes" on TV you then turn him off.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:48 pm

tim_noone wrote:Micky Flanagan for me. And saw Andy parsons live really funny guy. Not forgetting Ken Dodd a living legend and still touring at 90 !
I thought he was funny when he first came onto the scene but that was odd bits on panel shows.
So I went and bought his first DVD. It turned out that he was funny only now and again, but overall I thought he was pretty poor.

Try Josh Widdicombe, I think you'll love him.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by JohnMac » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:56 pm

Micky Flanagan, Kevin Bridges, Lee Mack and pretty much anyone who makes me laugh. I went to a Comedy Club in Leicester Square, cost about a tenner and everyone one of the acts were really good.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:57 pm

Yes I'll give josh a viewing .

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Post by tjgh25 » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:57 pm

Bill Hicks, his "Sane Man" stand up is one of my absolute favourites.
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by bobinho » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:05 pm

Lee Mack is disappointingly funny.

Rob brydon is a funny man.

Sean lock also has me chuckling if I don’t catch myself.


The other end of the spectrum is Miranda Hart and Michael McIntyre. Both extremely unfunny and annoying, in a “come here while I smack you in the grid” sort of way.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:07 pm

tim_noone wrote:Yes I'll give josh a viewing .
No not keen... But whatever whoever makes us Larf as gotta be good !

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:13 pm

bobinho wrote:Lee Mack is disappointingly funny.
Rob brydon is a funny man.
Sean lock also has me chuckling if I don’t catch myself.

The other end of the spectrum is Miranda Hart and Michael McIntyre. Both extremely unfunny and annoying, in a “come here while I smack you in the grid” sort of way.
Bobinho, have you seen Would I lie to you? Rob Brydon hosts it with Lee Mack on one of the teams. It can be very funny.

I agree with you about Miranda Hart, but the worst female 'comedian' has got to be Sarah Millican. I can't actually put up with her screeching voice - she must be putting that on. It's just the complete wrong tone for a voice. Fingernails being scratched down a blackboard.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Clarethalffull » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:24 pm

Bill Burr. US stand up on Netflix. Very good stand up.

There is a clip on YouTube where he went on stage in Philadelphia in front of a hostile crowd and ripped in to them for his full set. He is fantastic.
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by k90bfc » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:27 pm

ALL Premier League Referees!

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Post by starting_11 » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:29 pm

Russell Brand for me!

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:30 pm

Off topic. When Sean of the dead came to the cinema I'd never laughed as much in a long while the audience were in hysterics.I Put little man up there as well lmao.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Sutton-Claret » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:30 pm

I love Micky Flanagan - however I went to see him live in Leeds and was disappointed. Not a big fan of John Richardson on the telly but thought he was superb live. Jason Manford is very good live. Rhod Gilbert also very good.

Each to their own......

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:32 pm

starting_11 wrote:Russell Brand for me!
:o

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by tim_noone » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:33 pm

Yes like rhod Gilbert

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Post by Woonderbah » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:34 pm

Rodney Rude

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:36 pm

What are people's thoughts on Tim Vine?

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Dark Cloud » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:55 pm

Went to see Lee Mack live. Absolutely brilliant!

Roy Chubby Brown made me laugh till I ached live too, many years ago, but it's probably not PC to admit that these days!!!!
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by piston broke » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:57 pm

Sorry to be boring guys but there is a reason why Peter Kay and Michael McIntyre sell out big arenas.
Of the also rans Rich Hall and Stewart Francis tickle the funny bone.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by conyoviejo » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:59 pm

FactualFrank wrote:What are people's thoughts on Tim Vine?
Yep,he's quite funny

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Post by Bin Ont Turf » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:01 pm

FactualFrank wrote:What are people's thoughts on Tim Vine?

I said to the gym instructor, Can you teach me to do the splits?

He said, How flexible are you?

I said I can’t make Tuesdays.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Dark Cloud » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:08 pm

McIntyre should be on the prick list imo!
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Dazzler » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:17 pm

Sarah Millican,Rhod Gilbert & Peter Kay
Most of modern stand ups have their moments I suppose and can come up with brilliant one liners and tales on panel shows

But none have yet got anywhere near Billy Connolly.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by Dante.El.Chunk » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:17 pm

Bill Hicks
George Carlin

in no particular order

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by AlargeClaret » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:17 pm

Good shout for Trevor Noah though he’s been been reigned in a bit now.

Sean lock can be funny ,Lee Mack is ok but a bit of a “try hard”
Jerry Sadowitz -Fantastic
Peter Kay is also a funny man though live he could do a dump on the stage and the audience would still love it .

Jimmy Carr good gag man
Frankie Boyle can be excellently offensive
Steve Coogan is nearest we have to genius but live a bit patchy and doubt he’ll tour again.

And the worst(for me)

Macintyre (so birds can laugh too I guess) though he has mass market mummsy comedy to a t.

That Iranian bird -shaggi koppi or somat? The one that still trades on the 9/11 gag

The blonde Geordie just awful she’s stole a living

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by kentonclaret » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:18 pm

Joe Root

'We haven't been blown away in any of the Test Matches"

Press Conference after just losing at the WACA by an innings and 41 runs. :o
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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:22 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:Went to see Lee Mack live. Absolutely brilliant!

Roy Chubby Brown made me laugh till I ached live too, many years ago, but it's probably not PC to admit that these days!!!!
People are PC to be noticed, not because they truly believe something is out of order, so fill your boots. Chubby Brown is a legend if you get him.

I can't believe I forgot Frankie Boyle, thanks AlargeClaret - very funny.

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by ClaretAndJew » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:23 pm

Louis CK

Ricky Gervais

Stewart Lee

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:28 pm

I've thought of another - Stewart Francis. Different but funny.
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Post by Dazzler » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:31 pm

Jimmy Cricket

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Post by JayMeStar » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:35 pm

James Acaster recently.

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Post by starting_11 » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:15 pm

FactualFrank wrote::o
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At least one person fell for it!

He's one person I'd happily see living on the streets

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:22 pm

Ken Dodd - absolutely brilliant live

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by levraiclaret » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:27 pm

conyoviejo wrote:Ken Dodd
Another for Doddy

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Re: Who are your favourite stand up comedians?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:33 pm

I've not seen that much of Ken Dodd, but yes he did make me laugh when I saw him with his feather duster.

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