Best comedy currently-your pick?

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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Britain is in serious need of Chris Morris again. His role in the IT Crowd was too small.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVibsNPXBx0&feature=related

    he's one notch above the Yashere notch in terms of funny for me... sorry matey :o
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dunkman wrote:
    i really dont like Russell Howard at all... i like all the others though.

    I find Gina Yashere to be the least funniest person i've ever watched... and i once watched a 30 min documentary entitled "people in comas can't be funny" and even those poor coma victims were funnier than her.

    but as Frankie Boyle doesnt have his own show (yet) then Mock The Week it is :)
    Oh god yeah, Gina Yashere is terrible. I don't mean to be sexist but a huge majority of female stand-ups are because they have the "I'm a female stand-up, not just a stand-up so that's what all my jokes will be about" syndrome.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dunkman wrote:
    he's one notch above the Yashere notch in terms of funny for me... sorry matey :o
    Aye well, he's an acquired taste I guess. I think he's heroic :D

    I mean this is just so awkward but I find it hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVibsNPXBx0&feature=related
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Oh god yeah, Gina Yashere is terrible. I don't mean to be sexist but a huge majority of female stand-ups are because they have the "I'm a female stand-up, not just a stand-up so that's what all my jokes will be about" syndrome.

    reminds me of my not very well thought out thread i had called "men are funnier than women" in which i tried to make the point that men are, in general, funnier than women...

    and we all know your mother comes from Nigeria Gina.. stop using it in every fucking 'joke'
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dunkman wrote:
    reminds me of my not very well thought out thread i had called "men are funnier than women" in which i tried to make the point that men are, in general, funnier than women...

    and we all know your mother comes from Nigeria Gina.. stop using it in every fucking 'joke'
    In fairness, Lenny Henry is guilty of that :D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    In fairness, Lenny Henry is guilty of that :D


    true... so are we going to start a thread called "white people are much funnier than black people" then? ;):D

    how Lenny Henry can look himself in the mirror after earning a fortune doing strange vulture noises defies belief!!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dunkman wrote:
    true... so are we going to start a thread called "white people are much funnier than black people" then? ;):D

    how Lenny Henry can look himself in the mirror after earning a fortune doing strange vulture noises defies belief!!
    Hah, no, because even though a lot of black comedians do seem to only talk about that, most are infinitely funnier than Lenny Henry :p

    I remember reading that Bill Hicks once told a good friend of his, a black man, to cut out "that dumb nigger shit" from his routine and he DID because he knew Hicks wasn't being racist, he was referring to the whole pandering to a white audience as being the funny, jolly black man a la Sammy Davis Jr, and that seems to be Lenny Henry's role, the safe guy. As long as a comedian is funny as hell and provocative, they can tell as many black jokes as they want as far as I'm concerned. Def Comedy Jam has me in stitches every time I see it, even though there's always about one solitary white guy in the audience so presumably the material isn't written for me :D

    Which reminds me, this man was a tragic loss. I must have seen this clip a hundred times and it still cracks me up.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RviYo3WsqjU
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I like O'Briain's stand-up but he doesn't get enough speaking time on Mock the Week because of the melting pot of comedy egos :p Hugh Dennis is funny sometimes but not when he's being spontaneous. The thing where they walk back and forth to the microphone and say stuff is just awful :o
    The band was... Sha-Waddy... Waddy...

    Always cracks me up. :D

    Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnbM3ODdARc
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Thecure
    Thecure Posts: 814
    i personally think the funnist person on Tv is David Letterman while teh funnist show is 30 Rock. teh funnist person i hav eever seen live is still Don rickles. teh man just makes me laugh
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Sitcoms:

    Gavin and Stacey
    Flight of the Conchords
    Lead Balloon
    Summer Heights High
    The IT Crowd
    The Mighty Boosh (pre-season 3)

    Comedians:

    Dylan Moran
    Bill Bailey
    Tim Minchin
    Simon Amstell (TV presenter)

    TV shows:

    Mock the Week (although I have to agree with J and Dunk about that Gina lady)
    Top Gear
    Have I got News for You
    Never Mind the Buzzcocks
    Argumental
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Simon Amstell (TV presenter)
    Amstell was on fire on Buzzcocks last night. I was howling with laughter for the entire episode. He completely tore Lee Ryan apart.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I find the sad bits of Scrubs to be more effective than the funny bits :p I do like it a lot though.

    I just think the best episodes are the ones where you like, find that Dr Cox is human because he kills a patient and then hits the bottle etc and you want to die by the end of it.

    As for me, Stewart Lee is the funniest man alive in my opinion.

    Oh fuck, Stewart Lee... I forgot about him.

    I haven't bitten the bullet yet but watching him do his routine about 9/11 made me think to myself 'If I'm on my deathbed and haven't tried standup just once, I'll die unhappy.' He was inspirational.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Amstell was on fire on Buzzcocks last night. I was howling with laughter for the entire episode. He completely tore Lee Ryan apart.

    I'm regularly howling with laughter at Buzzcocks/Amstell. He's like the school bully who used to grind you to powder but if you were a fly on the wall... fuck me, do flies laugh? You would be.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Oh fuck, Stewart Lee... I forgot about him.

    I haven't bitten the bullet yet but watching him do his routine about 9/11 made me think to myself 'If I'm on my deathbed and haven't tried standup just once, I'll die unhappy.' He was inspirational.
    That 9/11 bit is amazing. To be honest all of his routines are masterful. He has the best timing and delivery of anyone I can think of.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i91KQs12-q4
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Amstell was on fire on Buzzcocks last night. I was howling with laughter for the entire episode. He completely tore Lee Ryan apart.
    That was awesome. :D He's an asshole, but he gets away with it by being impossibly chipper.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    That 9/11 bit is amazing. To be honest all of his routines are masterful. He has the best timing and delivery of anyone I can think of.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i91KQs12-q4

    I can't think of anyone who better demonstrates comedy as an art form.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I can't think of anyone who better demonstrates comedy as an art form.
    I know! :) When I met him I fear I came off as being an indifferent asshole, such was the effort I put into not seeming like the gushing fanboy that I so obviously am :p

    He asked me if he should put "To Jamie" on the DVD case he was signing and I said "uh, yeah, well no... um, if you want to, whatever" :(

    Seriously, meeting Stewart Lee was cooler, to me, than meeting someone actually famous like, I dunno, Jimmy Page or Jesus or someone.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I know! :) When I met him I fear I came off as being an indifferent asshole, such was the effort I put into not seeming like the gushing fanboy that I so obviously am :p

    He asked me if he should put "To Jamie" on the DVD case he was signing and I said "uh, yeah, well no... um, if you want to, whatever" :(

    Seriously, meeting Stewart Lee was cooler, to me, than meeting someone actually famous like, I dunno, Jimmy Page or Jesus or someone.

    That's nothing.. I once wrote an e-mail to the guy (It was waaay loooong) telling him I was inspired by his comedy to try and do some myself, and did he have any advice.

    He wrote back saying something along the lines of 'Thanks for liking my stuff. I dunno man, just try it. Different people find different things funny. Just give it a go.'

    I could've got the same advice from my mum but I was still going 'Wow man, he's too cool.'
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    That's nothing.. I once wrote an e-mail to the guy (It was waaay loooong) telling him I was inspired by his comedy to try and do some myself, and did he have any advice.

    He wrote back saying something along the lines of 'Thanks for liking my stuff. I dunno man, just try it. Different people find different things funny. Just give it a go.'

    I could've got the same advice from my mum but I was still going 'Wow man, he's too cool.'
    Yeah, he seems pretty matter of fact and just does his thing and gets on with it :p
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Presently what makes me laugh on tv is 30 Rock. The office was there but now either needs to pull the plug or hire new writers.

    Other than that it's the NYC stand up comedy circuit that I get my laughs from. Julian McCollough, James Smith, Louis CK, and Greg Giraldo are all brilliant.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"

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