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So last night after coming home from a gruelling hours 6 a side game I come home to find Mrs P and daughter watching the Miranda box set !!!??? WTF how many times can you find a fat woman with a stupid haircut falling over funny anyway this got me thinking of the worst comedian and how bad comedy is now
so top 3 worst comics at the moment
Miranda Hart Sarah F ucking Milligan David Williams - yes we know your camp it aint funny so feck off
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
Ben Elton, Michael McIntyre and Sarah Millican are definitely on my list of the worst comedians.
I do find some Miranda Hart episodes funny but there are rather a lot where I sit expectantly waiting for the laughs to start and then I realise they're doing that silly "meet the cast" thing and the programme is already ending.
Surely, surely, Mike and Bernie Winters are the all time worst. Most 70s and 80s comedy isn't funny when you go back to it now but they weren't even funny back in the day. You know comedians are bad when they are eclipsed by their (mostly silent) dog.
RFA
Christ! Forgot about the Winters Bros. Yes they were the pits. Going back further in time , I could never get Tony Hancock. My parents thought him hilarious and could never understand why I didn't find him funny. Admittedly the old man thought his stand up routines rubbish, especially when he went down the route of writing his own material. His side kick Sid James was very funny though.
Best comedian for me, Spike Milligan, even funny when he was trying not to be. Now that is comic genius.
I'd nominate Russell Brand but not entirely sure if he qualifies as a comedian. Not keen on smug gits like Stewart Lee either, seems to build his routines round easy targets.
Good comics- Frank Skinner, Lee Mack and Paul Merton.
It's the script writers that have gone AWOL, more than the actors.
No-one around these days with the calibre of Simpson and Galton, Le Frenais and Clement, Marty Feldman, Barry Took, Milllegan, Barry Cryer, Cleese etc.
Listen to "Round The Horne" on Radio 4 Extra to hear what great scripts were around in the 60's, top was "Julian and Sandy" . Their Bono sketches were hilarious and they got away with camp double entrendres that the BBC thought were completely innocent.
Only Steve Delaney with the Count comes close to this lot.
Why does it feel like R'SWiPe is still on the books? Yer Couldn't Make It Up.Well Done Me!
Christ! Forgot about the Winters Bros. Yes they were the pits. Going back further in time , I could never get Tony Hancock. My parents thought him hilarious and could never understand why I didn't find him funny. Admittedly the old man thought his stand up routines rubbish, especially when he went down the route of writing his own material. His side kick Sid James was very funny though.
Best comedian for me, Spike Milligan, even funny when he was trying not to be. Now that is comic genius.
For those who don't know, on Spike's gravestone it says "I told you I was ill" :)
It's the script writers that have gone AWOL, more than the actors.
No-one around these days with the calibre of Simpson and Galton, Le Frenais and Clement, Marty Feldman, Barry Took, Milllegan, Barry Cryer, Cleese etc.
Listen to "Round The Horne" on Radio 4 Extra to hear what great scripts were around in the 60's, top was "Julian and Sandy" . Their Bono sketches were hilarious and they got away with camp double entrendres that the BBC thought were completely innocent.
Only Steve Delaney with the Count comes close to this lot.
There have been a couple of documentaries on UKgold about the making of Porridge which were excellent. When you think Clement and Le Frenais also wrote Auf Weidersein and have been in america getting paid millions to script doctor shitty scripts for the last 30 years.
For those who don't know, on Spike's gravestone it says "I told you I was ill" :)
What's better again is that when the church authorities refused permission for that phrase, as per Spike's wishes, the Milligan family simply wrote it in Irish instead "Dúirt mé leat go raibh me breoite!"
Spike would've liked that final thumb o' th nose to the authorities.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
That's her. How the hell did you know that from the crap I wrote?
Katherine Ryan, Canadian 'comedian'. Saw her on 8 out of 10 cats and thought she was pretty funny, then looked on YouTube for some of her standup stuff and it was exactly like you said, totally bombed.
Don't know how people can slag Python and deify Spike.They "borrowed" most of his stuff,I thought they were great in patches.Spike was a true genius,I loved the Goon Shows,sublime surrealism.
This is so far the correct answer, the bloke is incredibly naff so therefore a BBC must.
Right don't laugh but before he became erm sort of 'famous' I went to see Jasper Carrot as he was touring the small clubs, he was unbelievably funny.
I think I read that someone further up this thread said that Monty Python wasn't funny???
Get a life Brian.
This parrot is deceased, it is no more zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Bet she's a goer eh eh nudge nudge wink wink zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Never made me laugh, not once. I do realise I seem to be in a small minority here but they leave me cold. Posh boys playing at being funny.
This parrot is deceased, it is no more zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Bet she's a goer eh eh nudge nudge wink wink zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Never made me laugh, not once. I do realise I seem to be in a small minority here but they leave me cold. Posh boys playing at being funny.
I wondered when class would raise its head. Well at least you're consistent.
I used to meet Gareth Hale in Petts Woods when I was out walking with my humungous lurcher Leo.He was an unfunny kunt in real life as well.Used to frighten him with my very best Eastern European accent and a bit of drool out of the side of the mouth....."you tv man,make the funnies,we play together very soon yes please?".He ended up sweating like a pig. Happy days.
Sweating like a pig as if he'd met a complete nutter in the woods.....which of course he had done.
Anyway, what do you reckon Loic Remy's current resale value is?
1. James Corden (there is no escape from this c£ck, he even does kids programmes now) 2. Russell Howard (the only good news he can give us is that he has retired back to McDonalds) 3. Sarah Millican (nothing to say there that hasn't been said utterly pathetic) 4. Miranda Hart (not funny, not at all) 5. Mrs Browns boys (again all been said) 6. All members of the cast/writers for the BT infinity adverts.
That's just for starters.
I do like Stuart Lee and the Fast Show, Unlucky Alf and Rowly Birkin QC are particular favourites) favourite character.
" I guess in four or five years, the new generation's music will be .. electronics, tapes. I can kind of envision .. maybe one person .. with a lot of machines, tapes, and electronics setups, singin or speaking .. and using machines " James Douglas Morrison | 1969
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
I know a few people on here think I can be a bit politically incorrect and hopefully most of you realise that most of what I say is for comic effect as I'm just trying to keep myself entertained while sat at my desk at work but....
99.99% of female comedians are as unfunny as cancer of the face.
There's always a slight air of insecurity and a real sense of trying to pretend there's a good comedy vibe going on even when there isn't. I can think of maybe two that have ever made me laugh. An Australian lady with red hair who did a good routine about getting heckled in Leeds and Rita Rudner, who is probably not that funny but I was young at the time.
I wish it wasn't the case as I love stand up comedy and hate watching people struggle. I'd never heckle anyone and indeed wish immediate death on people who do. But so far, they've all sucked.
I need to second the shouts for Patrick Kielty. I nearly mentioned him in my initial reply on page one but decided not to as he's so irrelevant these days.
Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore.
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