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posted on 11/7/14

Stewart Lee is the best comedian out there at present.

posted on 11/7/14

Those are all fairly standard, run of the mill, wembley arena, straight to DVD type comedians for a mass market.

The best stand-up hands down is Stewart Lee. The intelligence and brilliance in his writing and performance are incredible.

posted on 11/7/14

Jack Whitehall - At times
Jason Manford - Used to
James Corden - Was hilarious at the theatre
Rob Beckett -No
Milton Jones - Yes
Mickey Flanagan - Sometimes annoying, has moments
John Richardson - Yes
Jimmy Carr - Yes
Jo Brand - No
Joe Wilkinson - Has moments

posted on 11/7/14

Ha, Wing_Genius!

What are the odds?

posted on 11/7/14

Lee Evans is still my favourite of his generation

posted on 11/7/14

Every joke Jo Brand makes is about her being a fat, old woman, quite literally every single joke.

posted on 11/7/14

comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 15 seconds ago
Ha, Wing_Genius!

What are the odds?
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I know

Stewart has been one of th best for about 10 years now.I always enjoyed his double act with Richard Herring,who is very underrated.

comment by Jay. (U16498)

posted on 11/7/14

comment by LocoLiverpool  (U18018)
posted 1 minute ago
Every joke Jo Brand makes is about her being a fat, old woman, quite literally every single joke.
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Not true. Some jokes are about her husband.

Which is better than Sarah Millican who only seems to have jokes about cake and vágínas.

I really enjoy Richard Herring's stand up. It's inventive, which so many of the current crop aren't.

posted on 11/7/14

Adam Buxton,who isnt necessarily a stand-up,is also one of England funniest individuals.
(I miss the adam and joe show )

posted on 11/7/14

comment by LocoLiverpool  (U18018)
posted 1 minute ago
Every joke Jo Brand makes is about her being a fat, old woman, quite literally every single joke.
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Same with John Richardson, every joke is about him being a loser and shíte with women. Stephen Merchant falls into that category as well.

posted on 11/7/14

comment by Wing_Genius_John_Aston (U19099)
posted 16 seconds ago
Adam Buxton,who isnt necessarily a stand-up,is also one of England funniest individuals.
(I miss the adam and joe show)
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Forgot all about Adam Buxton. Very funny guy

comment by Jay. (U16498)

posted on 11/7/14

Can't stand Andy Parsons either. That new guy on MTW, Romash(?), don't like him either. All of his jokes are about him being Indian...

posted on 11/7/14

Dylan Moran is a good stand-up.

posted on 11/7/14

A League of their Own is the only comedy show that I would record so I don't miss it, hasn't been on for a long while now though.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 11/7/14

I've thought the same myself for a while. So many of these very mediocre comedians about now in the comedy circuit. We live in a world where Russell Howard is one of the most popular comedians and that says it all. Some of the ones I used to like have gone downhill or have moved on like Lee Evans, Jack Dee, Bill Bailey.

Not as many funny comedies as there used to be either.

posted on 11/7/14

We used to have shed fulls of top notch comedians back in the day.

From Bob Monkhouse, Ben Elton, Jasper Carrott, Jethro, very early Freddie Star, Jim Davidson, Eddie Izzard, Bernard Manning etc.

comment by Bunteh (U10372)

posted on 11/7/14

Agree with the people saying Stewart Lee is the best around. He really is incredible.

God knows how you can like Andy Parsons and Hugh Dennis. Both come across as trying too hard. I hate Hugh Dennis because of that program with the kids. Makes me want to puke.

posted on 11/7/14

That new guy on MTW, Romash(?), don't like him either. All of his jokes are about him being Indian...

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Agreed but I like his delivery.

comment by Jay. (U16498)

posted on 11/7/14

Anyone else a Ross Noble fan? Seen a few of his stand up gigs and they have me in stitches!

He makes like 95% of it up on the spot, and just chats bóllocks for 2 hours. Great improv.

Likewise Dara O'Briain, audience interaction and improv are fantastic. I tend to enjoy those types of comedians, and those with a 'story to tell' more than comedians with a routine where you just turn up and fire 200 jokes out, and leave.

posted on 11/7/14

Frankie Boyle

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 11/7/14

Basically if you get a comedian from an ethnic minority it's best to avoid them because they will always make jokes about their ethnic background.

posted on 11/7/14

Basically everyone on Mock Of The Week is utter tripe.

comment by Jay. (U16498)

posted on 11/7/14

comment by its only a Mata of time - "did you see that ludicrous display last night?" (U11867)
posted 25 seconds ago
That new guy on MTW, Romash(?), don't like him either. All of his jokes are about him being Indian...

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Agreed but I like his delivery.
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There are some redeeming factors, he's got good timing (or so it seems!) just a shame about the actual content.

Frankie Boyle started trying to hard to be controversial I think. His last 2 or 3 tours were pretty awful, rehashed jokes from the previous few years.

Bill Bailey and Jack Dee

posted on 11/7/14

Frankie Boyle was quality on MTW. Not seen too much of him for a while now

Is there a single funny female comedian out there? Every episode of MTW now seems to have a new unfunny female comedian on the panel

comment by Jay. (U16498)

posted on 11/7/14

comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
posted 21 seconds ago
Basically if you get a comedian from an ethnic minority it's best to avoid them because they will always make jokes about their ethnic background.
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This. There's that Nigerian one that's on there sometimes too, Andy Osho (?) all of hers are about Nigerians.

Then again, it's the same with virtually all female comedians. All about how men are shíte and women are fat/hormonal etc. Can't think of a single decent woman comedian, off the top of my head.

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