Favourite Comedians , who float you boat and who you detest

[Koz]

Dave Allen always made me chuckle. I thought he was great.

 

[dickygrace]

Jim Jeffries if you don’t mind some very close to the bone stuff

Brilliant comedian, saw him live, he’s a proper funny fella. Secret to Happiness and Gun Control are well worth a watch.

 

[2b1ask1]

Nina Conti is my current favourite...

 

[Wanderer]

Liam Williams gets my vote for current, he's from G-Town (Garforth, East Leeds).

Ladhood was genius!

And another fellow-bostonian, Sophie Willan, she recently did 'Alma's Not Normal' on BBC2, a pilot, now commissioned, well funny but you have to understand the hidden meaning or 'Ye Olde' and what a 'Gobbin' is.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2893132120740038

 

[lozcb]

The late, great Rik Mayall. Steve Coogan.

The worst, Sid Little

Not a fan of fellow-Boltonian Peter Kay, because I've actually met him.

So often the case , my childhood hero Norman Wisdom , used to live up the road from me I'm West Chiltington Sussex what an arrogant assshole of the highest order

 

[Phil H]

Alternative comedy:

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"Thunberg said in March she had probably had been infected with the coronavirus after travelling to affected countries, though her symptoms were mild and she had not been tested."

 

[Andyk]

Loz is a comedian?

PH

Have not met him Phil ;-)

 

[Andyk]

So often the case , my childhood hero Norman Wisdom , used to live up the road from me I'm West Chiltington Sussex what an arrogant assshole of the highest order

He was mine to Loz....He had a home around Chepstow once and saw him in Tesco....He was just like his character....falling over etc...Playing to the crowd.

 

[jonny]

Brendan O'Carroll of Mrs Brown's boys is truly truly dreadful.

 

[lozcb]

Loz is a comedian?

PH

 

[Evo Cymru]

Brendan O'Carroll of Mrs Brown's boys is truly truly dreadful.

Good God yes to this! My brother thinks he is great yet I find it utterly moronic....tastes ehh? Another not mentioned so far would be Steve Hughes although not seen much of him of late....

 

[Wanderer]

Good God yes to this! My brother thinks he is great yet I find it utterly moronic....tastes ehh? Another not mentioned so far would be Steve Hughes although not seen much of him of late....

Citizen Khan is the same - utter drivel.....

 

[MarkMas]

Just wondering if your taste in comedians says a little about your character , whether you take life lightly or are you a sourpuss bore

This seems like an extraordinarily provocative opening line!

There is a notion in comedy that the two main options are to be cheerfully enjoying your own act (Ricky Gervais, Michael Macintyre) or not really finding your own jokes funny (Paul Merton, Jack Dee ). But I'm not sure that links to whether the fan is lighthearted or sour.

 

[MarkMas]

Love:
Simon Evans
Tim Vine
Ed Aczel (extraordinary and almost good)
Aisling Bea
Richard Ayoade
Jimmy Carr
Nina Conti
Steven Wright
Victoria Wood (brilliant writer)
Mae Martin
Kevin Bridges

Like:
Ed Byrne
Milton Jones
Josh Widdicombe
Gary Delaney
James Acaster
Miles Jupp
Stewart Francis
Tom Allen
Michael McIntyre

Hate:
Ben Elton (great writer, terrible stand-up)
Alexi Sayle
Ricky Gervais
Frankie Boyle
Vic Reeves
Lee Evans
Johnny Vegas
Mark Steel
Jo Brand
Mark Watson

Don't hate but don't get:
Romesh Ranganathan
Peter Kay
Micky Flanagan
Stewart Lee

 

[Gogs253]

I like Lee Mack, Kevin Bridges and Peter Kay in his character rolls in shows like Phoenix Nights - not keen on his stand up routines.
As for old school, I love Chic Murray. His big break came just as the Suez crisis erupted and everything was cancelled. It didn't come round again for him. Many comedians including Billy Connolly say that he was their hero and inspiration. Not a lot of material online.
Too many unfunnies to mention.

 

[Lavazza]

I'm not a great comedy fan, but I like Miranda, Fawlty Towers and Blackadder.

 

[mmarks]

I've seen some Gary Delaney on YouTube and thought him excellent at one liners. A lot of new material.

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[MarkMas]

I'm not a great comedy fan, but I like Miranda, Fawlty Towers and Blackadder.

Well that reminds me...

Hate:
Miranda

 

[Andyk]

Billy Connolly.

 

[lozcb]

Well that reminds me...

Hate:
Miranda

Me too , and most TV comics who feel the need for canned laughter