Favourite Comedians , who float you boat and who you detest

[Mr S]

Greg Davies is right up there for me, love his work, and never fails to have me in stitches

 

[highlander]

Benny hill. Who doesn't have a memory of the speeded up sections to the corny music of him being chased by scantily clad girls, not sophisticated or topical but classic laugh out loud.

 

[lozcb]

And let's not forget Tommy Cooper , the base of basics but makes me chuckle just thinking about him

 

[highlander]

And let's not forget Tommy Cooper , the base of basics but makes me chuckle just thinking about him

Yes, still remember watching the night he died. Everyone thought his collapse was part of his act.....sad lose

 

[Vampyrebat]

And let's not forget Tommy Cooper , the base of basics but makes me chuckle just thinking about him

Loved him...............So sad the way he left us, but I wouldn't be surprised if that is how he would have wanted to go...........Giving people a laugh!!

 

[BL330]

And let's not forget Tommy Cooper , the base of basics but makes me chuckle just thinking about him

You beat me to the punch, absolutely Tommy Copper - "Just Like That"

 

[Felonious Crud]

Billy Connoly
Bill Bailey
Bill Hicks
Eddie Izzard
The entire cast and script-writers of I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again
... and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
Jim Jefferies
Trevor Noah
Michael Cheh and Colin Jost on SoL
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Kelly Monteith used to make me laugh
Some Steve Martin

I know some of those aren't comedians, but they have comedians in them and are properly snot-flying funny.

Michael Wobblyheadintyre used to be funny and then just turned into an annoying caricature of himself.

 

[Vampyrebat]

Benny hill. Who doesn't have a memory of the speeded up sections to the corny music of him being chased by scantily clad girls, not sophisticated or topical but classic laugh out loud.

Loved him in The Italian Job!!

 

[DaveT]

All IMHO

Yes:
Billy Connelly - Funniest man I ever saw live 35 years ago
Bill Bailey - 2nd best live
Les Dawson
Katherine Ryan
Ross Noble

No:
Gervais
Jimmy Carr
Frankie Boyle
Lee Evans
Seann Walsh (did after dinner at a motor trade do I was at and ran off after 10 mins - terrible)

 

[MarkMas]

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

I realise that I mostly hate comedians who make a virtue out of revelling in being dumb:

• Miranda Hart
• Jo Brand
• Johnny Vegas
• Sean Lock

 

[2b1ask1]

'Comedian' who winds me up the most and has never made me even smirk is Frankie Boyle; just not even remotely funny, he is spiteful and vindictive which is never funny.

 

[Felonious Crud]

'Comedian' who winds me up the most and has never made me even smirk is Frankie Boyle; just not even remotely funny, he is spiteful and vindictive which is never funny.

Agree when he is.. but when he's not he's hilarious. I'd not want to see him live, but I did enjoy his tour of Scotland and the Russian tour around the footie in 2018.

 

[lozcb]

Agree when he is.. but when he's not he's hilarious. I'd not want to see him live, but I did enjoy his tour of Scotland and the Russian tour around the footie in 2018.

Agreed with the hate Boyle thing , a guy whose attempt at crossing the " the so called comedic boundaries" entails the teenage shock tactics of delving into the sick practices of Paedo's as if there is a funny irony side to it ....................truly bizzarre , thank god i have the ability to turn him off when ever his face appears on the screen

 

[Wanderer]

Agree when he is.. but when he's not he's hilarious. I'd not want to see him live, but I did enjoy his tour of Scotland and the Russian tour around the footie in 2018.

Sent him a joke once, was about Jimmy Savile, too risqué for even him I think cos I heard now and I never heard him use it.