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keveh posted:I quite enjoyed the Morgana show, Lady Gaga going past on a lawn mower had me in stitches. Did he have the Canadian guy doing the support? I found the Canadian much better than the main attraction to be honest.
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keveh posted:I saw Frankie Boyle live last week, his show was literally parts of his stand up with poo poo sketches thrown in. I don't know if 'literally his stand up with sketches in' is really grounds for complaint. It's a pretty common format for comedians, even Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle was the same. I'm sure the actual show was poo poo, though.
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Dec 1, 2010 09:46
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Stewart Lee, at least, had an entertaining stand up show and the sketches were relatively well thought-out. This is just bad.
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Dec 1, 2010 10:08
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John Charity Spring posted:I don't know if 'literally his stand up with sketches in' is really grounds for complaint. It's a pretty common format for comedians, even Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle was the same. It is if he releases the standup DVD at the same time and plugs it during the show. I used to like Boyle, but everything he's said in the papers, and his first stand up DVD have really put me off him. He just comes across as having an ego that massively outweighs his ability. He likes to act like the old man on the mountain dispensing wisdom about when other comedians aren't funny, turns out he's a poo poo one trick pony who gave up his golden ticket.
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Dec 1, 2010 11:02
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I like frankie Boyle on panel shows and don't think Mock the Week has been the same without him but on his own he is just a bit repetitive and thinks he is a lot edgier than he actually is. There's quite a few comedians like that who are strongest in back and forth but sadly they get swept up in their own hype and go off to do solo stuff that never lives up.
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Dec 1, 2010 11:11
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I thought it was pretty funny. Wish I hadn't watched his new DVD last week though. Almost every bit of stand up (except the first 10 minutes maybe) were lifted directly from his last tour. Loose Women Iran was the best bit by far.
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Dec 1, 2010 11:13
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I watched Tramadol Nights too, and am similarly unimpressed. I used to find Frankie Boyle hilarious and refuse to believe my comedy sensibilities have changed much since he left mock the week. I'll watch it again but i only laughed at the kitt sketch last night. shock humour's just a bit poo poo i guess? edit: actually that loose women Iran was pretty good, yeah
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Dec 1, 2010 11:24
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hookerbot 5000 posted:There's quite a few comedians like that who are strongest in back and forth but sadly they get swept up in their own hype and go off to do solo stuff that never lives up. I kinda feel like Russel Brand fits this - he was really good on Big Brother's Big Forum (before Big Brother's Big Mouth) where he chaired the panel and he mostly had to come up with witty retorts. When he had control of the show it was loving wank, though.
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Dec 1, 2010 11:46
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FelixMeOneMoreTime posted:Did he have the Canadian guy doing the support? I found the Canadian much better than the main attraction to be honest. I suspect you're talking about Stewart Francis by the way, and yeah, he's really good.
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Dec 1, 2010 12:05
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BizarroAzrael posted:I suspect you're talking about Stewart Francis by the way, and yeah, he's really good. Is that the one-liner guy from Children In Need Mastermind? keveh posted:I'm in Horwich, I remember watching the Bolton Evening News website stream of it when it was happening. The people who were trying to pass legal advice cards to the newly arrested seemed willfully obstructive. If you feel you know enough about the law and legal practices to go around trying to help people, surely you'd know that all arrested in the UK will be informed of their legal rights at the station. But then the flipside of that is the copper in a previous episode who was dismayed that suspected criminals had any human rights.
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Dec 1, 2010 12:44
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Padje posted:Is that the one-liner guy from Children In Need Mastermind? Not seen it but he is very much a one-liner guy. Sounds like he's channelling Steve Martin a lot of the time. "I do tell a lot of racist jokes, but that's okay, all my friends are racist too."
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Tried watching the Stewart Francis DVD after being recommended it in work. Can't say I found what I saw of it to be that great. Fast burst jokes can be OK but they have to either be very clever/slightly surreal (like Steven Wright) or utterly groan worthy. Francis' material just sits in the middle and doesn't work amazingly well. There's at least 20 of these 'just in time for Xmas' discs and none of them appear to hold a candle to Lee or Herrings efforts from earlier in the year. Al Murrays and Sean Locks seem alright, but nothing special, Boyles is the usual c-grade material interspersed with sometimes amusing audience participated call outs and while I'll give the rest a shot there's not many which make me think 'ooh this might be good.'
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The pHo posted:Tried watching the Stewart Francis DVD after being recommended it in work. Can't say I found what I saw of it to be that great. Fast burst jokes can be OK but they have to either be very clever/slightly surreal (like Steven Wright) or utterly groan worthy. Francis' material just sits in the middle and doesn't work amazingly well. How about the new Bill Bailey DVD? Anyone checked that out yet? I was pretty disappointed by Tinselworm, but he's had a few years since then to come up with new material, and hopefully will avoid making lame George Bush jokes this time.
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Dec 1, 2010 13:10
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What's the name of the standup who has really messy mop top hair, big thick glasses and does a standup routine about how he got over his stuttering by tapping out the syllables of words on his thigh? Think Stewart Lee mentioned how good he was during his bit on one of those top 100 comedian things.
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Dec 1, 2010 13:25
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BizarroAzrael posted:
No, it wasn't him although I do really like Stewart Francis. The support was Canadian but it was Craig Campbell.
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Dec 1, 2010 13:49
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John Charity Spring posted:I don't know if 'literally his stand up with sketches in' is really grounds for complaint. It is if half of his stand up was poor.
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Dec 1, 2010 13:50
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keveh posted:It is if half of his stand up was poor. He's like a Scottish Peter Kay.
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Dec 1, 2010 14:02
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Hey, who remembers muslims eh ? Ach they were funny weren't they ?
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thebardyspoon posted:What's the name of the standup who has really messy mop top hair, big thick glasses and does a standup routine about how he got over his stuttering by tapping out the syllables of words on his thigh? Think Stewart Lee mentioned how good he was during his bit on one of those top 100 comedian things.
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Dec 1, 2010 14:05
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:He's like a Scottish Peter Kay. No, he's the Scottish Jimmy Carr. Kevin Bridges is so obviously the Scottish Peter Kay.
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Dec 1, 2010 14:08
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The Perfect Element posted:How about the new Bill Bailey DVD? Anyone checked that out yet? I was pretty disappointed by Tinselworm, but he's had a few years since then to come up with new material, and hopefully will avoid making lame George Bush jokes this time. Ah yeah forgot I watched that. I never made it through all of Tinselworm, it just wasn't hitting with me at all. Dandelion is better, but not classic Bailey to me. I think he absolutely peaked with Part Troll Been a fan ever since C4 aired a cut down version of Bewilderness in the 90s. Glad he's doing really well now, the audience for that show is huge, but there doesn't seem to be much progression between his shows now.
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Dec 1, 2010 14:17
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Leyburn posted:No, he's the Scottish Jimmy Carr.
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Some Strange Flea posted:Jimmy Carr has released a DVD in early November every year since 2004. I've watched a few of them, but I gather from this that a lot of his stuff is recycled? I don't know, I've only seen one of Carr's DVDs. They're just similar in that they both do short, punchy gags in a deadpan style and have stupid laughs. Boyle is terrible for reusing the same material all the time, I doubt Jimmy Carr is as bad in that respect.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Hey, who remembers those loving muslims eh ? Ach they were as funny as the rotting body of jade goody being shat on by a coked up john leslie ? I have fixed that for you to be more realistic. The Perfect Element posted:Tinselworm Never mention Tinselworm
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Dec 1, 2010 14:42
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Leyburn posted:I don't know, I've only seen one of Carr's DVDs. They're just similar in that they both do short, punchy gags in a deadpan style and have stupid laughs. While he does reuse the same one-liners in interviews, as far as I know each of Carr's DVDs has been a new act.
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Oben posted:Daniel Kitson People talk about this guy being the best comedian ever, but he refuses to do anything for TV so I've never been able to see him. It's pretty annoying. I think he needs to get over it. The Perfect Element posted:How about the new Bill Bailey DVD? Anyone checked that out yet? I was pretty disappointed by Tinselworm, but he's had a few years since then to come up with new material, and hopefully will avoid making lame George Bush jokes this time. It's much better than the last one, which was way too bombastic and extravagant, but it's still not as good as the old stuff. He has some pretty good stand-up sections, but the songs just aren't as good as the old ones.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Jimmy Carr is funny though. Hahaha. Guess who writes a lot of Jimmy Carr's material!
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Dec 1, 2010 15:14
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fuf posted:People talk about this guy being the best comedian ever, but he refuses to do anything for TV so I've never been able to see him. It's pretty annoying. I think he needs to get over it. To add to the annoyance, he was easily the best stand up I have ever seen. I think Peter Kay has given him nightmares about working on TV.
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Dec 1, 2010 15:19
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Dara 'O Briains DVD is really good, hes the happy medium between comics like Michael 'Gosh aren't I nice and boring' McIntyre and Frankie 'I'm so edgy...you oval office!' Boyle.
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Dec 1, 2010 15:26
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keveh posted:To add to the annoyance, he was easily the best stand up I have ever seen. I've seen Kitson twice. The first, he just kept going on about food and how it welded with his relationships, and it was so endearing. The second was about a flat he rented in London and seemed to serve as an allegory for a girlfriend he had. It was also great, sacrificing humour for being touching, and was more of a one man play. No recycling at all, and I'd definitely see him a third time.
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keveh posted:To add to the annoyance, he was easily the best stand up I have ever seen. The GoFasterStripe guys should approach him about recording a show for DVD, they did it for a bunch of Richard Herring stuff that worked really well as well as one Stewart Lee show that was presumably a bit much for HMV (anyone who's seen it will know why)
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reflir posted:Hahaha. Guess who writes a lot of Jimmy Carr's material! Who?
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Good thing the topic is about standup at the moment because that's what I came here to ask. Stewart Lee is my favourite standup artist going and I love his brand of alternative comedy. In that regard I love Richard Herring's shows too due to it being a different kind of humour, aside from the usual observational standup. What I want to ask is which alterative standup artists I look into next, with Stewart Lee being a favourite? I know he's getting quite popular again but his style is still really something else (and I absolutely loving love it). Speaking of Jimmy Carr, I did watch his latest the other day, as by now you can go into his show with reasonable expectations knowing it's going to be an easy-watching one-liner fest, and is it just me or was he really struggling with his style this tour? There's so much recycled material, poor jokes and basically no evolution (understandable) or actual improvement of jokes from his previous works. He was also way softer on the audience.
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A5H posted:Who? Jimmy Carr.
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A5H posted:Who? Frankie Boyle!
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Idioteque Dance posted:Good thing the topic is about standup at the moment because that's what I came here to ask. Stewart Lee is my favourite standup artist going and I love his brand of alternative comedy. In that regard I love Richard Herring's shows too due to it being a different kind of humour, aside from the usual observational standup. Paperhouse fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Dec 1, 2010 |
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Stand-Up chat: Gina Yashere is a billion times funnier live than she ever was on Mock The Week. Greg Davies is a loving masterful storyteller, unrealistically nice man and would actually probably make a great motivational speaker. I went to the Birmingham Glee Club last month and saw a stand-up called Adam Bloom who had me shrieking with laughter, but he doesn't seem to do any television stuff. Rufus Hound performed at my university a couple of times and each time brought the house down, but he was kind of a dick afterwards. I also saw Russell Kane and he was great too, but he's a bit poo poo on the telly for some reason. On the negative side, I saw Reginald D Hunter a few weeks back and his warm-up act was really boring, plus Hunter's set was nothing special either. He did make a comment about not being used to the size of the theatre (Warwick Arts Centre), though.
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