Standup Comedy (5 Viewers)

[swag]

Check out Mitch Hedburg if you haven't yet.

I also really like Hedburg, btw. RIP.

Well, considering I don't find most of the above stuff funny, I am not sure if my contribution will be satisfactory in the slightest, but here goes.

But I would recommend Bill Bailey (Part Troll is the best), Dara O'Briain (This Is The Show), Dylan Moran (Monster). And there is always Ricky Gervais, Fame was my favourite of his.

Gervais is funnier than Russel Brand, but that isn't saying much. Laughs at his own humor a little too hard for my tastes.

 

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[Kate]

I also really like Hedburg, btw. RIP.



Gervais is funnier than Russel Brand, but that isn't saying much. Laughs at his own humor a little too hard for my tastes.

I hate Russel Brand with a fiery passion. Some of Gervais' later stuff gets tedious for that very reason, but I like Fame as it's not too heavy on that.

 

[ALC]

How about Louis C.K.? I like him.

 

[swag]

I hate Russel Brand with a fiery passion.

You and me both.

How about Louis C.K.? I like him.

I think he's mostly funny. Did you catch his TV show, Louie? I really liked it, though it was a bit of a head-case. Some very funny moments -- I particularly liked this scene (and particularly the end/banana+dentist scene):
http://tv.gawker.com/#!5621218/louis-ck-goes-to-the-dentist-and-finds-osama-bin-laden

But what probably throws a lot of people off is that his show has very good non-comedy moments as well. Some of them just scenes and moments, almost art-film-like.

 

[Red]

Some of Billy Conolly's early stuff is great.

Jack Dee is pretty good, of you like deadpan delivery.

Well, considering I don't find most of the above stuff funny, I am not sure if my contribution will be satisfactory in the slightest, but here goes.

But I would recommend Bill Bailey (Part Troll is the best), Dara O'Briain (This Is The Show), Dylan Moran (Monster). And there is always Ricky Gervais, Fame was my favourite of his.

I like Gervais. The three part series of Fame, Animals and Politics were all good.

Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey are pretty good. You a fan of Black Books, by any chance?

Not so much a fan of Dara O'Brien. Tend to feel he trades off having an Irish accent to get his laughs a bit much.

 

[ALC]

You and me both.



I think he's mostly funny. Did you catch his TV show, Louie? I really liked it, though it was a bit of a head-case. Some very funny moments -- I particularly liked this scene:
http://tv.gawker.com/#!5621218/louis-ck-goes-to-the-dentist-and-finds-osama-bin-laden

But what probably throws a lot of people off is that his show has very good non-comedy moments as well. Some of them just scenes and moments, almost art-film-like.

Haha, yes! Loved his show. And I agree, it's not just comedy.


Btw, I found the above guywhose name I didn't know. It's Tommy Tiernan.

 

[Rollie]

I recently enjoyed Aziz Ansari's Sensual Moments For An Intimate Evening

You can preview a bit of it on YouTube.

 

[Kate]

Some of Billy Conolly's early stuff is great.

Jack Dee is pretty good, of you like deadpan delivery.



I like Gervais. The three part series of Fame, Animals and Politics were all good.

Dylan Moran is pretty good.

Not so much a fan of Dara O'Brien. Tend to feel he trades off having an Irish accent to get his laughs a bit much.

I could see that, yes. There were some very good moments in the show I named, otherwise I only know him from Have I Got News For You? and the like. Billy Connolly and Jack Dee too, definitely.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Gervais is funnier than Russel Brand, but that isn't saying much. Laughs at his own humor a little too hard for my tastes.

Russel Brand's standup is horrible, only time I've liked him was in Get him to the Greek.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

George Carlin and Ricky Gervais.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I also really like Hedburg, btw. RIP.



Gervais is funnier than Russel Brand, but that isn't saying much. Laughs at his own humor a little too hard for my tastes.

I can't recall him doing that frequently on stand up routines, but he does that on the Ricky Gervais Show a bit.

Kate, have you watched his Science act?

 

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I can't recall him doing that frequently on stand up routines, but he does that on the Ricky Gervais Show a bit.

He's unbearable as the disembodied phone voice on An Idiot Abroad.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

He's unbearable as the disembodied phone voice on An Idiot Abroad.

But... but... but... the show's about Karl. He has a head like a fuckin' orange! Who cares about Ricky?

 

[JBF]

Gervais is horrible. Very overrated and thinks too much of himself while being anything but a comedian. He strikes me as an idiot with spontaneous funny actions, now even those are made up and pitiful lately.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

But why are you taking him seriously? Doesn't matter if he thinks too much of himself. Actually, I think that's what makes him funnier.

 

[Kate]

Kate, have you watched his Science act?

Yes

I don't know, the Gervais arrogance doesn't really get on my nerves as I always saw it as being a part of the act.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

Gervais is indeed quite funny. Don't think he has ever made anything that I really disliked.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Yes

I don't know, the Gervais arrogance doesn't really get on my nerves as I always saw it as being a part of the act.

Exactly!

Plus he's an atheist. So scores points in my book.

 

[Ahmed]

Gervais is excellent, enjoyed his specials.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Ahmed, how about George Carlin?