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Who were/are your favourite comedians. 15:08 - May 22 with 4302 viewsqpr_1968

just watched a micky Flanagan tape, well halfway through, stopped it, threw it in the bin.
didn't even smile, let alone laugh once.

plenty of good comedians to name but...

bob monkhouse, clever comedian
tommy cooper, just looked and laughed
Bernard manning, very undiverse, but fitted in with the times, especially when you had people such as Charlie Williams and Kenny lynch laughing at him.

was going to include comedy series, but just too many over the years.
oh ok then

Fawlty towers
only fools and horses.

Poll: how many games this season....home/away.

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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 21:02 - May 22 with 827 viewsMickS_

Father Ted hatrick.

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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 21:15 - May 22 with 816 viewsozexile

Jim Jeffries has a great stand up on Netflix.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 21:48 - May 22 with 780 viewsBoston

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 20:21 - May 22 by MickS_

Just been watching Richard Prior - talented and a very funny bloke. Couldn’t find the sketch about the burglar and the knife.

Help!


Whiteys on the moon!

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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 21:55 - May 22 with 780 viewsenfieldargh

Jackie Mason
Larry David
Peter Cook & Dud
Derek & Clive
Kenneth Williams
Faulty Towers
Python

Radio
Just a Minute
Im sorry I havnt a clue

captains fantastic
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 22:17 - May 22 with 759 viewsMetallica_Hoop

My new favourite comedian.

[Post edited 22 May 2020 22:20]

Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent

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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 22:47 - May 22 with 734 viewsQPRSteve

Stuart Lee
Paul Whitehouse
Al Murray -seen him live a couple of times including a pre-tour gig above a pub in Chiswick, very funny
Phil Silvers - the only funny American
Tommy Cooper
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 22:53 - May 22 with 725 viewsThe_Beast1976

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 15:22 - May 22 by RangersDave

the very nice bloke who was Dave Allen

he spent 90 minutes walking round a park with me and my dad once, back in the late 70's.

Funny as F, and a genuine fella.


Dave Allen was brilliant
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 23:02 - May 22 with 713 viewsDannyPaddox

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 22:47 - May 22 by QPRSteve

Stuart Lee
Paul Whitehouse
Al Murray -seen him live a couple of times including a pre-tour gig above a pub in Chiswick, very funny
Phil Silvers - the only funny American
Tommy Cooper


Well done Steve first mention of the greatest living British stand-up and his name is spelt wrong. I think Stewart Lee would approve.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 23:51 - May 22 with 680 viewsCiderwithRsie

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 15:33 - May 22 by Phildo

Tommy Cooper lived in Chiswick and drank in the George IV. He was notorious for not buying his round - he would join in with the regulars who included my Dad and disappear when it was his turn at the jump. In the end they told him he was welcome in their company but he had to buy his own which he did from that point on. He probably had more money than the rest of them put together.


There's a story of Tommy Cooper saying to some guy who'd done him a favour "Have a drink on me" and slipping something in the guy's top pocket.

When the guy checked it was a tea-bag.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 00:13 - May 23 with 668 viewsdistortR

another for Mikey Flanagan, Kevin Bridges and peter Kay.

Tv - Father Ted, black books and the IT crowd, off the top of my head.

Films - antipodean - 'Hunt for the wilder people' is fantastical and i just love' the castle' - might help having lived there a bit.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 00:35 - May 23 with 651 viewsrsonist

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 21:15 - May 22 by ozexile

Jim Jeffries has a great stand up on Netflix.


Glad he bounced back from managing Hearts.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 00:51 - May 23 with 645 viewsFredManRave

Not read thread so maybe already mentioned but Gary Delaney is worth (another) mention. Great delivery although he only seems to have 30+ minutes of material. Still very good though. Also surprised how much I found Jimmy Carr very good in stand up recently. On the other hand there's Ricky Gervais. Nobody can doubt his genius in The Office but his stand up show Humanity is just fecking terrible. Turning into a one-hit comedy wonder, imo (Extras average at best) although did enjoy the obviously non-comedic After Life.

However, what this lockdown has enabled me to do is watch Peep Show for the very first time! Watched all nine seasons in about 2 weeks and am rewatching again. It is my favourite ever TV comedy series, without any doubt. Absolute quality.

Special mention to Modern Family which I've just started watching. Still only on the first series but like the gorgeous Sofia it's looking very good and could still yet usurp Senfield as my favourite American sitcom.

I've got the Power.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 06:38 - May 23 with 612 viewsLoftgirl

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 19:00 - May 22 by stevec

Saw Bill Bailey at G live a couple of years back, absolutely brilliant.


He's one of us as well.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 06:47 - May 23 with 606 viewsDixie_CT

Part Troll by Bill Bailey is excellent.

TV Shows

Mighty Boosh
Partridge
This Country
Parks and Rec
The Office
US Office (this was epic and Steve Carrell superb)
Flight of the Chonchords
Spaced (was hooked on this)
Detectorists
Cuckoo (do like some of the BBC stuff)
Only Fools
Trigger Happy TV (time limited because Joly didn’t come across that well and disappeared after)
Father Ted
Peep Show
Gavin & Stacy
Inberweeners
Steptoe
Fleabag

And the all time best.....

Only Fools, you plonker!
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 07:42 - May 23 with 586 viewsKonk

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 00:35 - May 23 by rsonist

Glad he bounced back from managing Hearts.


Who do you think you are kidding Mr Jeffries
If you think you’re number one
We are the boys from the Leith San Siro
We are the boys that fuc ked you seven-zero

To the Dad’s Army tune. Great song.

Fulham FC: It's the taking part that counts

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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 11:01 - May 23 with 547 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 23:51 - May 22 by CiderwithRsie

There's a story of Tommy Cooper saying to some guy who'd done him a favour "Have a drink on me" and slipping something in the guy's top pocket.

When the guy checked it was a tea-bag.


Stan Bowles mentions the same gag performed by Gregory when he used to nip in for a wage top up.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 11:14 - May 23 with 531 viewsDiscodroids

Peter Cook.

"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."

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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 11:34 - May 23 with 519 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 20:13 - May 22 by Monahoop

Bill Bailey
Billy Connolly
Peter Kay
Ross Noble
Dave Allan
Alexie Sayle
Tommy Cooper
Spike Milligan


Milligan - great call,

His war diaries are gold.

"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 11:36 - May 23 with 513 viewsEsox_Lucius

Phoenix Nights is one of the finest comedy series ever made.

The grass is always greener.

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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 12:07 - May 23 with 497 viewsdontknowitall

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 22:17 - May 22 by Metallica_Hoop

My new favourite comedian.

[Post edited 22 May 2020 22:20]


Brilliant. Hadn't seen him before...
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 12:21 - May 23 with 474 viewsjohann28

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 12:07 - May 23 by dontknowitall

Brilliant. Hadn't seen him before...


Best

Dave Allen
Eddie Izzard
Pete n Dud
Billy Connolly
Monty Python team
Spike Milligan
Tommy Cooper
Kenneth Williams

Worst

Benny Hill
Bernard Manning
Ronny Corbett
Jim Davison
Little n Large
Les Dawson
Dick Emery
[Post edited 23 May 2020 12:24]
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 12:32 - May 23 with 455 viewsenfieldargh

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 22:53 - May 22 by The_Beast1976

Dave Allen was brilliant


I went to school with his step-son

captains fantastic
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 15:24 - May 23 with 418 viewsnix

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 12:21 - May 23 by johann28

Best

Dave Allen
Eddie Izzard
Pete n Dud
Billy Connolly
Monty Python team
Spike Milligan
Tommy Cooper
Kenneth Williams

Worst

Benny Hill
Bernard Manning
Ronny Corbett
Jim Davison
Little n Large
Les Dawson
Dick Emery
[Post edited 23 May 2020 12:24]


I agree with most of these, especially Dick Emery, Little and Large, Benny Hill, Jim Davison, Bernard Manning being the worst. To think this lot were barely off TV in the 70s.

Greg Davies is v good in stand up. I also like James Acaster and Aisling Bee.

Comedy series:

Modern Family, Fleabag, Inbetweeners, The Good Life, Friday Night Dinner, Green Wing.

I like a ranting comedian too. David Mitchell ranting is brilliant.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 15:52 - May 23 with 398 viewsCiderwithRsie

Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 15:24 - May 23 by nix

I agree with most of these, especially Dick Emery, Little and Large, Benny Hill, Jim Davison, Bernard Manning being the worst. To think this lot were barely off TV in the 70s.

Greg Davies is v good in stand up. I also like James Acaster and Aisling Bee.

Comedy series:

Modern Family, Fleabag, Inbetweeners, The Good Life, Friday Night Dinner, Green Wing.

I like a ranting comedian too. David Mitchell ranting is brilliant.


I loved Green Wing and you've reminded me that anything with Sally Phillips in usually makes me laugh. Smack The Pony was great and I wish there'd been more of it.

Outnumbered was brilliant and innovative with the unscripted kids.

For contemporary radio comedy I really like John Finnemore.

For old school TV comedy Ronnie Barker was a real craftsman, some of the actual material wasn't great but he was genuinely a fine character actor as well as a comedian.
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Who were/are your favourite comedians. on 15:57 - May 23 with 393 viewsMickS_

Rab C. Nesbitt.
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