Favourite Comedian
Posted by: Not For Me on 01 September 2004
Tonight I nearly pissed my pants laughing to Armando Iannucci on the radio (the 99p show)
I have enjoyed everything he has been associated with (more or less).
The absurdist wordplay tickles me, like 'A Bit of Fry & Laurie' used to.
More thoughts...?
DS
OTT - Will & Grace
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I have enjoyed everything he has been associated with (more or less).
The absurdist wordplay tickles me, like 'A Bit of Fry & Laurie' used to.
More thoughts...?
DS
OTT - Will & Grace
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Posted on: 01 September 2004 by oldie
Tommy Cooper, Norman Evans,Ted Ray
any of these could have me rolling around on the floor
oldie.
any of these could have me rolling around on the floor
oldie.
Posted on: 01 September 2004 by Berlin Fritz
My Doctor.
Posted on: 01 September 2004 by Roy T
From a long lost age I reckon that Kenneth Williams when he played one half of Julian and Sandy with Hugh Paddick on the Sunday afternoon radio show Round The Horne takes some beating. I'm sure most of the listeners had no idea just Julian and Sandy were on about for if they did they may have been a bit shocked.
Round the Horne
Round the Horne
Posted on: 01 September 2004 by oldie
what about Kenneth in the Navy Lark from around the same era? Great!!
oldie
oldie
Posted on: 01 September 2004 by Tim Jones
Goons and Richard Pryor. Have a soft spot for the Young Ones, but don't think they qualify as 'comedians'.
Tim
Tim
Posted on: 01 September 2004 by HTK
Spike and Eddie Izzard - before he lost it.
Harry
Harry
Posted on: 01 September 2004 by Martin D
Bill Hicks - the best bar none
Posted on: 01 September 2004 by Top Cat
Original 70s Billy Connolly. Accept no substitutes, IMHO the funniest man on the planet.
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Brian OReilly
Hicks
Also John Sessions. I thought he was pretty good.
[This message was edited by Brian OReilly on Thu 02 September 2004 at 8:17.]
Also John Sessions. I thought he was pretty good.
[This message was edited by Brian OReilly on Thu 02 September 2004 at 8:17.]
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Simon Perry
Bill Hicks reigned supreme.
The best stand up I have ever seen though was Bill Bailey. I wasn't expecting him to be so good but he was.
Have a soft spot for Lee and Herring. They avoided the cliches of stand up or sent them up ruthlessly.
As an aside, I saw Peter Kaye's stand up on C4 the other night and my god it was poor.
Simon
The best stand up I have ever seen though was Bill Bailey. I wasn't expecting him to be so good but he was.
Have a soft spot for Lee and Herring. They avoided the cliches of stand up or sent them up ruthlessly.
As an aside, I saw Peter Kaye's stand up on C4 the other night and my god it was poor.
Simon
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by BigH47
The Go on Show as the link man first called it, and Billy Connolly do it for me. MPFC had a few classics as did Basil F.
Howard
Howard
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Fisbey
Hhhhancocks half hour 
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Rana Ali
Boothby Graffoe from Radio 4 for me.
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by BLT
Yet another vote for Bill Hicks, his biography is well worth reading, too.
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Mike Hughes
Earlyish Eddie Izzard, Emo Phillips, Jimmy Carr, Jeff Green.
Also, quite like my mate Mike Milligan (Geordie comic).
Mike
Also, quite like my mate Mike Milligan (Geordie comic).
Mike
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by greeny
The Parry/Robinson double act takes a lot of beating, Shame they've all but retired now.
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by GML
Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Tommy Cooper, Benny Hill, kennenth Williams and Ken Dodd.
None of whom had to resort to foul/abusive language in order to raise a laugh.
None of whom had to resort to foul/abusive language in order to raise a laugh.
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Nigel Cavendish
Bernard Manning
Chubby Brown
cheers
Nigel
Chubby Brown
cheers
Nigel
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by GML
quote:
Bernard Manning
Chubby Brown
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Fisbey
You forgot Jim Davidson 
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by long-time-dead
Another vote for "The Big Yin"......
But only in the early days before he lost his beard up everyone else's arses.
But only in the early days before he lost his beard up everyone else's arses.
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Martin D
BLT
Thanks didnt know there was one!
Thanks didnt know there was one!
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Berlin Fritz
Max Bygraves²
Posted on: 02 September 2004 by Martin D
Tony Blair
Posted on: 03 September 2004 by Kevin-W
Sid James, hyuk hyuk
But also: Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks; for musical comedy, Bill Bailey and the brilliant Mitch Benn; for comedy acting, Steve Coogan (only as Partridge/Calf) and Ronnie Barker.
I went to see Bernard Manning live once, out of curiosity. He was deeply offensive but fucking funny. Work that one out. And before anyone starts having a go, I've never made any claims for moral perfection or ideological purity. Plus I stil think Jim Davidson's crap.
Kevin (BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour)
But also: Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks; for musical comedy, Bill Bailey and the brilliant Mitch Benn; for comedy acting, Steve Coogan (only as Partridge/Calf) and Ronnie Barker.
I went to see Bernard Manning live once, out of curiosity. He was deeply offensive but fucking funny. Work that one out. And before anyone starts having a go, I've never made any claims for moral perfection or ideological purity. Plus I stil think Jim Davidson's crap.
Kevin (BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour)