Goofle

Basically wanted to know who everyone likes/dislikes in the world of stand-up comedy.

I adore Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Ricky Gervais, Daniel Kitson, Bill Hicks, Alan Partridge, George Carlin etc...

I dislike comics like Peter Kay, Paddy McGuinness, most panel show comedians and the terrible American ones.




My two faves

(couldn't find a thread on this already)

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Janszoon

Does that mean you like the terrible ones from other countries?

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Goofle

Yes. Especially the ones I didn't name. Jim Davidson is a personal hero.

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Paedantic Basterd

I quite like Dylan Moran.

Goofle

He is good. Quite strange for the sake of it, but at least he is actually funny.

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Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra

Lenny Bruce, hands down. First real 'dirty social comedian', and the trailblazer for the likes of George Carlin, and Bill Hicks.

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Paedantic Basterd

That's a bit of why I like him so much. I like absurd, dry humour.

Goofle

The problem with Lenny Bruce is that he wasn't that funny.

I do agree with that.

I accept that most stand up comedians are in 'character', but it does get annoying when those character traits are a substitute for actual content - which I think Dylan Moran is sometimes guilty of.

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Thom Yorke

Louis CK


Norm Macdonald


Mitch Hedberg

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra

Lenny Bruce was plenty funny, just really really dated. I think, also, you have to have the patience to endure his really really long wind-ups. Which, in my eyes, are a beautiful construction of themselves.

This is one of his most accessible bits, Don't tell me this isn't a tad bit clever, especially for the early 60s when it came out:

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Al Pacino = God