Chris Rock deserves to be in there for the Black People / Niggers routine alone. As for Bill Bailey, I saw him live and he was about as entertaining as late-diagnosis pancreatic cancer. -- ogden sv650 (slow) cg125 (dead) zx7r (in bits) Last few 7R bits: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZdr.daifQQhtZ-1
The material hasn't aged particularly well though. I have a single Chubby Brown joke in my repertoire which gets a laugh every time I wheel it out. Like Manning, he's written some great material. Like Manning, he's often utterly utterly utterly shit. The only difference is that Brown seems alright as a person, whereas Manning's about as objectionable as one can get. That said, if it was a choice between a night in the pub with Manning or the likes of Dave Gorman (who I've seen live and had me in stitches, but he's so fucking right-on it makes me weep) it'd be a tough call. -- ogden sv650 (slow) cg125 (dead) zx7r (in bits) Last few 7R bits: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZdr.daifQQhtZ-1
Yeah, but since I stopped watching NMTBuzzcocks, I've been in remission. -- ogden sv650 (slow) cg125 (dead) zx7r (in bits) Last few 7R bits: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZdr.daifQQhtZ-1
I was raised on a variety of records, including Billy Connolly's Golden Greats (or something) which always had me in fits. Don't know if it would not, but I still wander around singing the Janny song.
By becoming 'just funny'. By not making you wet your pants (with laughter). By having your parents say "He's nice". By becoming old.
Do you not find that Chris rock, like Lenny Henry has overplayed the Uncle Tom card? Well that and the fact that he's got a touch of the Jasper Carrots about him when it comes to reacting to a laugh from the audience? He hears a particularly hearty laugh so he repeats what he said (or in the case of Carrot, the noise he just made) to eke out another laugh, then another and another and another... 'til there's "wilderness" in return. As for Bill Bailey, I saw him live and he was about as He leaves me cold too. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
It's that kind of crap I can't fucking stand about him. He was interviewed on TV a while ago and he was railing like **** against some of the new black comics because they took the piss out of the "nigga's" and used the "Eyes wide open Uncle Tom" look to get laughs. I was stunned, because I can't remember when *he* ever did anything else. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
And of course, by making a few mill and shagging Pamela Stephenson. A good comic is on his uppers and gets shagged by everyone else. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
For some reason reverse order irritated me. 1 - Billy Connolly 2 - Peter Kay 3 - Eddie Izzard 4 - Richard Pryor 5 - Harry Hill 6 - Bill Hicks 7 - Bill Bailey 8 - Victoria Wood 9 - Chris Rock 10 - Ross Noble 11 - Ricky Gervais 12 - Jimmy Carr 13 - Jack Dee 14 - Woody Allen 15 - Jerry Sadowitz 16 - Al Murray 17 - Dylan Moran 18 - Alexei Sayle 19 - Les Dawson 20 - Jasper Carrott 21 - Ben Elton 22 - Jo Brand 23 - Lee Evans 24 - Eddie Murphy 25 - Steve Coogan 26 - Frank Skinner 27 - Daniel Kitson 28 - Joan Rivers 29 - Bernard Manning 30 - Lenny Bruce 31 - Bob Monkhouse 32 - Steven Wright 33 - Chubby Brown 34 - David Baddiel 35 - Denis Leary 36 - Mark Thomas 37 - Jim Davidson 38 - Andrew Dice Clay 39 - Jenny Eclair 40 - Sean Hughes 41 - Stewart Lee 42 - Dara O'Briain 43 - Johnny Vegas 44 - Robin Williams 45 - Paul O'Grady 46 - Rob Newman 47 - Jackie Mason 48 - Ken Dodd 49 - Graham Norton 50 - Bob Hope 51 - Lenny Henry 52 - Jerry Seinfeld 53 - Tommy Cooper 54 - Emo Phillips 55 - Sean Lock 56 - Roseanne 57 - Julian Clary 58 - Dave Spikey 59 - Steve Martin 60 - Omid Dajilil 61 - Phil Jupitus 62 - George Carlin 63 - Alan Davies 64 - Tommy Tiernan 65 - Rhona Cameron 66 - Chris Addison 67 - Mike Reid 68 - Lee Hurst 69 - Russell Brand 70 - Jethro 71 - John Thompson 72 - Frankie Howerd 73 - Ed Byrne 74 - Dave Allen 75 - Dave Gorman 76 - Arthur Smith 77 - Chic Murray 78 - Mitch Hedburg 79 - Frank Carson 80 - Andy Kaufman 81 - Freddie Starr 82 - Barry Humphries 83 - Tommy Trinder 84 - Demetri Martin 85 - Harry Enfield 86 - Bob Newhart 87 - Reg D Hunter 88 - Ronnie Corbett 89 - George Burns 90 - Joe Pasquale 91 - Dick Gregory 92 - Paul Merton 93 - Rik Mayall 94 - Ardal O'hanlon 95 - Lee Mack 96 - Bill Cosby 97 - Jim Bowen 98 - Alan Carr 99 - Patrick Kielty 100 - Tim Vine That's better
<fx: career swerve> -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.”
He was also pretty good on the radio to start with (HH). Haven't a clue how I'd order them to be honest. Don't agree with the order they had though!
Ooh, I've been trying to find stuff of his for yonks without any luck. Was this as Craig Ferguson or Bing Hitler? Must check UKNova then, thanks for the heads-up!
AS is (or was) as funny as **** live. Jo Brand might be the same, but I've only seen her TV appearances and she doesn't do a thing for me.
