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Can someone work our why Peter Kay got a lifetime achievement award at last nights Comedy Awards, im still thinking and have no idea.
Well to my mind he has done the following.
2 Series of Phoenix Nights of which he directed Seires two which funnily was not as good as series one.
1 Series That Peter Kay Thing which had some good episodes.
1 Series of Max and Paddy which was so awful to be true
3 Stand up DVDs 2 of which are the same concert of the tour.
1 episode of Britains Got the Pop Factor which was a good parody but he didnt really need to be in it.
Now for me that is not a lifetimes work to be worthy of an award.
I’ll let you know just as soon as I’ve worked out the Ryan Giggs PFA award.
…. and how the hell did he win Sports Personality Of The Year?
I’ll let you know just as soon as I’ve worked out the Ryan Giggs PFA award.
…. and how the hell did he win Sports Personality Of The Year?
My reaction exactly Paul. Totally underwhelmed by that one. However it just goes to show what a narrow sporting world the BBC has when a footballer wins it having achieved relatively little in the past year.
For what it is worth I actually voted in the phone poll and went for Mark Cavendish whom I really rate as a sportsman and a personality. I just think he is a bit of a dry witted character and what he did in the tour de france considering he cannot climb was frankly incredible.
And why did Bradley Wiggins not get more credit? Nobody in their right mind thinks Cavendish can win the Tour de France because of his lack of ability in the high mountains. On the other hand even Lance Armstrong was wary of Wiggins throughout the final week of the tour and he had them worried for a good while. Now he can win the Tour de France.
Hi All,
Not sure who your favourite comedian is. Richard Pryor, Jimmy Carr, Ross Noble?
Fact is, IMHO, this guy is probably the brightest new talent the UK comedy scene has had for a long time.
If you’ve seen Kevin Berrel Live then you’ll know what I’m talking about.
If not, check out his mesmerizing performance on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M31fnU66fI
Zip
Does he sleep? What does someone like this do for a living? My first two and only questions. If my son grows up to be like this, I have failed…He may have have a heart of gold which is a fine quality but……
Stewart Lee: The Yuri Gagarin of performance comedy.
Moss off "The IT Crowd" made my New Year with the Mesijo’s restaurant recommendation joke. My lad and I were laughing for an hour. Literally. One hour.Therefore – Graham Linehan, take a bow.
Too many for me to narrow down to one!
– Stewart Lee for slow-burning brilliance,
– Tim Vine, Stewart Francis and Milton Jones for services to puns, wordplays and paraprosdokians,
– Russell Howard for his relentless, remorseless optimism in an increasingly cynical world,
– Reeves and Mortimer up to about 1999, before the former became a lardy, repetitive Eurosceptic bore,
– Eddie Izzard. All of him. But especially the Henry VII riff, which still slays me every time,
– Bill Bailey for "Das Hokey Cokey".
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Take it from that gc that you’re a regular viewer of Mock the week!?
Enjoyed both Stewart Francis and Milton Jones on there many a time, both exceptional at delivering one-liners.
Other Favourites of mine at the moment are Jimmy Carr and Jason Manford (being an avid fan of 8 out of 10 cats!)
Rhod Gilbert and his brilliant duvet ‘sketch’. Lee Mack is another I like and really enjoyed his latest Dvd..
John Bishop is another I like at the minute, saw him the other week on Jonathan Ross and could have sat there and listened to him all night!
Take it from that gc that you’re a regular viewer of Mock the week!?
Enjoyed both Stewart Francis and Milton Jones on there many a time, both exceptional at delivering one-liners.
Quite regular, aye! I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with it, really, as it can degenerate into a bit of a d*ck-swinging contest with certain participants talking all over the others to get their gags out, often to the overall detriment of the show.
It’s the main reason why the likes of Jo Brand, Jeremy Hardy, Ian Stone, etc. don’t appear on it anymore – they enjoyed the format very much, but couldn’t get a word in edgeways. Matters have improved slightly in that regard this season without Frankie Boyle bossing things, but it’s not quite as perfect as it could be.
Boyle himself has probably given me the most I-can’t-believe-you-just-said-that moments of any stand-up I’ve seen in recent memory (with the possible exception of Scott Capurro at Latitude 18 months ago). Some of them don’t work, many do!
Rhod Gilbert and his brilliant duvet ‘sketch’.
Ah, the "TOG rating" rant. Splendid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmx1vMouUt8
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Crizzy,
He may be misunderstood and not to everyone’s taste – as we can see by some of the other replies.
But his charisma, comedy timing and his infectious street talking wisdom makes him the most unique talent I’ve seen in 10 years.
DO check out Kevin Verril’s live DVD – "Hopeless in Tesco." – Eye-watering stuff
He does have a heart of gold (as you picked up on, Crizzy) and he is constantly raising money for the Fingle Fund, helping children suffering from minimal edcuational support in Fingle and getting them some qualified French teaching and basketball lessons.
In the words of Kevin V…"Holla!" (
luv
that catchphrase:)
Zip
Billy Connolly, Bernard Manning, Richard Pryor and Peter Kay are my all time favourite comedians.
However, one young man quite new to the comedy scene who I think is very sharp and funny is Glaswegian, Brian Limond ( aka " Limmy " , as in BBC’s Limmy’s Show ). Not everyone’s cup of tea but I totally get his sense of humour.
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Too many for me to narrow down to one!
– Stewart Lee for slow-burning brilliance,
– Tim Vine, Stewart Francis and Milton Jones for services to puns, wordplays and paraprosdokians,
– Russell Howard for his relentless, remorseless optimism in an increasingly cynical world,
– Reeves and Mortimer up to about 1999, before the former became a lardy, repetitive Eurosceptic bore,
– Eddie Izzard. All of him. But especially the Henry VII riff, which still slays me every time,
– Bill Bailey for "Das Hokey Cokey".
gc
After that post gray’ there is nothing left to say…except youi have impeccable taste.
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