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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".
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I think we are in total agreement GC apart maybe from Eddie Izzard.
I like Lee Mack,Billy Connoly,Dara O’Briain aswell as Jimmy Carr.
Their are some decent female comedians slowly getting some recognition like Lucy Porter,Karen Gillan,Lucy Montgommery,Katherine Parkinson,Holly Walsh and Izzy Suttie who are a few that i can think of.
Regarding John Bishop i think he is not funny at all and is probably going down the route of Stan Boardman by laughing at his own punchline before he even says it, I think i am anti Scouse when it comes to comedians.
Peter Kay has gone off the boil for me and was hopeless doing the Brit Awards.
Two woman who always makes me laugh are Claudia Winkleman and Jameila whenever they do panel shows, they are so funny and quirky its just great.
My current favourite comedians currently are Frankie Boyle who’s scabrous brand of humour seems content to dwell in the deepest pits of the gutter, and Chris Rock, he has some of the funniest race-themed comedy skits I’ve ever seen.
Stewart Lee and Jimmy Carr are good too.
Tim Minchin and Andy Parsons are probably my two least favourite.
Well, just back from seeing Stewart Lee, with the tickets I mentioned on the Valentines Day thread, and he was really very good and if your not a fan of Top Gear, which fortunately I’m not, he is definitely worth seeing.
His timing and the way he works the crowd is fantastic and this really is what his whole act is about, so I can understand the comment made (I think by Grassy) that he is more a venue comedian than TV.
We saw him at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon which sits I would guess about 500 and it was about 4/5 full – so not a bad turnout for a Sunday night in Wiltshire. In total he was on stage for about a hour and 20 mins so for £17.00 well worth the money.
His supporting act was a bloke called William Dixon (or Nixon) a really funny Country & Western act.
All in all a good night out.
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