Off Topic Favourite comedians.

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Indeed. The children's books were comedy. His production company makes comedy. It's as you said;
'The most successful comedian (in fanancial terms) is Ricky Gervais and he's a right annoying twat.'


Well I like him ... He is annoying though. An Idiot abroad is to me a great watch.
 
"Do you remember space hoppers and teachers making you come into the school when it rained at lunch time?"

My love of Kay mainly comes from his tv work such as That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix NIghts rather than his stand up, which is perfectly fine IMO, but nowhere next to a Carlin or Williams.

Well I like him ... He is annoying though. An Idiot abroad is to me a great watch.

That's more Karl Pilkington than Gervais, who in comparison is does little.
 
My love of Kay mainly comes from his tv work such as That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix NIghts rather than his stand up, which is perfectly fine IMO, but nowhere next to a Carlin or Williams.



That's more Karl Pilkington than Gervais, who in comparison is does little.

Other than the entire concept of the programme itself (along with Merchant) and getting it made by Sky or indeed ever getting Karl onto the air on radio ... If Karl had floated the idea of the programme to Sky he never would have even been invited for a meeting.
 
My love of Kay mainly comes from his tv work such as That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix NIghts rather than his stand up, which is perfectly fine IMO, but nowhere next to a Carlin or Williams.



That's more Karl Pilkington than Gervais, who in comparison is does little.


I suppose he was the main player in the conception of it. I think we have all known a Karl Pilkington in our lives.
 
Other than the entire concept of the programme itself (along with Merchant) and getting it made by Sky or indeed ever getting Karl onto the air on radio ... If Karl had floated the idea of the programme to Sky he never would have even been invited for a meeting.

Never suggested otherwise, maybe I worded it poorly. The selling point of the show and the main performance is Pilkington, not Gervais.

As a writer, Gervais is great, like most comedians. I think as a person Gervais is great, too. I just don't like him in front of the camera. Though as I said, I can perfectly understand why people do like him.

Let's just agree to disagree, cba cluttering up this thread with who we dislike rather than the opposite.
 
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My love of Kay mainly comes from his tv work such as That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix NIghts rather than his stand up, which is perfectly fine IMO, but nowhere next to a Carlin or Williams.



That's more Karl Pilkington than Gervais, who in comparison is does little.
Charlie Williams??

Pisses Me off the way a lot of these young comedians do s few gigs and get straight onto mock the week etc

John Richardson burst onto the scene a few years ago and sells out City Hall, few years later and he's playing baron ropewalk.

Mickey Flanagans head and shoulders the best stand up around.
Lee Mack too.

Old school, mick millers a good stand up.
 
Best I've seen live recently was Mick Miller who was on TV in the 70's. He really is superb live at comedy clubs. I've seen Reg D. Hunter 4 or 5 times and he's great. Ross Noble was superb the first time I saw him, but had an off day next time; maybe as the club had a power cut mid evening which spoilt our drinking when they evacuated. We saw Peter Kay for a fiver in a pub in his early days and he was excellent; some of the material is still regularly on TV. Daniel Kitson is very clever and Nathan Caton worth a watch. I saw Johnny Vegas once and he went on so long our car was locked in the car park till morning. He'd had more than a few.
 
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Best I've seen live recently was Mick Miller who was on TV in the 70's. He really is superb live at comedy clubs. I've seen Reg D. Hunter 4 or 5 times and he's great. Ross Noble was superb the first time I saw him, but had an off day next time; maybe as the club had a power cut mid evening which spoilt our drinking when they evacuated. We saw Peter Kay for a fiver in a pub in his early days and he was excellent; some of the material is still regularly on TV. Daniel Kitson is very clever and Nathan Caton worth a watch. I saw Johnny Vegas once and he went on so long our car was locked in the car park till morning. He'd had more than a few.
As a kid in Brid I saw Les Dawson, Ken Dodd, Charlie Williams etc. One who surprised us was the actor who played Seth in Emmerdale; really good as a comedian.