Good choice. We obviously have a similar taste in our dislike of certain performers of comedy. Lee Evans. Gets through a lot of washing. Nice bloke, I'm sure. Not funny.
Lee Evans proves all you need to become a comedian is the ability to make stupid faces and noises and run around the stage.
He was in There's Something About Mary, and it was all downhill from there. I could moan for hours about comedians I dislike. I particularly dislike the Mock The Week guys, with the exception of Dara O'Briain, and I suppose Russell Howard has his merits. Don't like Michael McIntyre either. Also, anyone who appears in adverts.
Broadly speaking, yes. The jokes that tend to get comedians in the most trouble are ones that are just lazy attacks on individuals. There are some good jokes told by some funny people based on racial stereotypes. People laugh if you choose your angle well.
Still strikes me that this part of the offence is purely obout the actus reus. The next part of the act seems to be more about intention. I think this is basically meant to catch anybody who makes reference to the victims race when they are commiting another offence, whether they intended to demonstrate hostility or not. I think the entire mens rea element is bound up within the base offence of harrasment.
I thought Peter Kay was decent in his early years, but then he didn't change his act and he got boring. I'm not a fan of observational comedy really, but he did it well for a bit.
Is it unfashionable to like David Mitchell? Know he's not a stand up per se, but his sketch show was one of the most original for years, and he is a very fine comic actor.
The new series is this autumn right? Feels like ages since the last one. Always astounds me that it doesn't get bigger audiences when something like 'Not going Out' regularly pulls in about 5 million. Then again 2012 was seen by nobody apart from me either...
It is ages, been almost two years. Webb said on Twitter a while back that it's this Autumn, so unless there have been problems in production I'd assume so.
Jim Jeffries stand up is very offensive, but he is absolutely hysterical. Unlike Frankie Boyle who literally makes offensive jokes for attention. It's a shame, as he is quite witty, but he ruins it by trying to offend everyone all the time, for no reason. I agree with everyone when they say nothing should be off-limits for comedy, as long as it is funny. What I will say though, is that this Tosh thing has been quoted differently in every article I have seen. No doubt the original comment was probably quite funny. If you're likely to get offended by words, don't go and see a stand up comedian. It's not rocket science. I bet she is a Daily Mail reader.
Am watching and loving 2012 too. Peep Show really is awesome. I think the 10pm slot on channel 4 puts some people off. My dad surely isn't the only person who religiously watches the news at 10 and there is a fair bit of good comedy he misses out on. 4 has loads of good comedy and often trumps the BBC.
