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Best Comedian Ever

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  1. Mick Buxton's Allotment

    Mick Buxton's Allotment Well-Known Member

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    My favourite comedian, ever, saying something that I think resonates, following the Brexit vote



     
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  3. Billy Death

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    Billy Connoly.
     
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    Loved his early stuff....got a bit boring after 'Billy and Albert'

    Current favourite.... Jim Jeffries :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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    Seen Billy live a few times including Barrowland, Glasgow.
    Brilliant gig.
     
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    I wouldn't say I have an all time favourite but Russell Howard is a funny bloke.
     
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    Chubby, Peter kay , Robin Williams.
     
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  8. Tel (they/them)

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    Rik Mayall
     
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    He's got a tendency to try too hard I think.

    Still a funny guy though, doesn't rely on shock or offence to get laughs.
     
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    Yeah he probably does, kind of adds to his charm though he's like a puppy that's eager to please. Sounds patronising but you know what I mean.
     
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    Richard prior
     
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    Chubby Brown

    Bart
     
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    Billy Connolly!

    Thread closed!!!!
     
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    ^^^^^ this! ^^^^^
     
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    An audience with Billy Connolly is the funniest show I have ever seen! The incontinence pants sketch being the best ever!
     
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    It wasn't all that long ago that Michael McIntyre had me in stitches, now I'd like to punch him square in his smirking face, mid skip preferably. Peter Kay had a brief golden age until it transpired that he didn't have any new material beyond the dunking biscuits routine.
     
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    George Carlin at Carnegie Hall - the second time I think. "For a while there Richard Prior and I were having a little bit of a competition. Richard Prior had a heart attack ... so I had a heart attack. Then Richard Prior burnt himself up. **** that. I had another heart attack."
     
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    I honestly couldn't say which is my favourite of all time.. some of The Big Yin stuff has been great. I also loved Dave Allan..I have never liked Chubby Brown though..I don't find him funny at all.
     
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    Louis CK is probably my favourite stand up at the minute.
     
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    George Carlin was very funny, but like others I enjoy The Big Yin...Peter Kay, Eddie Murphy and Dave Allen. However that Michael McIntyre is about as funny as aids.
     
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