Comedians

Dick · 25 May 2003, 11:09

Is Billy Connolley the funniest comedian in the world or What? Come on now everyone be honest.

Dick

Ben · 25 May 2003, 13:04

he's not really my cup of tea im afraid. i like comedians like Mike reid and Roy Chubby Brown.

I also like Rik Maylle and Ade Edminson, in the Young Ones and Bottom, i think there well funny!!

Chris · 25 May 2003, 15:09

I am not really a Connolley fan!

Prefer jasper Carrott, Peter Kay and of course Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and all thsoe greats.

Classic Cooper:

A chap came up to me in the street today and said "I wanna cut off the bottom six inches of your trousers and put them in the library." I said "Well, thats a turn up for the books!!!"

Dick · 25 May 2003, 15:19

I agree, Tommy, Tops, Eric & Ernie, Tops, Rik and Ade, Tops(so good i'm going to see them live in Belfast the night after and berfore Meat :) )

One thing i dont understand likeing Chubbs and not Billy, classic Billy, "Mexico in south America shares and extaordinary simalarity with Cairo in Egypt...the smell of s hit!"

Dick.

Also like Ken Dodd, going to see him in October.

Ben · 25 May 2003, 15:23

well, to be honest ive only ever seen a bit of billy, so perhaps if i saw abit more of him . ill try and check some out.

tukayaway · 25 May 2003, 15:23

Peter Kay - Have it!
Jack Dee
Lee Evans - Monkey Boy

What about comedy programs? Fave of all time is Red Dwarf. Closely followed by Porridge.

Jen · 25 May 2003, 16:11

Billy Connolley is the best

Jack Dee and Jasper Carrot can be really funny and Morecambe and Wise are hilarious.

Red Dwarf has got to be one of the funniest shows ever, met Craig Charles once he's a funny guy.

Tim · 25 May 2003, 16:21

Some Dutch comedians are also great:
Youp van het Hek
Hans Teeuwen
Hans Liberg (also international with his great show)

**The Flying Mouse** · 25 May 2003, 17:15

Fav comediens and shows.
STAND UP
Ken Dodd.
Robin Williams.
Tommy Cooper.
Jasper Carrott.
Ed Byrne.

COMEDY SHOWS
Frasier.
The Simpsons.
Red Dwarf.
Blackadder.
Bottom.

Also love Norman Wisdom and a lot of the classics like Laurel & Hardy

Renegade Angel · 25 May 2003, 18:02

Not In Any Order

STAND UP

Jack Dee
Peter Kay
Billy Connolly

TV SHOWS

Alan Partridge
Only Fools and Horses
Pheonix Nights
Men Behaving Badly
Father Ted
Ali G
Bo Selecta
League Of Gentlemen
The Office
Bottom / Young Ones

I must admit I love comedy - Steve Coogan is very funny as Alan Partrige and Paul Calf.

The Office has been great - Ricky gervais is great as David Brent and there is a great supporting cast.

Men Behaving Badly is not everyones cup of tea but I find it very easy to watch.

Bo Selecta is just so stupid that its funny so if you've never watched it then check it out - new series starts 6th june.
Last series highlight was Micheal Jack(ass) naked chicken skating!!!!

Only fools and Horses - best comedy ever!!!!

League Of Gentlemen - first two series were excellent but the last few have been PATHETIC!!!!!

sherrie87 · 25 May 2003, 23:59

Billy Connolly very briefly had a show in the US, and I really like him. I haven't seen much of his other work, though. I am a big fan of Rik Mayal and Ade Edminson as Young Ones, Comic Strip Presents and Bad News had a short run on American MTV in the late 1980's. Mayal had an American movie called "Drop Dead Fred", I was literally the only one in the theatre to pay to see it! I also like Fawlty Towers, Not the Nine o' Clock News, Only When I Laugh and of course Monty Python. Very little British comedy is now shown where I live, though we get a bit of Black Adder once a week.

Sherrie

besty01 · 26 May 2003, 01:27

bill hicks
dennis leary
bo selecta(really funny)
eddie murphy(saturday night live)

Asha · 26 May 2003, 02:14

Personally I like Youp van 't Hek and Bert Visscher a lot, but they're both Dutch so you'll probably don't know them.

Chris · 26 May 2003, 13:04

I like almost any comedy programmes on TV although I cannot abide the Office!!!!!!

I prefer all the classic sitcoms - Open all Hours, Porridge, Summer Wine, Fawlty Towers, Only Fools & Horses, The Good Life etc etc

original sin · 26 May 2003, 23:27

love all the Monty Python Stuff, Young Ones, Bottom, Inspector Clouseau....
did you say minky???

badger · 27 May 2003, 02:40

STAND UP
Peter Kay
Billy Connolly
Lee Evans
Eddie Izzard

TV SHOWS
Royle Family
Alan Partridge
Blackadder
Only Fools and Horses
Pheonix Nights
Father Ted
League Of Gentlemen
The Office
The Simpsons

CAN'T STAND
Chubby Brown (i think he is a sexist pig :o) )

Testify · 27 May 2003, 12:24

well dont really like n e of em, but i like the simpsons v much!! has meat bin a character on it?? i think he sould. would be funny meat bein yellow peson ( thats one my nan calls em)

im a fan of my uncle cos hez a v funny bloke

Jen · 27 May 2003, 23:49

Here's some classic Billy Connolly for you, saw it in today's paper...

The best way to identify a tartan is to look under the kilt, if you see a quarter pounder, then you know it's a McDonald.

It was so cold I woke up and found an ice cube in the bed, I threw it in the fireand it went FART!

Testify · 28 May 2003, 17:07

meats abit of a comic, i find him funny

badger · 28 May 2003, 22:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Testify

well dont really like n e of em, but i like the simpsons v much!! has meat bin a character on it??

No, but that is an amazingly good idea! How funny would he be! I know he has been in South Park, not sure about any other cartoons.

Testify · 28 May 2003, 23:05

it would be well funny!! he could like erm, mmmm, thinking of an idea, er, this could take a while...........

well i cant think of one right now but if they do they beta have him with his short hair cut, cos he looks v nice with it!!

badger · 28 May 2003, 23:09

He would have to take over the whole episode though! Maybe that could be the script, he just turns up everywhere! No small cameo for Meat.

Testify · 28 May 2003, 23:21

yeh that be good, causin trouble everywhere, n bart turns to him in need which makes homer jelous n is ditermind to things beta that meat but he gets thrown of stage at a concert meats doin, sort of thing, then at the end he gives a speech to bart n homer, n then sets off down the road either walking with a guitar, of ridin off on a bike, or in a merc!! a black one!! i aint v good a stories....

maybe a topic could be opened for this with ideas of what could be done??
Tim???

badger · 28 May 2003, 23:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Testify

n then sets off down the road either walking with a guitar, of ridin off on a bike, or in a merc!! a black one!!

On a silver and black phantom bike!!!!

GREAT IDEA!

sorry, no need to shout!

Testify · 28 May 2003, 23:26

dont apologise, i dont mind!!

i thought it was abit pants, but hey. hehe

25 May 2003, 11:09	#1
Dick Super Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Donaghadee, Northern Ireland Posts: 385	Comedians Is Billy Connolley the funniest comedian in the world or What? Come on now everyone be honest. Dick

26 May 2003, 01:27	#12
besty01 Senior Loafer Join Date: 03.05.2003 Location: ballynahinch n ireland Posts: 105	comedians bill hicks dennis leary bo selecta(really funny) eddie murphy(saturday night live)

25 May 2003, 13:04	#2
Ben Mega Loafer Join Date: 19.03.2003 Location: Kent, England Posts: 4,163	he's not really my cup of tea im afraid. i like comedians like Mike reid and Roy Chubby Brown. I also like Rik Maylle and Ade Edminson, in the Young Ones and Bottom, i think there well funny!!

25 May 2003, 15:09	#3
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	I am not really a Connolley fan! Prefer jasper Carrott, Peter Kay and of course Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and all thsoe greats. Classic Cooper: A chap came up to me in the street today and said "I wanna cut off the bottom six inches of your trousers and put them in the library." I said "Well, thats a turn up for the books!!!"

25 May 2003, 15:19	#4
Dick Super Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Donaghadee, Northern Ireland Posts: 385	I agree, Tommy, Tops, Eric & Ernie, Tops, Rik and Ade, Tops(so good i'm going to see them live in Belfast the night after and berfore Meat :) ) One thing i dont understand likeing Chubbs and not Billy, classic Billy, "Mexico in south America shares and extaordinary simalarity with Cairo in Egypt...the smell of s hit!" Dick. Also like Ken Dodd, going to see him in October.

25 May 2003, 15:23	#5
Ben Mega Loafer Join Date: 19.03.2003 Location: Kent, England Posts: 4,163	well, to be honest ive only ever seen a bit of billy, so perhaps if i saw abit more of him . ill try and check some out.

25 May 2003, 15:23	#6
tukayaway Super Loafer Join Date: 12.05.2002 Location: Luton, England Posts: 485	Peter Kay - Have it! Jack Dee Lee Evans - Monkey Boy What about comedy programs? Fave of all time is Red Dwarf. Closely followed by Porridge.

25 May 2003, 16:11	#7
Jen Arrrgh! Join Date: 01.03.2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,938	Billy Connolley is the best Jack Dee and Jasper Carrot can be really funny and Morecambe and Wise are hilarious. Red Dwarf has got to be one of the funniest shows ever, met Craig Charles once he's a funny guy.

25 May 2003, 16:21	#8
Tim The Butcher Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Westervoort, The Netherlands Posts: 10,321	Some Dutch comedians are also great: Youp van het Hek Hans Teeuwen Hans Liberg (also international with his great show)

25 May 2003, 17:15	#9
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Fav comediens and shows. STAND UP Ken Dodd. Robin Williams. Tommy Cooper. Jasper Carrott. Ed Byrne. COMEDY SHOWS Frasier. The Simpsons. Red Dwarf. Blackadder. Bottom. Also love Norman Wisdom and a lot of the classics like Laurel & Hardy

25 May 2003, 18:02	#10
Renegade Angel Super Loafer Join Date: 20.04.2003 Location: UK Posts: 551	Not In Any Order STAND UP Jack Dee Peter Kay Billy Connolly TV SHOWS Alan Partridge Only Fools and Horses Pheonix Nights Men Behaving Badly Father Ted Ali G Bo Selecta League Of Gentlemen The Office Bottom / Young Ones I must admit I love comedy - Steve Coogan is very funny as Alan Partrige and Paul Calf. The Office has been great - Ricky gervais is great as David Brent and there is a great supporting cast. Men Behaving Badly is not everyones cup of tea but I find it very easy to watch. Bo Selecta is just so stupid that its funny so if you've never watched it then check it out - new series starts 6th june. Last series highlight was Micheal Jack(ass) naked chicken skating!!!! Only fools and Horses - best comedy ever!!!! League Of Gentlemen - first two series were excellent but the last few have been PATHETIC!!!!!

25 May 2003, 23:59	#11
sherrie87 Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.02.2003 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 1,262	Billy Connolly very briefly had a show in the US, and I really like him. I haven't seen much of his other work, though. I am a big fan of Rik Mayal and Ade Edminson as Young Ones, Comic Strip Presents and Bad News had a short run on American MTV in the late 1980's. Mayal had an American movie called "Drop Dead Fred", I was literally the only one in the theatre to pay to see it! I also like Fawlty Towers, Not the Nine o' Clock News, Only When I Laugh and of course Monty Python. Very little British comedy is now shown where I live, though we get a bit of Black Adder once a week. Sherrie

26 May 2003, 02:14	#13
Asha Mega Loafer Join Date: 05.05.2003 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 1,356	Personally I like Youp van 't Hek and Bert Visscher a lot, but they're both Dutch so you'll probably don't know them.

26 May 2003, 13:04	#14
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	I like almost any comedy programmes on TV although I cannot abide the Office!!!!!! I prefer all the classic sitcoms - Open all Hours, Porridge, Summer Wine, Fawlty Towers, Only Fools & Horses, The Good Life etc etc

26 May 2003, 23:27	#15
original sin Sinner Join Date: 15.04.2003 Location: cyber space Posts: 2,457	love all the Monty Python Stuff, Young Ones, Bottom, Inspector Clouseau.... did you say minky???

27 May 2003, 02:40	#16
badger Super Loafer Join Date: 23.10.2002 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 511	STAND UP Peter Kay Billy Connolly Lee Evans Eddie Izzard TV SHOWS Royle Family Alan Partridge Blackadder Only Fools and Horses Pheonix Nights Father Ted League Of Gentlemen The Office The Simpsons CAN'T STAND Chubby Brown (i think he is a sexist pig :o) )

27 May 2003, 12:24	#17
Testify ragamuffin Join Date: 21.05.2003 Location: xxx daydreaming xxx Posts: 5,023	well dont really like n e of em, but i like the simpsons v much!! has meat bin a character on it?? i think he sould. would be funny meat bein yellow peson ( thats one my nan calls em) im a fan of my uncle cos hez a v funny bloke

27 May 2003, 23:49	#18
Jen Arrrgh! Join Date: 01.03.2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,938	Here's some classic Billy Connolly for you, saw it in today's paper... The best way to identify a tartan is to look under the kilt, if you see a quarter pounder, then you know it's a McDonald. It was so cold I woke up and found an ice cube in the bed, I threw it in the fireand it went FART!

28 May 2003, 17:07	#19
Testify ragamuffin Join Date: 21.05.2003 Location: xxx daydreaming xxx Posts: 5,023	meats abit of a comic, i find him funny

28 May 2003, 23:05	#21
Testify ragamuffin Join Date: 21.05.2003 Location: xxx daydreaming xxx Posts: 5,023	it would be well funny!! he could like erm, mmmm, thinking of an idea, er, this could take a while........... well i cant think of one right now but if they do they beta have him with his short hair cut, cos he looks v nice with it!!

28 May 2003, 23:09	#22
badger Super Loafer Join Date: 23.10.2002 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 511	He would have to take over the whole episode though! Maybe that could be the script, he just turns up everywhere! No small cameo for Meat.

28 May 2003, 23:21	#23
Testify ragamuffin Join Date: 21.05.2003 Location: xxx daydreaming xxx Posts: 5,023	yeh that be good, causin trouble everywhere, n bart turns to him in need which makes homer jelous n is ditermind to things beta that meat but he gets thrown of stage at a concert meats doin, sort of thing, then at the end he gives a speech to bart n homer, n then sets off down the road either walking with a guitar, of ridin off on a bike, or in a merc!! a black one!! i aint v good a stories.... maybe a topic could be opened for this with ideas of what could be done?? Tim???

28 May 2003, 23:26	#25
Testify ragamuffin Join Date: 21.05.2003 Location: xxx daydreaming xxx Posts: 5,023	dont apologise, i dont mind!! i thought it was abit pants, but hey. hehe