Favorite Stand-Up Comedians? - Page 3

bytheriver · 05.23.2006, 08:04 AM

The Young ones is still ace. The thing with British Comedy up to that point and it only really ended in the nineties is they were all mates at Cambridge so there was a tendency towards smugness, especially as they got older. The worst of course is Ben Elton who is now so smug they should be able to harness it as a fuel source.

porkmarras · 05.23.2006, 08:06 AM

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The Young ones is still ace. The thing with British Comedy up to that point and it only really ended in the nineties is they were all mates at Cambridge so there was a tendency towards smugness, especially as they got older. The worst of course is Ben Elton who is now so smug they should be able to harness it as a fuel source.

yay

bytheriver · 05.23.2006, 08:09 AM

You can get a lot of the Chris Morris Radio 1 show on Soulseek, that is awesome, and the Blue Jam radio show was amazing.

Did you ever see the Jerry Springer Opera, that was really funny.

sonicl · 05.23.2006, 08:10 AM

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Stewart Lee
Richard Herring................Why did i forget them?bytheriver do you ever listen to Stewart Lee's radio show on Resonance fm?

I saw Stewart Lee opening for Jim Tavare at a show in Chichester, probably somewhere around 1990. He walked on stage and opened with "I see the Queen Mother's just turned 90. She's looking good on it. But then she would, wouldn't she, living on a diet of swan and never having done a day's work in her life". Cue silence...

bytheriver · 05.23.2006, 08:18 AM

Do you remember a sketch where they were pitching sitcom ideas, one of them was "The Bent Coppers - two policeman live together, one's gay, one's corrupt, and they both suffer from curvature of the spine - and are robots made of copper"

porkmarras · 05.23.2006, 08:34 AM

Stewart Lee is a lovely man too.I used to talk to him from time to time when his and Richard Thomas's 'Jerry Springer The Opera' was at the Nt wich is where i work.I've seen Richard Thomas's band Hary Butter playing live at the ICA once and they were a terribly nice mess.The coolest thing about Stewart was seeing him(still a fox even though he put on a bit of weight over the years) wearing a NEU t-shirt in the Green Room

Toilet & Bowels · 05.23.2006, 11:09 AM

i saw stewart lee doing a gig in a pub in camden a year or two ago, his total mastery of comedy was on a par as a spiritual experience with any of the best music gigs i've ever been to.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.23.2006, 11:27 AM

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Micheal Moore

Have you ever seen his stand up? He is terrible. He uses jokes recycled from The Onion and the Daily show, and he screws up the delivery. He is a really unfunny guy live in my opinion.

Rob Instigator · 05.23.2006, 12:02 PM

My favorite stand-ups

Richard Pryor
Redd Foxx
EDDIE IZZARD

Richard Pryor on Fire · 05.23.2006, 12:35 PM

In case anyone did'nt know
RICHARD PRYOR!
Bill Hicks
Steven Wright
Mitch Hedburg
Dave Chapelle
Eddie Izzard.
Chris Rock

Trasher02 · 05.23.2006, 12:35 PM

Hans Teeuwen...
Hands down.

fishmonkey · 05.23.2006, 01:21 PM

russell brand

Hip Priest · 05.23.2006, 01:23 PM

Russell Brand is very very funny indeed. I've only seen him presrnting stuff on tv though, rater than doing stand up, but absolutely superb.

xpresswaytoyrskull · 05.23.2006, 02:06 PM

Eugene Mirman

h8kurdt · 05.23.2006, 02:18 PM

Peter Kay
Bill Bailey
Richard Pryor

All these three are so fuckin funny it hurts. Bill Bailey moreso.

stirling · 05.23.2006, 02:43 PM

Bill Hicks
Steven Wright
and, currently, Sarah Silverman

krastian · 05.23.2006, 03:50 PM

Did you guys see Eddie Izzard on The Henry Rollins Show last week?

marleypumpkin · 05.23.2006, 04:16 PM

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and, currently, Sarah Silverman

She is fucking hilarious. I haven't heard any of her stand-up, but I have seen her on "Mr.Show", & "Aqua Teen Hunger Force".
Where did you hear her stand-up?

LifeDistortion · 05.23.2006, 04:21 PM

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Where did you hear her stand-up?

Sarah Silverman has a concert movie called "Jesus Is Magic", it should be coming out on DVD soon if it hasn't already.

marleypumpkin · 05.23.2006, 04:26 PM

Thanks a million for the info LifeDistortion!

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bytheriver bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 104	The Young ones is still ace. The thing with British Comedy up to that point and it only really ended in the nineties is they were all mates at Cambridge so there was a tendency towards smugness, especially as they got older. The worst of course is Ben Elton who is now so smug they should be able to harness it as a fuel source.
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porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Stewart Lee is a lovely man too.I used to talk to him from time to time when his and Richard Thomas's 'Jerry Springer The Opera' was at the Nt wich is where i work.I've seen Richard Thomas's band Hary Butter playing live at the ICA once and they were a terribly nice mess.The coolest thing about Stewart was seeing him(still a fox even though he put on a bit of weight over the years) wearing a NEU t-shirt in the Green Room __________________
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