favourite comedians

McChubbin

Dara O Briain, hands down. His comic timing is astonishing!

Scoobydoobydoo

Dara O Briain is just excellent. Very intelligent stand up routines and sharp audience interaction. He manages to be hilarious without offending anyone.
I quite like Dylan Moran.
I used to like Tommy Tiernan but now he just seems to shout a lot and it's boring.
I thought Frankie Boyle was great on Mock the Week but his stand up dvd was dreadful - 60% of the material was recycled gags from MTW and he just insults the audience in a cringeworthy manner.
I think Jack Dee and Jo Brand are very good.
I really don't get Russell Brand or Jason Byrne.

CabaretKitten

Bill Hicks, hands down as the greatest in snarling, abusive and timelss comedy!(seriously, even his Bush jokes are still relevant! which are both hilarious and stand as an example of history repeated)
An ability to turn bitter hatred of self and society into hours of comedic gold...

Bill Bailey bein the favourite, for: a) still having a pulse b) being a musical genius and c) seemingly managing to climb the ladder form "drunken rambling street walker" to "international uber-star"

krudler

Its ironic that you watch Bill Hicks early 90s material a year ago and it would still be as relevant as ever

Not enough love for Christopher Titus on here, youtube his shows Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding and Love is Evol, the first is about his family, the second his divorce and aftermath, brilliantly funny and very, very candid stuff, especially about his mother, a paranoid schizophrenic suicidal alchoholic, example paraphrased joke "My dad rang me up and said that my mom had gotten out of therapy, and killed herself, I hung up, then rang back and asked if she'd taken anyone with her and he said "y'know that was my first question as well!" "

CabaretKitten

krudler wrote: »

Its ironic that you watch Bill Hicks early 90s material a year ago and it would still be as relevant as ever


example paraphrased joke "My dad rang me up and said that my mom had gotten out of therapy, and killed herself, I hung up, then rang back and asked if she'd taken anyone with her and he said "y'know that was my first question as well!" "

Its mad how Bills stand up around politics was so relevant, i mean if you didn know better, you'd think he was talkin about current events (well last year as you said)

What show is that stuff about Christopher Titus mother from? I was lookin on youtube...

krudler

CabaretKitten wrote: »

Its mad how Bills stand up around politics was so relevant, i mean if you didn know better, you'd think he was talkin about current events (well last year as you said)

What show is that stuff about Christopher Titus mother from? I was lookin on youtube...

Its from Normal Rockwell is Bleeding, works better if you watch the whole thing as its a build up moment, but heres the clip:

christina_x

russel howard

CabaretKitten

krudler wrote: »

Its from Normal Rockwell is Bleeding, works better if you watch the whole thing

Yeah i found it! I LOVED it, seriously, feelin better about my own MI already! ha ha
I found Love is Evol aswel, cheers for the link!

*inserts love for Christopher Titus to the thread*

Nice one!

tech77

krudler wrote: »

Its from Normal Rockwell is Bleeding, works better if you watch the whole thing as its a build up moment, but heres the clip:

Made me laugh.
Equally affecting and funny.
His mom's suicide is some hardcore material to riff on.

Edit: from another clip:
"pranks that happened to be felonies" is a great line.

IsThisIt???

Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran, Bill Hicks, Bill Bailey

And don't think Demetri Martin has been mentioned here but he does some of the funniest stuff i've ever seen!!

Slugs

Sean collins (look him up on youtube, ****ing amazing), Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Tommy Tiernan, Billy connolly.

Mental_Legend

Frankie Boyle
Hugh Dennis
Dara O' Briain
Lee Evans
Michael McIntyre
Jason Manford
Stewart Francis

And there's probably a lot more I can't think of at the moment.

kalleballe

My all time favourites:

Dylan Moran
Mitch Hedberg
Bill Hicks
Eugene Mirman
David Cross

grames_bond

IsThisIt??? wrote: »

Demetri Martindoes some of the funniest stuff i've ever seen!!

yes he does....mitch hedbergs material!*


*disclaimer: its not ALL of hedbergs stuff but definatley a good few jokes

krudler

tech77 wrote: »

Made me laugh.
Equally affecting and funny.
His mom's suicide is some hardcore material to riff on.

Edit: from another clip:
"pranks that happened to be felonies" is a great line.

Its the funny mixed in with real life tragedy that works, I love his fathers retelling of his conception story "So we start getting it on, but its your mother so I'm palming a blade..."

senordingdong

Jimmy Carr ftw.

Monksie

dylan moran, russell howard, frankie boyle (so sad he left mock the week) i like lee evans but hes on tv too much, i think u either love him or hate him tbh! eddie izzard is HILARIOUS. neil delamare. theres also a really funny welsh comedian but i cant recall his name!:P

Bassboxxx

Ed Burns, Des Bishop or Deirdre O' Kane.

hahahahahahahahahahaha....aw that was funny:D


No seriously tho Stewart Lee, Ricky Gervais, Bill Hicks, Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle or funny women it'd have to be Joan Rivers.

squidgey

Bassboxxx wrote: »

Ed Burns, Des Bishop or Deirdre O' Kane.

hahahahahahahahahahaha....aw that was funny:D


Who is Ed Burns? Never heard of him

pikachucheeks

In order ;

Bill Bailey
Dylan Moran
Michael McIntyre
Frankie Boyle
Dara O'Briain
Russell Howard

Bassboxxx

squidgey wrote: »

Bassboxxx wrote: »

Ed Burns, Des Bishop or Deirdre O' Kane.

hahahahahahahahahahaha....aw that was funny:D


Who is Ed Burns? Never heard of him

Sorry meant Ed Byrne, how did i forget that!!

ForeverYoung90

Tommy Tiernan....what a legend!:pac::pac:

steve_r

Greg Giraldo - He does the lyrics on the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJeNok-lTEw - Lazy Boy ::: Underwear Goes Inside The Pants

David Cross - An Open Letter to Larry the Cable Guy (1 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDimQTJMjB0

Used to love Dylan Moran, not so keen on the latest show I've seen tho.

Owldshtok

Groucho Marx
Tommy Cooper
Harry Enfield
Bill Bailey

Can't stand Neil Delamere.His voice is irritating.He's like someone who is confident enough to be on TV,and has studied lots of comedians in order to come up with quick witted lines,but has nothing new or original.He's not a natural.A true comedian is one who can almost make you laugh by just looking at them.Not this guy.

HereticPrincess

Mitch Hedberg ♥

Millie

I think Frankie Boyle is deadly and got tickets for one of his show's in Vicar Street as a Valentine's gift for my boy.
He'll be thrilled.

Raemie

Owldshtok wrote: »

Can't stand Neil Delamere.His voice is irritating.He's like someone who is confident enough to be on TV,and has studied lots of comedians in order to come up with quick witted lines,but has nothing new or original.He's not a natural.A true comedian is one who can almost make you laugh by just looking at them.Not this guy.

I've never liked him on telly but i saw him live once and he was really good. Maybe its because he's always stuck behind a desk or or he can't curse but he looks at bit awkward and uncomfortable on tv.

Best stand up for me are Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Dylan Moran, Dara O'Briain, Eddie Izzard (old stuff more than new), Ed Byrne (sorry everybody :P) Bill Bailey and Demitri Martin

dublin 16 lad

Stewart Lee is absolutely genius, extremely intelligent and manipulates the crowd like no other

Search 'Stewart Lee-identity' and watch him at his best. Hilarious stuff

Jimmy Carr is very funny if you like his type of humour

Despise Lee Evans, jumping around the stage doesn't make you funny.Very rarely makes me laugh or even smile

Like Billy Connolly, specially his earlier stuff

Love Hicks, although don't find him that hilarious. I find I just watch him and agree with nearly everything he say's. Way ahead of his time

bernyh

In no particular order!

Billy Connolly
Frankie Boyle
Michael McIntyre
Chris Rock
Andrew Maxwell (sorry I know it's a bit controversial, but he was brill in when I saw him in vicar st)
PJ Gallagher
John Bishop (seen him in Ivy Gardens last year really liked him)
Jason Byrne (kinda, not sure if I always like him)
Dylan Moran (love black books as well)
Bill Bailey
Omid Djaly
Some Iranian girl can't remember her name but love her on comedy store!
Al Murray

I'm sure the list is longer but can't think of others!!