Worst comedians?

Copa Mundial

Jason Byrne, seems to think that shouting makes the average sentence hilarious.

murpho999

Mario Rosenstock is someone I find poor. Was decent on radio years ago but now his TV show on RTE is awful.

Poorly scripted with limited impressions and he just looks arrogant to me. Comes across as thinking that he is hilariously funny and talented.

breffni bogballer

Cant believe Johnny Vegas hasnt got a mention,he's just a slobbering b#####x

Lollipops23

StewartGriffin wrote: »

Panti Bliss.

Not one bit funny.

She's not a comedian- she's a drag act.

murpho999

Lollipops23 wrote: »

She's not a comedian- she's a drag act.

Who tells jokes between songs, hence a comedic act.

Mike Guide 69

Stewart Lee - Prefer his written material to his stand up routines, just doesnt seem to transfer over on the live circuit....

Darra O Briain - Oh good ****, cannot stand the man and his humour. Saw a dvd of his , live at the apollo and the jokes especially the ones talking about the "orish" and "how we're a great little country....", borders on gombeen , picture postcard pukeness, a muppet of the highest order!!!

Kev W

murpho999 wrote: »

Who tells jokes between songs, hence a comedic act.

By that metric The Rat Pack were comedians. They weren't though.

vulmac

The Sun King wrote: »

This is a safe space, don't be scared. Say his name. I'll say it with you.

3..2..1..

Russell Howard.

NO no NO please NOooooooooooooo He has to be one of the worst people who stand up and think they are funny. Notice that I did not mention the word comedian in my first sentence.:D

rubadub

recylingbin wrote: »

Bill Hicks. /thread

So you and the 2 people who liked your post would agree that Roy Chubby Brown is a better comedian than Bill Hicks?

I am not a big fan of Hicks, but mother of god if you honestly think he is the worst comedian you have either not watched many or have a strange sense of humour.

ballsymchugh

Lollipops23 wrote: »

She's not a comedian- she's a drag act.

he had a slot at the vodafone comedy festival in the Iveagh gardens over the summer

DEFTLEFTHAND

Lollipops23 wrote: »

She's not a comedian- she's a drag act.

Panti is a drag queen, not a transgender female.

XR3i

it's not easy to be funny nowadays

Rented Mule

Zaph wrote: »

I knew I forgot someone! I'd rather have an hour long rectal exam than sit through him. His popularity has been an enduring mystery to me.

Are you free for lunch?

dpofloinn

Ill see your worst comedians and raise you Patrick McDonnell

XR3i

Rented Mule wrote: »

Are you free for lunch?

i am, you paying ya?

Kev W

rubadub wrote: »

So you and the 2 people who liked your post would agree that Roy Chubby Brown is a better comedian than Bill Hicks?

I am not a big fan of Hicks, but mother of god if you honestly think he is the worst comedian you have either not watched many or have a strange sense of humour.

I used to be such a huge Hicks fan but his stuff has not aged well at all.

Kev W

dpofloinn wrote: »

Ill see your worst comedians and raise you Patrick McDonnell

I followed that link and it reminded me that Stew happened and I don't want to be alive anymore.

Eugene Norman

NothingMan wrote: »

Hi there... I mean eh... I'm not Al... feck I'm caught.

Seriously though, I wonder if he, or any other of the Irish comics mentioned have been on here. I'm glad there's not a "Worst IT guy" thread, seems people really like to hate. I'd be a shell of a techy reading personal reviews of my work/personality.

Well yes but people who self publicise are rarely shy or self conscious.

Grayditch

Lollipops23 wrote: »

She's not a comedian- she's a drag act.

Which brings us back to Brendan O'Carroll...

Truckermal

Tommy Tiernan and his horrible comments about special needs children...

StewartGriffin

Lollipops23 wrote: »

She's not a comedian- she's a drag act.

Grayditch wrote: »

Which brings us back to Brendan O'Carroll...

Met Brendan in a pub in Galway once. A lovely woman, very down to earth so she is.

George White

Michael McIntyre and Jack Whitehall.
Both got their careers to nepotism.
McIntyre's dad was Kenny Everett's director/creative collaborator, Whitehall's dad a showbiz agent for the likes of Geoffrey "Catweazle" Bayldon.

bnt

I've been in Ireland for 16 years and have only been to live comedy once: it was so bad that I've never been tempted since. The headline act ... I'm not going to name names, on the off chance she's on here. I can only describe her as an Irish knockoff of Jo Brand, without the good taste or the jokes. :eek:

gaius c

Brendan O'Carroll been mentioned?

gaius c

Kev W wrote: »

Noel Fielding was great as one half of The Mighty Boosh. On his own however... oh dear...

He was very good in the IT crowd.

huey1975

Maeve Higgins is the only person who laughs at Maeve Higgins jokes.
However if you turn down the volume you might laugh as she is very funny looking.
Inflicting Maeve Higgins on the world gives us all another reason to hate ray darcy

vulmac

George White wrote: »

Michael McIntyre and Jack Whitehall.
Both got their careers to nepotism.
McIntyre's dad was Kenny Everett's director/creative collaborator, Whitehall's dad a showbiz agent for the likes of Geoffrey "Catweazle" Bayldon.

Whitehall is now very unfunny on Royal Variety Performance UTV along with another unfunny one ROMESH RANGANATHAN he fills in with Jack Dee in the now disappointing The Apprentice Your Fired. This show has gone to hell since Daragh left

J Mysterio

bnt wrote: »

I've been in Ireland for 16 years and have only been to live comedy once: it was so bad that I've never been tempted since. The headline act ... I'm not going to name names, on the off chance she's on here. I can only describe her as an Irish knockoff of Jo Brand, without the good taste or the jokes. :eek:

Where are you from?

DEFTLEFTHAND

I never understood why Sam Kinison was so popular. I like blue 'edgy' comedy while it's done well, however when it's just loudmouth vulgarity with no punchline it's brutal stuff to listen to. Andrew Dice Clay also falls into this category, all shock and no wit.

Kerrydude1981

Brendan O Carroll is as funny as ten kicks in the stones off a donkey

The Sun King

gaius c wrote: »

He was very good in the IT crowd.

Watched that show for one episode. Dreadful stuff.

In fact, that curly headed goon is so insufferably unfunny every time I've seen him that it causes me physical pain and lost sleep.

etoughguy

Truckermal wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan and his horrible comments about special needs children...

What did he say?

Summer wind

Sarah Millican. Sweet Jesus how she's made a career out of comedy I can't understand. And to add to that her voice is horrendous.

Blind Faith

Duncan Thickett.

Ally Dick

I find most women unfunny. Struggling hard to think of a good one.....

StewartGriffin

Ally Dick wrote: »

I find most women unfunny. Struggling hard to think of a good one.....

Brendan O' Carroll?

mikeym

Any comedian that has to resort to talking about Marty Morrissey is not funny.

Amy Schumer seems to have that sexy next door girl persona about her but shes not funny.

Hammer89

mikeym wrote: »

Any comedian that has to resort to talking about Marty Morrissey is not funny.

Amy Schumer seems to have that sexy next door girl persona about her but shes not funny.

Or sexy.

colossus-x

I second (or third or forth ) Tommy Tiernan. He is funny as in the alternative interpretation of the word.

Austria!

I don't know why stand up generates so much hate. Any other art form people just go, yeah, not my type of book/painting/song.

Pretty much everyone mentioned is successful so must have loads of people who find them funny. As a comedian all you can do is come up with some jokes and see what people laugh at. If someone's not funny, blame their audiences at their new material try-outs.

pgj2015 wrote: »

iliza shlesinger

Ok, I know it undermines everything I've said but I have to admit, I can't stand her.

But this is the worst. She's a real comedian with a website and everything, this isn't an open mic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv-7feBZtGQ

PopePalpatine

I had to look up Chubby Roy Brown to see what's so bad about him. If he were 50 years younger he'd be the sort who sends rape threats to feminists, anti-racism activists and LGBT advocates.

The Sun King

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I had to look up Chubby Roy Brown to see what's so bad about him. If he were 50 years younger he'd be the sort who sends rape threats to feminists, anti-racism activists and LGBT advocates.

Just looked him up myself. I am asylum seeker. I bet the type that pay to see him had it as their ringtone for weeks.

RayM

Ally Dick wrote: »

I find most women unfunny. Struggling hard to think of a good one.....

There's an awful whiff of misogyny off that kind of comment.

I can think of several female comedians who I think are really good (Katherine Ryan, Bridget Christie, Susan Calman, Aisling Bea, Maeve Higgins, Josie Long and Diane Morgan, to name a few). There are certainly fewer female comedians (especially on TV), but there are plenty of good ones on the live circuit (and on Radio 4).

The Pheasant2

mikeym wrote: »

Amy Schumer seems to have that sexy next door girl persona about her but shes not funny.

She's about as sexy as she is funny ie. Not at all

MakeEmLaugh

RayM wrote: »

There's an awful whiff of misogyny off that kind of comment.

I can think of several female comedians who I think are really good (Katherine Ryan, Bridget Christie, Susan Calman, Aisling Bea, Maeve Higgins, Josie Long and Diane Morgan, to name a few). There are certainly fewer female comedians (especially on TV), but there are plenty of good ones on the live circuit (and on Radio 4).

May I ask, which two or three male comedians make you laugh the most?

HalloweenJack

Top of my head:
David O'Doherty
Andrew Maxwell

Not a fan of the shouty comic (Lee Evans, Russell Howard) either.

RayM

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

May I ask, which two or three male comedians make you laugh the most?

None. They're all crap. Men generally aren't funny...


Billy Connolly, when he was at his peak. Dylan Moran. Stewart Lee.

The Sun King

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Top of my head:
David O'Doherty
Andrew Maxwell

Not a fan of the shouty comic (Lee Evans, Russell Howard) either.

Saw Maxwell a few years back. Was absolutely smashed and he kept repeating the last word of his jokes for about five minutes to get those nervous awkward laughs.

dd972

Michael McIntyre

MakeEmLaugh

RayM wrote: »

None. They're all crap. Men generally aren't funny...


Billy Connolly, when he was at his peak. Dylan Moran. Stewart Lee.

Are there any woman comedians who would say are as funny as Billy Connolly when he was at his peak?