Unfunny Irish comedians <<MOD note in OP>>

cms88

Rory's Stories

Jerichoholic

cms88 wrote: »

Rory's Stories

A thousand times.

Rubber bandits and their jumping on the pc bandwagon to stay relevant

Has Cian Twomey died down yet on Facebook (as finally the block function finally works on him) or has he finally learned a new joke (or still beating the girlfriend joke )

darkdubh

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Tara Flynn. Even at my most bed-ridden and hungover, I'd get up to change the station. Utterly objectionable.

Sometimes I can see where she's going with a joke, and often there's potential, but she has never evoked anything more than a facepalm from me, personally.

Never listened to her on the radio but anytime I've seen her on TV panel shows she exudes this air of smugness. And she's not funny.

Jerichoholic

Jeffrey Scruffy Ramp wrote: »

Has Cian Twomey died

Jesus, don't get my hopes up like that.

cms88

Jeffrey Scruffy Ramp wrote: »

Rubber bandits and their jumping on the pc bandwagon to stay relevant

Has Cian Twomey died down yet on Facebook (as finally the block function finally works on him) or has he finally learned a new joke (or still beating the girlfriend joke )

My biggest issue with both, well Towmey is a prick, is the fact they don't accept any form of criticism. More over Towmey. Will claim he's being bullied

cms88

Jerichoholic wrote: »

A thousand times.

Was funny at the start to be fair to him

Dutch Gold Society

99% of Irish comedians are unfunny. Worse are our home grown sitcoms which seem to boil down to rural stage Irishmen speaking exaggerated accents.

I guess it's because anyone with an iota of talent gets on the boat for England.

Dutch Gold Society

Jeffrey Scruffy Ramp wrote: »

Rubber bandits and their jumping on the pc bandwagon to stay relevant

Has Cian Twomey died down yet on Facebook (as finally the block function finally works on him) or has he finally learned a new joke (or still beating the girlfriend joke )

The constant preaching from the Rubber Bandits is unbearable. In fact there is huge gap in the market for someone who can rile up the earnest sjw types.

Jerichoholic

There's the 2 Johnnies that are right out of some 1970's rural time machine. If you think silage and GAA is funny then go ahead, but they are the dirt worst and everything that's wrong with the world.

Arsemageddon

Dutch Gold Society wrote: »

99% of Irish comedians are unfunny. Worse are our home grown sitcoms which seem to boil down to rural stage Irishmen speaking exaggerated accents.
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You obviously haven't had the dubious pleasure of seeing Mrs Browns Boys

el diablo

Maeve Higgins. Are RTE still giving her a platform? :rolleyes:

cms88

cms88 wrote: »

My biggest issue with both, well Towmey is a prick, is the fact they don't accept any form of criticism. More over Towmey. Will claim he's being bullied

A cousin was in his year and said he was the most obnoxious douche bag who thought he was funny but most found him a nuisance - and a lot found his anti bullying campaign hypocritical and hysterical that he goes blocking and reporting any negative posts

RabbleRouser2k

cms88 wrote: »

Was funny at the start to be fair to him

I think most of them are funny at the beginning, and then they just don't quit while they're ahead.
But that happens in everything-including the Simpsons. The difference is that with the Irish (and I would even add quite a lot of British ones) they burn out a lot quicker. Mainly because they hammer the same joke, over, and over, and over again. In comedy, you're known for routines about family, or employment, or life in general. In Irish comedy, it's 'known for one joke'.

el diablo wrote: »

Maeve Higgins. Are RTE still giving her a platform? :rolleyes:

Didn't she go off to America?

https://twitter.com/maevehiggins/status/907688632068308993

Oh get over yourself, Maeve...cos of this tweet. ^ ^ :mad:

Jerichoholic

Rory was never funny, ever. His first "joke" was about a builder going to get a long stand. I mean, for God sake...

el diablo

Jerichoholic wrote: »

Rory was never funny, ever. His first "joke" was about a builder going to get a long stand. I mean, for God sake...

Ah here, leave it out. That's an auld classic.

Jerichoholic

It's like a new comedian opening his set with Knock, Knock jokes. It's pathetic.

Just saw a Rory's Stories for the first time there.

Is it all that "Irish fellow does sketch about authentic Irish life showing how gas we are" stuff?

Not funny, not original (in fact flogged to death), poor poor fare.

mikep

David O'Doherty has to be one of the worst.
Using an '80s kids keyboard to "sing" unfunny songs..No thanks

Also Maeve Higgins.....

cms88

Jeffrey Scruffy Ramp wrote: »

A cousin was in his year and said he was the most obnoxious douche bag who thought he was funny but most found him a nuisance - and a lot found his anti bullying campaign hypocritical and hysterical that he goes blocking and reporting any negative posts

Apparently he goes out of his way to find negative posts and Twitter and abuses people over it. As you say quite hypocritical from Mr anti bully

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just saw a Rory's Stories for the first time there.

Is it all that "Irish fellow does sketch about authentic Irish life showing how gas we are" stuff?

Not funny, not original (in fact flogged to death), poor poor fare.

Anything with the most Irish _______ is so bloody over done , like Irish mammys , you know your Irish when or acting a stereotypical cultchie - it’s so annoying

bnt

I haven't seen many Irish comedians, to be honest, but the best those I have seen were those who didn't seem totally Irish. There's a strong parochial streak in Irish Arts in general, the tendency to do things that only the Irish will get, and so it's not surprising to me that most bomb horribly when they try to crack the UK or USA.

One gig had this female comedian who seemed to be trying to be Jo Brand - who's an acquired taste, but at least her humour has some substance to it - and failing badly. Tommy Tiernan, too - most of his stuff goes under my radar, because I'm not Irish. Jokes like these, trying to insult every county in Ireland, don't travel well.

mattser

bnt wrote: »

I haven't seen many Irish comedians, to be honest, but the best those I have seen were those who didn't seem totally Irish. There's a strong parochial streak in Irish Arts in general, the tendency to do things that only the Irish will get, and so it's not surprising to me that most bomb horribly when they try to crack the UK or USA.

One gig had this female comedian who seemed to be trying to be Jo Brand - who's an acquired taste, but at least her humour has some substance to it - and failing badly. Tommy Tiernan, too - most of his stuff goes under my radar, because I'm not Irish. Jokes like these, trying to insult every county in Ireland, don't travel well.

I can take or leave Tommy, but that's one of the funniest of his pieces that I've seen. The tweet from the Mayowoman is gas. :D

JKerova1

Dylan Moran head and shoulders above any other Irish comedian, nor non-Irish for that matter. Genius.

Stonedpilot

JKerova1 wrote: »

Dylan Moran head and shoulders above any other Irish comedian, nor non-Irish for that matter. Genius.

Over rated to bits.

His alcoholic resentful stories of how the modern World is crap just aren't funny anymore. Hes probably doing the bit on everything being made out of Smeg still.

darkdubh

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I think most of them are funny at the beginning, and then they just don't quit while they're ahead.
But that happens in everything-including the Simpsons. The difference is that with the Irish (and I would even add quite a lot of British ones) they burn out a lot quicker. Mainly because they hammer the same joke, over, and over, and over again. In comedy, you're known for routines about family, or employment, or life in general. In Irish comedy, it's 'known for one joke'.



Didn't she go off to America?

https://twitter.com/maevehiggins/status/907688632068308993

Oh get over yourself, Maeve...cos of this tweet. ^ ^ :mad:

The sense of entitlement FFS. "They won't invite me on Newstalk cos I'm a woman" Give me a break.

razorblunt

Deleted User wrote: »

Just saw a Rory's Stories for the first time there.

Is it all that "Irish fellow does sketch about authentic Irish life showing how gas we are" stuff?

Not funny, not original (in fact flogged to death), poor poor fare.

At least with the sketches, they vary, marginally, but they do vary.
The Twomey fella mimicking a Cork psycho girlfriend and the ginger, bearded lad that shouts "Kaaaaatttthhhhhlllleeeeeennnn" just flog that horse far beyond it's worth.

razorblunt

darkdubh wrote: »

The sense of entitlement FFS. "They won't invite me on Newstalk cos I'm a woman" Give me a break.

Great response just gone in to that:

Because your claim to fame is a cookery show and "comedy" act where you pretend to be a bit simple?

Homesick Alien

mikep wrote: »

David O'Doherty has to be one of the worst.
Using an '80s kids keyboard to "sing" unfunny songs..No thanks

Also Maeve Higgins.....

I absolutely love David O'Doherty. I just look at him and I can feel the giggles coming on. The keyboard is a less prevalent part of his set now

Jerichoholic

That Clairebear or whatever she's called, you know the one who can't function in life unless everything she does is uploaded to youtube for likes? Well now you can enjoy her 'Things only Irish Mammies say' and presumably watch her expert political views where she cries for likes on RTE soon. RTE sure know a lot about comedy.