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Dave Allen. My grandad made me go over to him in a restaurant for his autograph (I'd never heard of him). He was funny so I watched him every week on TV after. |
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peter kaye, johnny vegas (love his randomness, like a fat spike milligan)
would watch milton jones, tim vine and that canadian one line comedian that does a lot on mock the week, all day long |
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"peter kaye, johnny vegas (love his randomness, like a fat spike milligan)
would watch milton jones, tim vine and that canadian one line comedian that does a lot on mock the week, all day long"
Swap Peter Kaye for Henning When and I like all of those you've mentioned.. Don't leave out Miles Jupp either oh .Sean Locke..Steve Hughes...Sean Walsh. |
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Katherine Ryan,
Sarah Pascoe
Jo Brand
Andi Osho
Josie Lawrence
Sarah Silverman
Ellen Degeneras
Joan Rivers
Helen Leaderer
Rhona Cameron
Kathy Burke
Sue Perkins
Holly Walsh
Josie Long
Lucy Porter
Shappy Koshandi
Catherine Tate
Elizabeth Saunde |
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What fascinates us about lists like this is the omission of certain people. Then you mention them, and there's a whole load of "oh, I like them too" ....
Some names missing:
established-
Dylan Moran,
Ed Byrne,
Bill Bailey
Reginald D Hunter
Russell Howard,
Rhod Gilbert,
Rich Hall,
Stewart Lee,
Andy Parsons
hidden gems-
Richard Herring,
Rob Newman,
Henning Wehn,
Simon Evans
up & coming-
Josh Widdicombe
Of course humour is subjective, but there's enough there to keep you in stitches for *weeks* |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Dave Allen. My grandad made me go over to him in a restaurant for his autograph (I'd never heard of him). He was funny so I watched him every week on TV after. "
yeah I loved him he was on the other night too! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There are loads,
Jeff Durham,
Bilky Connolly,
Mike Harding,
Jasper Carrot,
Dennis Leary,
Spike Milligan,
Les Dawson,
David Allen.
I them all as fantastic as I normally have sore sides after watching them. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"Katherine Ryan,
Sarah Pascoe
Jo Brand
Andi Osho
Josie Lawrence
Sarah Silverman
Ellen Degeneras
Joan Rivers
Helen Leaderer
Rhona Cameron
Kathy Burke
Sue Perkins
Holly Walsh
Josie Long
Lucy Porter
Shappy Koshandi
Catherine Tate
Elizabeth Saunde"
Love your list  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"There's a post about shittiest so I thought I'd do funniest...
The American bloke who does the puppets has me in stitches!"
. Jeff Dunham??? He doing few gigs here in spring |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"There's a post about shittiest so I thought I'd do funniest...
The American bloke who does the puppets has me in stitches!"
Jeff Dunham? He's fab.
I love Lee Evans. |
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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago
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"There's a post about shittiest so I thought I'd do funniest...
The American bloke who does the puppets has me in stitches!. Jeff Dunham??? He doing few gigs here in spring"
the puppets are funnier than him the terrorist one especially |
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By *rsK69Woman
over a year ago
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"There's a post about shittiest so I thought I'd do funniest...
The American bloke who does the puppets has me in stitches!. Jeff Dunham??? He doing few gigs here in spring
the puppets are funnier than him the terrorist one especially "
Achmed the Dead Terrorist was one of the funniest things ive ever seen ever  |
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"Katherine Ryan,
Sarah Pascoe
Jo Brand
Andi Osho
Josie Lawrence
Sarah Silverman
Ellen Degeneras
Joan Rivers
Helen Leaderer
Rhona Cameron
Kathy Burke
Sue Perkins
Holly Walsh
Josie Long
Lucy Porter
Shappy Koshandi
Catherine Tate
Elizabeth Saunde
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Did you forget Sandi Toksvig? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Best I've seen live is Ross Noble
Other favourites:
Richard Pryor
Eddie Izzard
Rhod Gilbert
George Carlin
Stuart Lee
Ronnie Barker
Bob Monkhouse (only ever saw snippets)
Jasper Carrot (there was a time that'd be an embarrassing admission - I suspect that time has yet to pass!!)
Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle (early on)
Jerry Seinfeld (in spurts) |
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Many already mentioned.
Rhod Gilbert and the tog rating routine
Ardal O'Hanlan
Sean Locke
Milton Jones
Steven Wright "I was born by cesarean section. You'ld never tell, except every time I leave a room, I go out through the window" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Micky Flanagan has me in stitches, especially the out out tour, although I am a cockney too...love him. Xx  "
Watch raging bull and you can see where he gets the out out joke from. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Katherine Ryan,
Sarah Pascoe
Jo Brand
Andi Osho
Josie Lawrence
Sarah Silverman
Ellen Degeneras
Joan Rivers
Helen Leaderer
Rhona Cameron
Kathy Burke
Sue Perkins
Holly Walsh
Josie Long
Lucy Porter
Shappy Koshandi
Catherine Tate
Elizabeth Saunde
Love your list "
Susie Essman? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lee Evans
Jimmy Carr
Russell Howard
Michael McIntyre
Russell Kane
Joe Wilkinson
Jon Richardson
Wow, five of my least favourite comedians ever on one list; good effort "
hahaha I do try |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Tbh, it depends on my mood.
Sometimes I want daft humour so I watch bill bailey.
Sometimes I want serious/dark stuff so I'll go for Doug Stanhope or Bill Hicks |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Dave Chappelle!"
the first two series of the chappelle show I still think is one of the funniest things ever made..... even though they are now 10 years old
comics that i liked... classic... richard pryor, bill hicks, george carlin, sam kennison,
I still tend to gravitate towards american comics... there are exceptions.. sarah millican, al murray,
now.... Louis CK, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Dave Chapelle
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dave Chappelle!
the first two series of the chappelle show I still think is one of the funniest things ever made..... even though they are now 10 years old
comics that i liked... classic... richard pryor, bill hicks, george carlin, sam kennison,
I still tend to gravitate towards american comics... there are exceptions.. sarah millican, al murray,
now.... Louis CK, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Dave Chapelle
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Ooo forgot about Richard Pryor got a box set and his biography. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dave Chappelle!
the first two series of the chappelle show I still think is one of the funniest things ever made..... even though they are now 10 years old
comics that i liked... classic... richard pryor, bill hicks, george carlin, sam kennison,
I still tend to gravitate towards american comics... there are exceptions.. sarah millican, al murray,
now.... Louis CK, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Dave Chapelle
Ooo forgot about Richard Pryor got a box set and his biography. "
Eddie Murphys stand up is inspired by pryor. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Not everybody's cup of tea Frankie Boyle love his shock them into laughing style of comedy although he can go too far sometimes and rhod Gilbert just the whole angry Welshman routine cracks me up the suitcase escapade gag has me crying with laughter |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
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Some great ones named. Here's some others I don't think have come up;
Jerry Sadowitz - makes Frankie Boyle seem like Cliff Richard. Somehow how he's more moral though, but too out there for the mainstream. Walked on stage at the Montreal Comedy Festival and greeted the audience with the line...."good evening moosefuckers".
Phil Kay - prefer him to namesake Peter
Daniel Kitson - brilliant guy. Saw him this year after a number of years. It's not really comedy and more. Hard to describe - it's just profound, amazing insights into life I guess.
Bill Hicks is a strange one - I was a huge, huge fan, but somehow don't like him as much these days.
The two I loathe are Michael McIntyre and sodding John Bishop! Just my opinion obviously! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"There's a post about shittiest so I thought I'd do funniest...
The American bloke who does the puppets has me in stitches!. Jeff Dunham??? He doing few gigs here in spring"
Cool! Gonna check online for venues! Thanks for letting me know xxx |
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"There's a post about shittiest so I thought I'd do funniest...
The American bloke who does the puppets has me in stitches!. Jeff Dunham??? He doing few gigs here in spring
the puppets are funnier than him the terrorist one especially "
LMAO  |
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"Katherine Ryan,
Sarah Pascoe
Jo Brand
Andi Osho
Josie Lawrence
Sarah Silverman
Ellen Degeneras
Joan Rivers
Helen Leaderer
Rhona Cameron
Kathy Burke
Sue Perkins
Holly Walsh
Josie Long
Lucy Porter
Shappy Koshandi
Catherine Tate
Elizabeth Saunde
Did you forget Sandi Toksvig?"
No. I like Sandi for her intellect and wit but there were so MANY women I could n't get them all on |
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"Katherine Ryan,
Sarah Pascoe
Jo Brand
Andi Osho
Josie Lawrence
Sarah Silverman
Ellen Degeneras
Joan Rivers
Helen Leaderer
Rhona Cameron
Kathy Burke
Sue Perkins
Holly Walsh
Josie Long
Lucy Porter
Shappy Koshandi
Catherine Tate
Elizabeth Saunde
Love your list
Susie Essman? "
Highly intelligent woman. Never seen her stand up though. I know her from the Am . Comedy she was in ....was it Thick of it ? Can't think. No ! It was Curb your Enthusiasm. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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everybodys comedy tastes are different what one person finds funny lots dont . i personally like near the knuckle comedy ie frankie boyle and jimmy carr also jim davidson . and russell brand is about as funny as a fart in an astronauts suit |
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"everybodys comedy tastes are different what one person finds funny lots dont . i personally like near the knuckle comedy ie frankie boyle and jimmy carr also jim davidson . and russell brand is about as funny as a fart in an astronauts suit"
I love Russell Brand too. xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Gosh, there are a lot of good ones but also like Peter Kay, John Bishop (one of the better looking ones, lol) and Chris Rock (saw him live, was hilarious). |
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By *UNCHBOXMan
over a year ago
folkestone |
"Katherine Ryan,
Sarah Pascoe
Jo Brand
Andi Osho
Josie Lawrence
Sarah Silverman
Ellen Degeneras
Joan Rivers
Helen Leaderer
Rhona Cameron
Kathy Burke
Sue Perkins
Holly Walsh
Josie Long
Lucy Porter
Shappy Koshandi
Catherine Tate
Elizabeth Saunde
Love your list
Susie Essman?
Highly intelligent woman. Never seen her stand up though. I know her from the Am . Comedy she was in ....was it Thick of it ? Can't think. No ! It was Curb your Enthusiasm. "
Is she the one who calls Larry David "the four eyed fuck"? |
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By *UNCHBOXMan
over a year ago
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Im not a massive fan of stand up, so id really only pay to see either Lee Mack or Joan Rivers. But i do like panel shows like Would i lie to you?, which has comedians on it. So id say David Mitchell, Lee Mack.
For comedy actors, id choose Larry David, Steve Coogan, and although not a comedian as such, id choose Peter Capaldi for the Malcom Tucker character he plays in the comedy the thick of it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Kevin Bridges is my fave at the moment closely followed by Micky Flanagan, I used to love Jasper Carrot when I was younger but he's a bit dated now days |
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Dave Allen, irreverent, non apologist
Bob Newhart, clever, clean, peerless
Robin Williams, mad, anarchistic
Hugh Dennis, intellectual
One I agree with, Lee Evans, totally pointless and unfunny x |
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