Stand up comedians

Originally Posted by wyrdness

I think that Michael Mcintyre is one of the funniest stand-up comedians. I hadn't heard of him before I saw him on "Live at the Apollo".

Dara O'Briain is superb too.

+1, id not heard of him untill i saw him on Live at the apollo and he was brillaint...now he seems to be everywhere so well donr that man.

also Jimmy Carr...not seen him do stand up but met him and had a pint whilst he was in bristol doing the colston hall and he was hilarious in the pub.

me and Jimmy Carr

Originally Posted by plowsie

The guy is ****e to me, he has a humour only some people understand, take the office for example. I can't stand it!

+1 he is about as funny as errrrrrrrr somthing thats not very funny

the guy is a ****

By far the best for me is lee evans XL tour in cardiff

[punyXpress]

I stood up as ordered, but now I'm getting cramp.
What do I do next?

Originally Posted by punyXpress

I stood up as ordered, but now I'm getting cramp.
What do I do next?

sort out your circulation! getting cramp by merely standing...? i'd be worried about DVT if i were in your (maybe too tight) shoes

[Gazza77]

Jack Dee is fantastic live.

Originally Posted by Gazza77

Jack Dee is fantastic live.

He was pretty good on Live at the Apollo.

[STRAMASHER]

Taped the 100 best ever standup program at the weekend and watched it the other night.

Love all the Bill Hicks(RIP) stuff, always forget to try and see if he has any DVD's. Never saw him live. "Positive drug stories on the news etc."

Love the BigYins stuff although a lot of folk do not like him here. Envy most of it I would guess.


Seen "Magician" Jerry Sadowitz twice live and it hurt the face off me both times. His Gary Glitter stuff they showed on that program had me in tears. Loved his channel5 show too.

Like Frankie Boyle on the tele. Just ok live.


Best stand up I have seen was not a comedian and stood on stage for 3hrs and gassed non-stop. Henry Rollins out of Black Flag. ****ing amazing. Funny-as-****. Saw him live with his band a few times (maniac on stage) so some fella standing their preaching/spoken word did not float my boat. What I have missed! Class act.

[Viney]

So many, but to name a few
Michael Mcintyre
Jimmy Carr
Russel Howard
Rohd Gilbert (Shouty Welsh bloke)
Rich Hall (Texan bloke)
Stephen Wright (Surreal american comedian)
Bill Bailey (Sometimes)
Shaun Lock
Jason Mumford
Omid Djalili
and legend The late Dave Allen

Funniest seen live?

1. Bob Monkhouse. Best of the lot, and by a fair margin. Pure genius and really rather "blue" live - far removed from his TV appearences. RIP.

The best of the rest:

2. Mike Harding. Simply awesome live - 2.5 hours of side-splitting stuff. Google for "The 14.5lb Budgie", hopefully some's YouTubed it

3. Bill Bailey. 'nuff said already. Another genius of comedy/music.

4. The Big Yin. Only he can get away with what he does. Unique.

5. Ken Dodd. Long, long live shows. Corny and inoffensive but great if you're in the mood

6. Ross Noble. Inventive and funny. Thinks on his feet.