wurzel wrote:Who do you like Foots?
I've no problem with Peter Kay and to a lesser extent Paddy McGuinness, although as Topher says - i've not seen him do anything funny without Mr Kay. He has a stand up gig, I think but I've not seen it.
Bill Baillie is very talented and has a very different sort of show to others (alhough I felt let down when I saw his gig in Glasgow last year), Ricky Gervais is alright, but it's very scripted - when he came on stage at the Diana concert last year (or live 8, whichever one it was) and it went tits up... a good comedian should be able to keep going on any subject regardeless of whither they have prepared for it or not.
I'm warming to Jimmy Carr - I used to be of the opinion that he just had a good memory and could remember jokes well therefor anyone with a good memory could do his gig. However, having heard him on Moyles a few times, he is pretty quick witted as well and just because he tells one liners - he is still funny, so I like him.
Ross Noble is good, my mates are big fans of him.
Billy Connolly is my all time favourite though. He did a sketch when he was younger called The Crucifixion which was that the bible had a massive mis-print in it and that Jesus wasn't in Galilee, he was in Gallowgate (an area of Glasgow, near the cross... get it??). It probably wouldn't mean anything to you foreigners, but to me, tis very amusing.
Lee Evans is automatically terrible since he stole one of Billy's gags. I didn't like him much before then either though - I found him very tiring to watch. The man sweats way too much as well.
I quite like watching the stand up comedy shows you get on Paramount Comedy style tv channels - unknown comedians can be pretty funny.
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