Comedy

Linaewen · 04-04-2005, 03:20 AM

Right now the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, one of the three largest in the world, has just started. I love stand-up comedy, and I'd like to know if there are many here who do too? Who are your favourite comedians? My favourite local (Aussie) ones include Wil Anderson, Dave Hughes, Tripod, Adam Hills, Akmal Saleh, Carl Barron, GUD...lots more. International artists: Danny Bhoy, Arj Barker, Demetri Martin, Chris Addison, Rich Hall...

So, who else is a comedy enthusiast?

Aragorn · 04-04-2005, 06:31 AM

I'm very much into comedy.

One of my favorite comedians, Mitch Hedberg, died on March 30th of a heart attack at age 37. I've been mourning him for a while now. He was a really good comedian. Other than Mitch, I'm a fan of Pablo Francisco, Vince Morris, and a few others that I can't recall the names of.

The Gaffer · 04-04-2005, 06:54 AM

Favourite stand-ups are Eddie Izzard and Bill Hicks (who also died horribly young, in his 30s, about 10 years ago though so I've got over it by now). Billy Connolly has his moments, but most of them were 30 years ago. Alexei Sayle also had his moments, mostly 20 years ago (!)

I think stand-up must be one of the hardest performance art forms. More often than not, the audience are drunk, boisterous and utterly unforgiving. I once had to smuggle Paul Merton out of our student union because he was about to get lynched by a mob of drunken football fans.

Writing comedy is a much safer affair. (UK's) Channel 4 showed a "top 50 comedy sketches" programme last night. It was interesting to contrast how the British "alternative comedy" writing scene is dominated by Oxbridge types whereas the stand-up circuit tend to be people who can mix it with the hoi polloi.

Insidious Rex · 04-04-2005, 01:13 PM

What! Mitch Hedberg died!! I hadnt heard that. What a loss. Probably way too much coke.

Spock · 04-11-2005, 01:00 PM

The Blue Collar Comedy Tour, both movies, were very funny. Now they've started a television show which I can't see running more than one season.

inked · 04-11-2005, 04:23 PM

Awwwwwww, come on, now! They said the same thing about Hee-Haw!

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-11-2005, 04:26 PM

the best comedians in the world:

Jack Dee
Dylan Moran
Bill Bailey
Billy Connolly
Peter Kay
Phil Jupitus
Rich Hall
Jo Brand
Lee Evans

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-11-2005, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gaffer

Writing comedy is a much safer affair. (UK's) Channel 4 showed a "top 50 comedy sketches" programme last night. It was interesting to contrast how the British "alternative comedy" writing scene is dominated by Oxbridge types whereas the stand-up circuit tend to be people who can mix it with the hoi polloi.

i watched that!!
one of my favourite non stand-up's is stephen fry, he is a genius, then of course ian hislop, the pythons, spike milligan, harry enfield is arright for one of those common-folk

Spock · 04-11-2005, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by inked

Awwwwwww, come on, now! They said the same thing about Hee-Haw!

Hey, down here, Hee Haw is an institution!

The Gaffer · 04-12-2005, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Last Child of Ungoliant

i watched that!!
one of my favourite non stand-up's is stephen fry, he is a genius, then of course ian hislop, the pythons, spike milligan, harry enfield is arright for one of those common-folk

Fry is somewhat brilliant, especially in Blackadder Goes Forth. Don't think much of his books though (and I was rather disappointed at his rank toadying towards the Prince of Wales on Parkinson recently).

I'd forgotten about Enfield's Mr Cholmondeley-Warner. "Women - know your place.", I was pissing myself. Very much like the satirical posters at www.whitehouse.org

Missing from your list:
Bill Hicks (obviously)
Reeves and Mortimer
Harry Hill

Count Comfect · 04-12-2005, 12:33 PM

No mention of Stephen Fry is complete with Hugh Laurie. "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" (and of course their Blackadder roles) makes for some of the best comedy I've seen... of course, it's fairly old now

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-12-2005, 12:57 PM

Hello Grayson
Why hello there, Mr Cholmondeley-Warner, what have you got for us today
Ah Mr Grayson, in this modern world we have the wonderful invention of the motor-car, but what! I see a lady driving her hsuband's motor-car!

Telcontar_Dunedain · 04-12-2005, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Comfect

No mention of Stephen Fry is complete with Hugh Laurie. "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" (and of course their Blackadder roles) makes for some of the best comedy I've seen... of course, it's fairly old now

There was a show on last week on Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. It was absolutley brilliant.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-12-2005, 01:33 PM

comedy connections? i saw that, very good indeed, that programme has done harry enfield, the fast show, montry python, fry and laurie, who's next?

Spock · 04-12-2005, 01:48 PM

..I'm not up on current personalities but how about the old Bennie Hill. It seemed to me he was brilliant, audacious and briming with mischief.

Small No-name · 04-16-2005, 11:30 AM

Two words southpark

Small No-name · 04-16-2005, 11:32 AM

I Suck

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-16-2005, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

..I'm not up on current personalities but how about the old Bennie Hill. It seemed to me he was brilliant, audacious and briming with mischief.

benny hill was a terrible actor, not a very good comedian, and the only reason people watched was the 8-long line of scantily clad women,

Thraxon · 04-16-2005, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Last Child of Ungoliant

benny hill was a terrible actor, not a very good comedian, and the only reason people watched was the 8-long line of scantily clad women,

sad

one word southpark

Last Child of Ungoliant · 04-16-2005, 12:02 PM

one more to add to my earlier list, ben elton before he started pandering to rightist twerps (thatcher, blair, monarchy)

04-04-2005, 03:20 AM	#1
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Comedy Right now the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, one of the three largest in the world, has just started. I love stand-up comedy, and I'd like to know if there are many here who do too? Who are your favourite comedians? My favourite local (Aussie) ones include Wil Anderson, Dave Hughes, Tripod, Adam Hills, Akmal Saleh, Carl Barron, GUD...lots more. International artists: Danny Bhoy, Arj Barker, Demetri Martin, Chris Addison, Rich Hall... So, who else is a comedy enthusiast? Last edited by Linaewen : 04-04-2005 at 03:34 AM.

04-04-2005, 06:31 AM	#2
Aragorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere but where I should be. Posts: 369	I'm very much into comedy. One of my favorite comedians, Mitch Hedberg, died on March 30th of a heart attack at age 37. I've been mourning him for a while now. He was a really good comedian. Other than Mitch, I'm a fan of Pablo Francisco, Vince Morris, and a few others that I can't recall the names of. __________________ And they carried them to the flatlands But they died along the way And they built up with their bare hands What we still can't do today. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO till the day I die.

04-04-2005, 01:13 PM	#4
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	What! Mitch Hedberg died!! I hadnt heard that. What a loss. Probably way too much coke. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

04-11-2005, 01:00 PM	#5
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	The Blue Collar Comedy Tour, both movies, were very funny. Now they've started a television show which I can't see running more than one season. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

04-11-2005, 04:23 PM	#6
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Awwwwwww, come on, now! They said the same thing about Hee-Haw! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

04-04-2005, 06:54 AM	#3
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Favourite stand-ups are Eddie Izzard and Bill Hicks (who also died horribly young, in his 30s, about 10 years ago though so I've got over it by now). Billy Connolly has his moments, but most of them were 30 years ago. Alexei Sayle also had his moments, mostly 20 years ago (!) I think stand-up must be one of the hardest performance art forms. More often than not, the audience are drunk, boisterous and utterly unforgiving. I once had to smuggle Paul Merton out of our student union because he was about to get lynched by a mob of drunken football fans. Writing comedy is a much safer affair. (UK's) Channel 4 showed a "top 50 comedy sketches" programme last night. It was interesting to contrast how the British "alternative comedy" writing scene is dominated by Oxbridge types whereas the stand-up circuit tend to be people who can mix it with the hoi polloi.

04-11-2005, 04:26 PM	#7
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	the best comedians in the world: Jack Dee Dylan Moran Bill Bailey Billy Connolly Peter Kay Phil Jupitus Rich Hall Jo Brand Lee Evans

04-12-2005, 12:33 PM	#11
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	No mention of Stephen Fry is complete with Hugh Laurie. "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" (and of course their Blackadder roles) makes for some of the best comedy I've seen... of course, it's fairly old now __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

04-12-2005, 12:57 PM	#12
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	Hello Grayson Why hello there, Mr Cholmondeley-Warner, what have you got for us today Ah Mr Grayson, in this modern world we have the wonderful invention of the motor-car, but what! I see a lady driving her hsuband's motor-car!

04-12-2005, 01:33 PM	#14
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	comedy connections? i saw that, very good indeed, that programme has done harry enfield, the fast show, montry python, fry and laurie, who's next?

04-12-2005, 01:48 PM	#15
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	..I'm not up on current personalities but how about the old Bennie Hill. It seemed to me he was brilliant, audacious and briming with mischief. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

04-16-2005, 11:30 AM	#16
Small No-name Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middle earth Posts: 34	Two words southpark __________________ I just have three word for all of you Orlando bloom sucks

04-16-2005, 11:32 AM	#17
Small No-name Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middle earth Posts: 34	I Suck __________________ I just have three word for all of you Orlando bloom sucks

04-16-2005, 12:02 PM	#20
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	one more to add to my earlier list, ben elton before he started pandering to rightist twerps (thatcher, blair, monarchy)

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