Topic: Stand-up Comedy

[Ronaldo]

Saw Billy Connolly at the City Hall tonight, and met him after the show. Top bloke and still hilarious.

[ZeRoE]

Simon Donald is asking for work in London.

I forget which forumite owns the stand up club, so this info is for you

Cheers Guv, appreciate the thought, but I'm in Exeter

[MyPalAl]

Saw Billy Connolly at the City Hall tonight, and met him after the show. Top bloke and still hilarious.

Was there too. Likened him to watching NUFC; entertaining in parts, but generally s****.

However, whereas I will go back to see the Toon, I wouldn't go back to see Connolly. Funny in parts but hilarious? Not for me.

[madras]

Saw Billy Connolly at the City Hall tonight, and met him after the show. Top bloke and still hilarious.

Was there too. Likened him to watching NUFC; entertaining in parts, but generally s****.

However, whereas I will go back to see the Toon, I wouldn't go back to see Connolly. Funny in parts but hilarious? Not for me.

careful, in my experience connolly fans are as defensive as sci fi and heavy metal fans.

[Interpolic]

I've a fairly keen interest in stand-up comedy but have never really understood the fuss with Billy Connolly either. 

Must say I'm the same with a few mind, such as Ross Noble and Eddie Izzard.

[MyPalAl]

I've a fairly keen interest in stand-up comedy but have never really understood the fuss with Billy Connolly either. 

Must say I'm the same with a few mind, such as Ross Noble and Eddie Izzard.

Don't like Izzard, but think Ross Noble is mint.

[madras]

I've a fairly keen interest in stand-up comedy but have never really understood the fuss with Billy Connolly either. 

Must say I'm the same with a few mind, such as Ross Noble and Eddie Izzard.

eddie izzard was soo good when he first hit the big time as it was very original. clever bloke as he seemed to know this (imagine if the simpsons, family guy. south park etc hadn't been round in the past and the last series of the simpsons was the first anyone had seen, everyone would think it was excellent)

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

me dad proper loves Milton Jones at the minute.  Funny guy like, some brilliant one liners.  (Milton Jones that is, me dads jokes are s***)

[Interpolic]

Yeah, I quite like Milton Jones.  Similar humour to Mitch Hedberg and Demetri Martin although I don't think he's as good as either, mind.

[biggs]

I went to the heats of a stand-up night involving 16 comics @ the Dog and Parrot in mid jan and it was incredibly poor in most parts but i had a good rapore with the compare who was funnier than most wanna be comedians .

[wormy]

Yeah, I quite like Milton Jones.  Similar humour to Mitch Hedberg and Demetri Martin although I don't think he's as good as either, mind.

Mitch Hedberg. Imagine that amount of amazing material he'd have behind him by now, man.

[Interpolic]

Yeah, I quite like Milton Jones.  Similar humour to Mitch Hedberg and Demetri Martin although I don't think he's as good as either, mind.

Mitch Hedberg. Imagine that amount of amazing material he'd have behind him by now, man.

Phenomenal material, unusual style, charisma off the scale.  A big miss.

[wormy]

Gonna have to go back and watch some. Been an age. On a similar note, still pisses me off to think Bill Hicks would only be in his early 50s right now.

[Neil]

Gonna have to go back and watch some. Been an age. On a similar note, still pisses me off to think Bill Hicks would only be in his early 50s right now.

Would have loved so much to see Hicks live.

[Jill]

A lad I know is going to do some stand up despite not being able to talk: http://lostvoiceguy.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/stand-up-and-be-counted

First gig is tomorrow. I think a few others off here will know him too. Should be interesting anyway, he's a canny funny lad.

[Interpolic]

A lad I know is going to do some stand up despite not being able to talk: http://lostvoiceguy.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/stand-up-and-be-counted

First gig is tomorrow. I think a few others off here will know him too. Should be interesting anyway, he's a canny funny lad.

Wow, class.

[Spider Jerusalem]

Saw Billy Connolly at the City Hall tonight, and met him after the show. Top bloke and still hilarious.

Was there too. Likened him to watching NUFC; entertaining in parts, but generally s****.

However, whereas I will go back to see the Toon, I wouldn't go back to see Connolly. Funny in parts but hilarious? Not for me.

careful, in my experience connolly fans are as defensive as sci fi and heavy metal fans.

I'm a fan of Connolly but the amount of repeat gags in his material over the years have watered his act down a bit.

Heard somewhere that he's apparently cut a few of his gigs short due to hecklers and people moving around to the netty etc.  If that's true then it's definitely a sign that he's lost it - the only major comedy act that I've heard do that was Chubby Brown at City Hall back in the late 90s when he couldn't handle the hecklers.

[Jill]

A lad I know is going to do some stand up despite not being able to talk: http://lostvoiceguy.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/stand-up-and-be-counted

First gig is tomorrow. I think a few others off here will know him too. Should be interesting anyway, he's a canny funny lad.

Wow, class.

Went well by the sound of it.

[MW]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16959243

Tim Vine has picked up the award for the year's funniest joke at the Loaded Laftas comedy awards.

[je85]

Anyone got any recommendations from this lot? http://www.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/index.php?nav_id=2&level=1 I've got a free evening tomorrow night. James Acaster looks good but he'll be on the same time as the spurs game.

For Sat 11th, can't seem to get the link to only show that day.

[Interpolic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16959243

Tim Vine has picked up the award for the year's funniest joke at the Loaded Laftas comedy awards.

That's a good one, I can't say he's really my type of comedian but I'm pretty much in awe of the way he does it, it's a real talent.  He was on 6 Music the other day and was really good value, introduced a Prince song with a joke something like "Prince was around my house the other day, he pointed at the top of the washing machine and asked what's that?  I said it's the cycle formerly known as rinse".

[OCK]

His jokes are class in batches, but I can't imagine I'd be able to sit through an hour session of them.

[je85]

His Fringe show last year was good, set up with people from the crowd in a game show style which he used as a vehicle for his one-liners broke it up really nicely. His stand up shows are pretty hard going.

[Interpolic]

Some of the other winners on that list are f***ing awful btw.

[wormy]

Some of the other winners on that list are f***ing awful btw.

Alan Carr funniest stand up I stopped reading there. Also needed a quick Google to remind me who the f*** Jon Richardson was.