100 Best Stand Up's

In article <TuJa9RHl3q$FJwOR@asqg42.dsl.pipex.com>, Veggie Dave says...
> Bear <bastardDOTbear DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote the following literary
> masterpiece:
> >> 4 - Richard Pryor
> >
> >Not as good as people think he was, IYSWIM, but a ground-breaker in his
> >own way, so ok.
>
> When he was on form he was amazing. When he wasn't, he was dire.

A very fair summation, IMHO.

From the "how odd" file; I discovered (coz I downloaded it off UKNova)
that one of my fave stand-up performances, done *years* ago by Craig
Ferguson, was (I read as the credits rolled) co-written by Paul
Whitehouse; must have been close to the first thing he ever wrote.
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Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote
>Beav wrote:
>
>>> 51 - Lenny Henry
>
>I don't remember laughing at *anything* he's ever said except a line spoken
>as an old West Indian chap: "I came to Hingland in um... [long pause] a
>boat".
>
The postman in the Young Ones?
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ogden wrote:

> routine alone. As for Bill Bailey, I saw him live and he was about as
> entertaining as late-diagnosis pancreatic cancer.

Oh have you been diagnosed?

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Ian White wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:56:10 -0000, "Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot"
> <eastREMOVEkent DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Beav wrote:
>>
>>>> 51 - Lenny Henry
>>
>> I don't remember laughing at *anything* he's ever said except a line
>> spoken as an old West Indian chap: "I came to Hingland in um...
>> [long pause] a boat".
>
> I thought the full version was :-
>
> "I came to Hingland in a boat ... ... ... nineteen fifty seven".

It may well have been. Perhaps I was so stunned to be laughing that I missed
the next bit.

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On 2007-03-19, Higgins@work <the.best.names.are.gone.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 19, 11:58 am, "Hog" <hogS....TakeThisOut@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote:
>> I don't watch much TV but that was excellent!
>>
>> I can't agree on the winner though. In his yoof perhaps, but he sold out
>> a long time ago.
>>
>
> How can a stand-up comic sell out? He's paid to tell jokes, it's
> hardly a moral crusade.


By becoming 'just funny'. By not making you wet your pants (with
laughter). By having your parents say "He's nice". By becoming old.


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In article <1174308023.922562.34550 DeleteThis @b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, Cane
says...

> 11 - Ricky Gervais

Insane choice.

> 10 - Ross Noble

Not all that.

> 9 - Chris Rock

Not bad at all, if a little repetitive.

> 8 - Victoria Wood

Good choice.

> 7 - Bill Bailey

Not sure about that high a rating, but ok.

> 6 - Bill Hicks

Should be higher.

> 5 - Harry Hill

Anyone claiming Hill is funnier than Hicks, or indeed funnier than a
weeping sore, should be shot.

> 4 - Richard Pryor

Not as good as people think he was, IYSWIM, but a ground-breaker in his
own way, so ok.

> 3 - Eddie Izzard

Hmmmmmmm. If you must.

> 2 - Peter Kay

Jesus no.

> 1 - Billy Connolly

Wouldn't have been my no 1, but ok.

> 36 - Mark Thomas

Should have been in the top 3, at the very least. Surprised to see Ben
Elton as low as 21 too, but there you are.
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Bear wrote:

> In article <1174308023.922562.34550.TakeThisOut@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
> Cane says...
>
> > 8 - Victoria Wood
>
> Good choice.
>
> > 7 - Bill Bailey
>
> Not sure about that high a rating, but ok.

Just to confirm Champ's point about this being a futile discussion, I
can't stand Victoria Wood, & would've put Bill Bailey higher.

However...

> > 5 - Harry Hill
>
> Anyone claiming Hill is funnier than Hicks, or indeed funnier than a
> weeping sore, should be shot.
>
> > 2 - Peter Kay
>
> Jesus no.

....I'm completely in agreement wrt those two.

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Bear <bastardDOTbear DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote the following literary
masterpiece:
>> 4 - Richard Pryor
>
>Not as good as people think he was, IYSWIM, but a ground-breaker in his
>own way, so ok.

When he was on form he was amazing. When he wasn't, he was dire.

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"ogden" <ogden.DeleteThis@pre.org> wrote in message news:45FECA62.23851929@pre.org...
> sweller wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 19, 12:40 pm, "Cane" <CaneU....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 10 - Ross Noble
>> > 9 - Chris Rock
>> > 8 - Victoria Wood
>> > 7 - Bill Bailey
>> > 6 - Bill Hicks
>> > 5 - Harry Hill
>> > 4 - Richard Pryor
>> > 3 - Eddie Izzard
>> > 2 - Peter Kay
>> > 1 - Billy Connolly
>>
>> Of the top 10 living comics [1] only Bill Bailey makes me laugh,
>
> Chris Rock deserves to be in there for the Black People / Niggers
> routine alone.

Do you not find that Chris rock, like Lenny Henry has overplayed the Uncle
Tom card? Well that and the fact that he's got a touch of the Jasper Carrots
about him when it comes to reacting to a laugh from the audience? He hears a
particularly hearty laugh so he repeats what he said (or in the case of
Carrot, the noise he just made) to eke out another laugh, then another and
another and another... 'til there's "wilderness" in return.

As for Bill Bailey, I saw him live and he was about as
> entertaining as late-diagnosis pancreatic cancer.

He leaves me cold too.



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"Xathras" <xathras.RemoveThis@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> On 2007-03-19, Higgins@work <the.best.names.are.gone.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 19, 11:58 am, "Hog" <hogS....RemoveThis@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I don't watch much TV but that was excellent!
>>>
>>> I can't agree on the winner though. In his yoof perhaps, but he sold out
>>> a long time ago.
>>>
>>
>> How can a stand-up comic sell out? He's paid to tell jokes, it's
>> hardly a moral crusade.
>
>
> By becoming 'just funny'. By not making you wet your pants (with
> laughter). By having your parents say "He's nice". By becoming old.

And of course, by making a few mill and shagging Pamela Stephenson. A good
comic is on his uppers and gets shagged by everyone else.


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Cane wrote:
> On Mar 19, 12:31 pm, Champ <n... RemoveThis @champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>> I don't watch much TV but that was excellent!
>>> I can't agree on the winner though. In his yoof perhaps, but he sold out
>>> a long time ago.
>> Who was the winner?
>

For some reason reverse order irritated me.

1 - Billy Connolly
2 - Peter Kay
3 - Eddie Izzard
4 - Richard Pryor
5 - Harry Hill
6 - Bill Hicks
7 - Bill Bailey
8 - Victoria Wood
9 - Chris Rock
10 - Ross Noble
11 - Ricky Gervais
12 - Jimmy Carr
13 - Jack Dee
14 - Woody Allen
15 - Jerry Sadowitz
16 - Al Murray
17 - Dylan Moran
18 - Alexei Sayle
19 - Les Dawson
20 - Jasper Carrott
21 - Ben Elton
22 - Jo Brand
23 - Lee Evans
24 - Eddie Murphy
25 - Steve Coogan
26 - Frank Skinner
27 - Daniel Kitson
28 - Joan Rivers
29 - Bernard Manning
30 - Lenny Bruce
31 - Bob Monkhouse
32 - Steven Wright
33 - Chubby Brown
34 - David Baddiel
35 - Denis Leary
36 - Mark Thomas
37 - Jim Davidson
38 - Andrew Dice Clay
39 - Jenny Eclair
40 - Sean Hughes
41 - Stewart Lee
42 - Dara O'Briain
43 - Johnny Vegas
44 - Robin Williams
45 - Paul O'Grady
46 - Rob Newman
47 - Jackie Mason
48 - Ken Dodd
49 - Graham Norton
50 - Bob Hope
51 - Lenny Henry
52 - Jerry Seinfeld
53 - Tommy Cooper
54 - Emo Phillips
55 - Sean Lock
56 - Roseanne
57 - Julian Clary
58 - Dave Spikey
59 - Steve Martin
60 - Omid Dajilil
61 - Phil Jupitus
62 - George Carlin
63 - Alan Davies
64 - Tommy Tiernan
65 - Rhona Cameron
66 - Chris Addison
67 - Mike Reid
68 - Lee Hurst
69 - Russell Brand
70 - Jethro
71 - John Thompson
72 - Frankie Howerd
73 - Ed Byrne
74 - Dave Allen
75 - Dave Gorman
76 - Arthur Smith
77 - Chic Murray
78 - Mitch Hedburg
79 - Frank Carson
80 - Andy Kaufman
81 - Freddie Starr
82 - Barry Humphries
83 - Tommy Trinder
84 - Demetri Martin
85 - Harry Enfield
86 - Bob Newhart
87 - Reg D Hunter
88 - Ronnie Corbett
89 - George Burns
90 - Joe Pasquale
91 - Dick Gregory
92 - Paul Merton
93 - Rik Mayall
94 - Ardal O'hanlon
95 - Lee Mack
96 - Bill Cosby
97 - Jim Bowen
98 - Alan Carr
99 - Patrick Kielty
100 - Tim Vine

That's better

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sweller wrote:
>
> On Mar 19, 12:40 pm, "Cane" <CaneU....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 10 - Ross Noble
> > 9 - Chris Rock
> > 8 - Victoria Wood
> > 7 - Bill Bailey
> > 6 - Bill Hicks
> > 5 - Harry Hill
> > 4 - Richard Pryor
> > 3 - Eddie Izzard
> > 2 - Peter Kay
> > 1 - Billy Connolly
>
> Of the top 10 living comics [1] only Bill Bailey makes me laugh,

Chris Rock deserves to be in there for the Black People / Niggers
routine alone. As for Bill Bailey, I saw him live and he was about as
entertaining as late-diagnosis pancreatic cancer.

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