100 Best Stand Up's

Xathras wrote:
> On 2007-03-19, Higgins@work <the.best.names.are.gone.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 19, 11:58 am, "Hog" <hogS....DeleteThis@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.

<fx: career swerve>

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On Mar 19, 4:13 pm, Bear <bastardDOTb... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> 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,

Ooh, I've been trying to find stuff of his for yonks without any luck.
Was this as Craig Ferguson or Bing Hitler?

Must check UKNova then, thanks for the heads-up!
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In article <567iquF27n60tU1 DeleteThis @mid.individual.net>, Hog
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>Champ wrote:
>> On 19 Mar 2007 06:36:08 -0700, "sweller" <sweller DeleteThis @mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
>> 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,
>>>
>>> Peter Kay is a great sitcom writer/actor - don't like his stand up.
>>
>> I've never enjoyed his TV shows (what little I've seen), and I don't
>> think I've ever seen him do stand up.
>>
>>> Billy Connolly has never been funny.
>>
>> Well, this is perhaps the ultimate futile conversation, isn't it,
>> seeing as how humour is so subjective. For the record, I saw Billy
>> Connolly live nearly 20 years ago and it remains far and away the
>> funniest experience I've ever had. I struggled to breathe.
>
>20 years ago he had me gasping for air too. Today? no comment.
>How can Sweller not find some of Bill Hicks good though?
>

"Football violence." Had me in tears of laughter.
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cane" <CaneUKRM.RemoveThis@gmail.com> saying
something like:

>1 - Billy Connolly

30 years ago I'd have put him there, but now now. Not by a long way.
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "sweller"
<sweller DeleteThis @mztech.fsnet.co.uk> saying something like:

>Billy Connolly has never been funny.

Ach; you're just... English.
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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "sweller"
> <sweller.DeleteThis@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> saying something like:
>
>
>>Billy Connolly has never been funny.
>
>
> Ach; you're just... English.

Or intelligent.

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ogden wrote:
> Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>>
>> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cane" <CaneUKRM DeleteThis @gmail.com>
>> saying something like:
>>
>>> 1 - Billy Connolly
>>
>> 30 years ago I'd have put him there, but now now. Not by a long way.
>
> Do you mean his 30 year old material, when viewed now, is no longer
> funny, or Connolly himself isn't funny now?

The latter is true. The former true in parts. Hopefully we have moved on
a little from toilet humour. The "up to his knees in pavement" sketch
stands though.

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember ogden <ogden RemoveThis @pre.org> saying
something like:

>> >1 - Billy Connolly
>>
>> 30 years ago I'd have put him there, but now now. Not by a long way.
>
>Do you mean his 30 year old material, when viewed now, is no longer
>funny, or Connolly himself isn't funny now?

If the same poll was held 30 years ago I'd have certainly put him at the
top, having just returned from a live gig during which I was utterly
helpless with laughter.

My tastes have changed anyway, and if I went to that same gig now I
probably wouldn't find it as funny.

Now... well his comedy is all sort of in the same vein as it always was,
but from what I've seen of his audiences on taped tours, a lot of them
are hoping to get some of that same experience and apparently not
getting it. (Bear in mind I saw him entertaining a Glasgow audience who
shared similar backgrounds and experiences as him and every jibe, jab,
jollity and jape rang dozens of cultural bells.) Of course, much of the
video may be cut and for all I know, maybe he is just as funny live now
as then, but I don't think it's the case.
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Eiron <e1ron.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> saying
something like:

>> Ach; you're just... English.
>
>Or intelligent.

C U Jimmy
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:48:19 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
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>Now... well his comedy is all sort of in the same vein as it always was,
>but from what I've seen of his audiences on taped tours, a lot of them
>are hoping to get some of that same experience and apparently not
>getting it. (Bear in mind I saw him entertaining a Glasgow audience who
>shared similar backgrounds and experiences as him and every jibe, jab,
>jollity and jape rang dozens of cultural bells.) Of course, much of the
>video may be cut and for all I know, maybe he is just as funny live now
>as then, but I don't think it's the case.

I disagree. For me, he has become a superb raconteur. His pace and
delivery is just so good, and I've never seen a comedian work an
audience so well. Of course, this was 17 years for me, but I can't
believe he's lost that.
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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cane" <CaneUKRM.RemoveThis@gmail.com> saying
> something like:
>
> >1 - Billy Connolly
>
> 30 years ago I'd have put him there, but now now. Not by a long way.

Do you mean his 30 year old material, when viewed now, is no longer
funny, or Connolly himself isn't funny now?

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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:28:24 GMT, Grimly Curmudgeon
<grimly4REMOVE RemoveThis @REMOVEgmail.com> allegedly wrote:

> Jo Brand might be the same, but I've only seen her TV appearances and
> she doesn't do a thing for me.

Her humour seems to be based on "oh I've said something crude, isn't that
funny". Mostly I only see her on QI these days, and my opinion hasn't
changed.
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> On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:28:24 GMT, Grimly Curmudgeon
> <grimly4REMOVE.DeleteThis@REMOVEgmail.com> allegedly wrote:
>
>> Jo Brand might be the same, but I've only seen her TV appearances and
>> she doesn't do a thing for me.
>
> Her humour seems to be based on "oh I've said something crude, isn't that
> funny". Mostly I only see her on QI these days, and my opinion hasn't
> changed.

She's nowhere near as bad as the rest of the other women (so-called) comics
though. They're so bad, I can't even remember their names.


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