Chris Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Other good clips from youtube: At this point I was going to post some Jon Stewart but Viacom have deleted that portion of the internet. YouTube - The best of frankie boyle YouTube - Peter Kay LIVE - Part 2 YouTube - Wildebeeste And a musical one to finish: YouTube - Bill Bailey - Foreign Police Sirens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I'd have to disagree there. "Live and Smokin'" is utter crap. He's nervous, unfunny and almost definitely high in a bad way. The rest of his performances are amazing though.I thought it was funny, as well as pretty groundbreaking for the time. Plus you can get it for less than a fiver. Ah well, can't please em all.I think you'd probably be nervous if you were the only white person in a club performing to a load of black people...... Poor Richard was the reverse of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyRATM Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Other good clips from youtube: that dvd is awesome. worth a buy. randomist - 3 dvds for 12.99.Amazon.co.uk: Ross Noble - Randomist [2006]: DVD: Ross Noble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 You're wrong about Bill Hicks, but you're bang on about her. Gina Yashere. Why the fuck is she on TV? She must have a well worn set of kneepads. When she is on Mock The Week they actually do have to add on laughter track after she says something (you can hear the change in the sound). Then they cut to an edit of Dara laughing at something else. She boils my piss.She wasn't on it last week. I used to love seeing her crack a joke and people feel obliged to laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big D Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Bill Hicks makes me sick to my stomach. What a horrible bastard he is, he's just so fucking conceited and - at a stretch - supercilious. Maybe I'm not as bright at all you folk that like him, maybe I just dont get it, but I really despise him and he makes me feel sad; not happy like a comedian should. This upsets me as he was a huge influence on Tool - who are one of my very favourite bands - and I feel like a bit of a "cop-out" for this reason. I agree with him on many points (religion as an example) but I think he sholud have had slightly more respect for other people. Que arty-farty folk: "but he's expressing himself, he speaks the truth man!" Fair enough but shh.anyway.Bill Bailey makes me laugh out loud, the Mighty Boosh, Billy Connelly (Connely/Conelly), Lee Evans, Reeves and Mortimer yadayadayada.Saw Andrew "King of Comedy" Maxwell at The Lemon Tree and thought he was pretty funny as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Bill Hicks makes me sick to my stomach. What a horrible bastard he is, he's just so fucking conceited and - at a stretch - supercilious. I think he sholud have had slightly more respect for other people. You should have more respect for the dead! I've a list of folk to check out now, hopefully comedy overload is round the corner. Seen bits of Bill Bailey and think I'll dig that. What's his best stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayeth Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Bill Bailey, all three of is DVD's are purified genius, but I prefer Part Troll, the newest one.There's a guy called Russell Howard (I think) on Mock The Week who's pretty shit. The kind of guy who would be the funny one in a group of friends but looks completely outclassed next to Frankie Boyle, Ed Byrne, Dara O'Brien and Hugh Dennis.and yes, thats bang on.Frankie Boyle is probably the funniest on TV just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 when that Secret Policeman's Ball was on ages ago on channel four, there was an amazing comedian, an American woman called Sarah Silverman or Brightman, can't remember, was on. The most un-PC comedian I've ever seen; really appealed to my sense of humour, but may offend just about everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preemo Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 SilvermanSarah Silverman is very funny but really close to the bone. Check out the documentry " the Aristocrats" She is on there along with a whole host of other great comedians like Emo Philips, Steve Wright and George Carlin.It is an awesome movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Sarah Brightman is less funny, believe me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyCat Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Sarah Silverman is very funny but really close to the bone. Check out the documentry " the Aristocrats" She is on there along with a whole host of other great comedians like Emo Philips, Steve Wright and George Carlin.It is an awesome movie.I've seen the documentary 'the Aristocrats' It's a great watch, really made my laugh. Robin Williams was surprisingly funny on it actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Why do people see Ricky Gervais as a comedian? The 'Straight guy in a suit' act wears a bit thin over time. Every time I see his smug looking face I just want to take a baseball bat to it.Oh and Catherine Tate would get the second swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Now Tommy Cooper and Spike Milligan are my Gods of Comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I adore Ross Noble.king of improv humour Me too, I literally pissed myself (but only a little bit!) laughing when he did the music hall a few years back. And his DVDs are always tremendously good value for money, given the extras and multiple shows that are on each disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Seen bits of Bill Bailey and think I'll dig that. What's his best stuff?I'd go for 'Part Troll' too, or any series of Black Books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 I myself came across him around 91/92, back in the good old days when there was no intermeweb and only four telly channels. They showed his set from the Montreal Comedy Festival I think on Channel 4 late at nightThis was also my first experience of Hicks (I'm a tender 27), I still rate him as one of the greatest.but I really despise him and he makes me feel sad; not happy like a comedian should.This is precisely the effect I imagine he aimed for - the definition of 'challenging'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Ross NobleI introduced myself by asking "Are you Billy the fish out of Viz?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayeth Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 I've seen the documentary 'the Aristocrats' It's a great watch, really made my laugh. Robin Williams was surprisingly funny on it actually.That reminds me, I think Robin Williams stand-up comedy is appauling. I rate him much higher as an actor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Every time I see his smug looking face I just want to take a baseball bat to it.that's how i feel about hicks. i watched that clip of relentless last night to give him another chance and it's fucking awful. he's just a dick and 80% of his recorded output seems to be him with a mic in his mouth, making annoying sounds. ooh, cutting edge! /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Every time I see his smug looking face I just want to take a baseball bat to it.that's how i feel about hicks. i watched that clip of relentless last night to give him another chance and it's fucking awful. he's just a dick and 80% of his recorded output seems to be him with a mic in his mouth, making annoying sounds. ooh, cutting edge! /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 that's how i feel about hicks. i watched that clip of relentless last night to give him another chance and it's fucking awful. he's just a dick and 80% of his recorded output seems to be him with a mic in his mouth, making annoying sounds. ooh, cutting edge! /xagreed.Robin Williams howveer, is fucking ace. Watch live on Broadway. Fucking amazing. He's relentless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 I'm a fan of Denis Leary. He plagarises a lot of Hicks' material (or copied it word for word, depending on what account of it you read) but tones it down a wee bit and since he's married with kids he delves into family life as well. Some of his stories about his kids are fantastic. He rants and raves but it's not as aggressive as Hicks - Leary is almost like a cariciture at times.For me he is a more bearable alternative to Bill Hicks. No doubt that will go down well with the Hicks' brigade, but there you go. No Cure For Cancer and Lock & Load are recommended Leary offerings.Andrew Dice Clay is another Yank comedian I find amusing - not just for the x - rated nursery ryhmes. Live in New York is brilliant.I agree with the earlier point about Al Murray - I used to despise the guy but his stand up show is hilarious and I even like his Saturday night show now.Don't remember seeing Top Buzzer mentioned here before? That is quality British Comedy. Written by Johhny Vaughan and featuring loads of familiar faces it is a quality alternatibve to "Ideal" with Johnny Vegas. And it's only 4 on Play just now - highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 I'm a fan of Denis Leary. He plagarises a lot of Hicks' material (or copied it word for word, depending on what account of it you read) but tones it down a wee bit and since he's married with kids he delves into family life as well. Some of his stories about his kids are fantastic. He rants and raves but it's not as aggressive as Hicks - Leary is almost like a cariciture at times.For me he is a more bearable alternative to Bill Hicks. Do you like Linkin Park because they're a watered down Deftones? Do you like Busted because they're watered down, family friendly punk? Do you read Maxim because it's watered down porn?Ah mediocrity. The world loves it so.Leary's a fucking hack. He sold his soul by ripping off other comics and doing beer adverts for a ticket to the big game (hollywood). Well done, you appeared in Demolition Man. That was really worth losing your credibility for. The whole point of Hick's material was that it was going to grate with some people while others would love it. He wasn't trying to please everyone, just put across his act the way he thought it should be done. Without compromise. Which is why he was so upset when the Letterman show cut his segment due to their worry about offending sponsors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 That didn't take long, did it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 That didn't take long, did it?Well I'd hate you to be disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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