Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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A certain person in my household had the TV on in the living room, while I came through to make a cuppa for us both a short while ago, and there was your Harry Hill dressed in his usual, irritating collar and glasses get up, parading round the stage, talking crap, with another man acting about, complete with canned laughter. As you may have noticed, I find that man detestable and completely unfunny, but I don`t for a minute condemn anybody who thinks he is, as we all have our own views. Anyway, who makes you laugh, now or yesteryear?
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Harry Hill (love him), Billy Connelly, Victor Borge, Jackie Mason.
Cannot stand: The Goodies, Woodie Allen
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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I`ve got Victor Borge playing the William Tell overture and other`s. A very witty and clever musician. I`ll second your cannot stand`s.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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There are very few comedians I actually find funny. I love the old school - Norman Wisdom, Reg Varney, David Jason, Tommy Cooper, Peter Kay. You only have to look at their faces and you are laughing, sheer genius!
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So Colin what exactly does a poof act like?
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Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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I think HH is very funny actualy.
Monty Python, Yipeeeeeeeeeee.
There have been some very good stand ups over the years but everyone has different tastes.
Some you will never beat and some you can take em or leave em.
I don't think Colin quite meant it that way Ross............only he can reply to that, go easy on him please.
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Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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Will do Ian...
As for comedians HH is ok, Peter Kay is a genius, as were the Pythons, Billy Connelly is a hoot, Les Dawson always had me in stirches, as does Victoria Wood. The Mock the Week crew are all great value, it is just a a shame Franky Boyle fell out with the Beeb.
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Les Dawson. Now he will take some beating. GBH.
PK. he's ok when it aint drizzling.
LMFSO.
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Will Hay,Rob Wilton and Tony Hancock Pie and Ears of British Comedy..boom boom
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Ross, my idea of a poof, is what I viewed through that bloke acting about with HH. It`s something that the like`s of Larry Grayson could get away with, but when I see someone like the one with HH, suddenly turn round and act like he did, on a personal basis only, I found it distasteful. Another reason I avoid TV, it gets me going too much. Not sure what your idea of one is mate?
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Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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I presume that you are talking about the dancer (a director of Pineapple Dance Studios I believe) who was deliberately camping it up in a totally OTT way for supposed comic effect.
I do not believe that one can or should stereotype and then base assumptions upon those stereotypes; that usually leads to bigotry and disctimination.
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Ross - I believe our hackles rose in sync there!!!!!! I suspect we will get over it......
I cannot resist Billy Connelly and Dara O'B, Tony Hancock and all the Carry On films, Sandi Toksvig, Paul Merton, Jeremy Hardy, most of the crew that appear on the 18.30 comedy slot on Radio 4 actually!!! I miss Humph Littleton on ISIHAC. I cannot stand US comedy that is too slick and littered with mildly offensive innuendo, though. Good old British in-your-face double entendres that could stop a battleship at 100 yards is more my line............Used to adore Julian Clary, still adore Robin Williams even though he has gone off the boil a bit, I suspect meds may have kicked in allegedly (beware of litigation) and the mania has subsided somewhat. Don't you hate it when that happens....?!
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I wasn`t going into whatever his life is like here, or stereotypeing him in any way, just purely making a personal view of why I find some people unfunny, and the way they behave. Not implying anything personal about him at all, as I don`t know who he is, or what he does, it`s just a pure old fashioned comment which the like`s of Alf Garnett would have made, but which people would call not pc etc these days. My view here is purely that, and nothing else.
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Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I like HH, its like going back to old innocent slapstick, the Big Ying, Monty Python, Paul Merton, Lenny Bruce, Robin Williams, Charlie Drake, Will Hay and the Marx Brothers. My favourite of all time is the Master, Norman Wisdom, I can't keep a straight face when his 'classic' movies are on TV, the Manhole cover joke........ pure genius
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Well no-one's mentioned the man who I think was a genius - the late great Bob Monkhouse. He would invite the audience to throw a subject at him and he'd come out with some real crackers and he was always topical. I also like Julian Clary, Dawn French, Jo Brand and Lenny Henry.
Actually anyone who makes us laugh these days is ok with me
I like HH too
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I agree Barry W-S, I love the old Norman Wisdom movies. Sid James was another of my fave's, his laugh was just so infectious.
Also David Jason's (Del Boy) classic moments in Only fools and horses - the chandlier and the filofax episodes and Trigger calling Rodney 'Dave'! Jo Brand and Julian Clary (who lived near me in London) I like too.
HH, Monty Python and Robin Williams - just not my cup of tea.
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Another Norman Wisdom fan here, especially the army and navy film`s. Saw him regularly on the pics in the early 60s, and as far as I know, he`s still alive and in his 80s. My favourite of all amongst the carry on film`s is `Carry on Seargent`, with Bob Monkhouse. I found William Hartnel, (the first Dr Who 4 years later), a natural for the part. Alot of well thought out wit in that, if you take note of it all.
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best stand ups i can remember are tommy cooper, frankie howard and les dawson.
sitcoms, fawlty towers, alan partridge, rising damp, league of gentleman, phoenix nights and brittas empire.
they are the ones that spring to mind, must be others i will remember later.
thanks for info colin, i never knew that harry hill was a comedian.
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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I cannot abide Harry Hill, I find him as amusing a trip to the dentist for root canal work.
For me, the greatest of the lot was Tommy Cooper, who didn't even have to speak before he had me in fits. The greats on my list include Peter Kay, Norman Wisdom (whom I have had the privilege to meet, in Dover at Cruise Terminal 1), Lenny Henry, Dave Allen, Dawn French, Tony Hancock and Eric Morecambe.
Teamwise or sitcom, French & Saunders, Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Mock The Week, QI, 2.4 Children and Men Behaving Badly all do it for me, each brilliant in different ways.
The greatest comedy film of all time? Life of Brian - outstanding script, brilliantly delivered. My best friend won't watch it; apparently it's blasphemous, but I think it's simply because his name is Brian!
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Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
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Dave Allen always had me in stitches, I loved his monologue on air-travel concluding with the line that when you land at JFK you are breathing re-cycled farts!
Kenny Everett was my favourite in the 70s with his radio show and the 'vile pile' which amazingly transferred well to TV along with the Pythons and the films of course.
Hancock, Cooper, Monkhouse, Milligan and the Goons etc witha touch of Alec Guiness maybe?
Then onto the US and Mel Brooks' films...Dark helmet and Spaceballs! Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Gene Wilder, Laurel and Hardy, the list is endless.
Nowadays I find it hard to raise a chuckle at the comedians on TV, but my kids love Harry Hill and his antics, I suppose it's all about what you were brought up on.
Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor's stand-ups were excellent too
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