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Robosapien said:
So now Al Murray is better than Hicks? Sheer bloody nonsense in my opinion, but hey, different people like different things.
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Theres so much snobbery around comedy and around what should and shouldnt be regarded as good. Its why michael mcintyre has got sluch a slating by the comics on the curcuit. The public love him which is why he's made more than any other comedian last year, but the comedians all think he's crap and shouldnt be doing comedy because his stuff isnt well written.

Hang on a minute, if he's more popular than the rest of you, who are you to say he shoudlnt be doing comedy ? just because he didnt get into it the same way and doesnt write what you consider to be "excellent" material.

I've got a lot of respect for murray, unlike Mcyintyre he's been on the curcuit for ages and spent many years just trying to make it. Too many people think of him as the pub landlord character. He's the son of a Lieutenant Colonel and the grandson of a diplomat. He studied history at oxford and his road to berlin series showed a completely different side to him. He's fluent in german and french and the character was and still is in my mind genius.

His biggest problem is that he's never done anything new since creating the landlord. 15 years on the character hasnt changed and neither have the gags. Yes you can write his sketch yourself but that doesnt stop him being funny.

People argue that hicks is somehow better than other comics because his material focus' on philosophical issues and challenging the audience on the "accepted truth"

But imo this is just comic snobbery. They are after all just stand up comics. Who are there to make you laugh.

Who are the comic snobs to determine what we should, and shouldnt be allowed to find funny ?
 
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dmpoole said:
That Terry Alderton on Michael McIntyre's show had me in stitches.
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I missed him but i liked a few of the posh guys at the end :p


TangoSixteen said:
AL murray is actually a very clever man. I think most people realise the pub landlord is just the act, which makes it even more well thought out when you watch him perform.
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There's a video of him somewhere dealing with hecklers it's amazing how quick he is when put on the spot :p
 
The latest Michael McIntyre programme was awful, not one funny comedian in it. I watched it with 2 others the other night, and not one of us thought any of it was particularly funny. Certainly no comedian was constantly funny or came close to being so.
 
I used to like Eddie Izzard, but since Dressed to Kill he has been dire, mind you hanging around with Gordon Brown is enough to wipe anyone's sense of humour..
 
Thunderbolt said:
Saw him last year, was a bit of a disappointing, as half way through I realised I couldn't understand his accent any more. I may have been too drunk though.
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He's currently one of very few comedians who actually make me lol, he better not dissapoint.
 
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My issue with John Bishop is that he's very good and he doesn't need to do that. His line of ''I'm a scouser doing a show on the BBC, someone somewhere must be getting a graant'' I've heard three times now. It wasn't even that funny the first time, it certainly doesn't warrant repeating three times.
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i cannot be the only person that though John Bishop was BEZ from Happy Mondays, its ******* uncanny, must be hard for him lol:p

i don't think he's that funny for the record, just not the style I like
 
Stewart Francis and Milton Jones for me.

Going watching SF in Oxford on the 14th November, cant wait.
 
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