Comedians with straight faces

[Terminal_Boy]

Rich Hall and Milton Jones spring to mind

Yep, they are the masters of the deadpan one-liner.

 

[Bubo]

Diane Morgan aka Philomena Cunk, can't get much more deadpan than that.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Shaun Lock from 8 out of 10 cats is deadpan and monotone but hilarious

His stand up DVD is dog **** though

 

[DrToffnar]

Joe Wilkinson (most well known for his aprupt appearences on 'Cats Does Countdown') is the true deadpan comic of the modern age. Ridiculously funny dude.

 

[bloodiedathame]

Cats does Countdown is one of only a few shows I'll watch on TV. Great stuff.

 

[ChroniC]

Jimmy Carr was funny for about a year whilst his stuff was fresh, but IMO he is now one of the worst comedians on tv.
His stuff is just so obvious and unfunny and his laugh alone is enough for him to never be on tv ever.

 

[FTM]

Sam simmons has been great when they have him on cats does countdown

 

[chroniclard]

Didnt realise Joe Wilkinson was a comedian......

Steven Wright is pretty deadpan.

 

[gjrc]

paul merton on HIGNFY or anywhere else is not funny at all IMHO.

 

[cheesyboy]

Not sure there's a comedian I love who isn't deadpan :/

who are the good non-deadpan ones?

 

[aardvark]

'nothing' worse than a comedian laughing at his own jokes when they aren't funny.

 

[Fubsy]

No one has mentioned Stewart Lee?!

When I've seen him, some of his material is delivered in a way the laughter starts to trickle in as people start to figure out the joke or where it's heading where it gets to the point that he doesn't even need a punchline - the audience just does it for him while he stands there with his faux outrage.

 

[Rimsy]

Didnt realise Joe Wilkinson was a comedian......

You're not alone there... he's actually the main reason I stopped watching it.

 

[cheesyboy]

No one has mentioned Stewart Lee?!

When I've seen him, some of his material is delivered in a way the laughter starts to trickle in as people start to figure out the joke or where it's heading where it gets to the point that he doesn't even need a punchline - the audience just does it for him while he stands there with his faux outrage.

At this point in time, it's a little obvious to say it. But Stewart Lee is a master of the art.

E:
And Wilkinson is easily the best bit of 8 out of 10 cats. IMO.

Depends what sort of comedy you're into, I guess.

 

[ChroniC]

Not sure if he is consdiered Deadpan. He kinda is and isnt, but Doug Stanhope is hilarious.

 

[wolfie138]

No you're thinking of Deadpool. Great film. Very funny.

i think that's called an oxymoron.

 

[wolfie138]

Paul Merton on HIGNFY does it best.

to be fair though he just copied 95% of his routine/act/delivery from Tony Hancock.

 

[MookJong]

James Acaster does this. You might have seen him on Mock the Week, he wears a lot of brown and mustard.

Seeing him this weekend in Durham, can't wait.

 

[marc2003]

'nothing' worse than a comedian laughing at his own jokes when they aren't funny.

First name that pops in to my head... Michael McIntyre. I hate him so much... and Andy Parsons.

 

[xbenjiiman]

Romesh Ranganathan, absolutely hilarious.