Comedians with straight faces

[kinobestew123]

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

I completely agree with Michael McIntyre. Worst comedian ever. His impressions of people are absolutely terrible, he just speaks in a lower posh voice.

 

[PermaChanged]

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.

Big Acaster fan, have you heard his "Classic Scrapes"? Check them on YouTube, he's a great story teller.

 

[Caged]

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.

That entire 'cats feet towel' routine.

 

[chroniclard]

I really dont class Stewart Lee as dead pan.

 

[Bubo]

My favourite type of comedy is spoof documentary style, which almost by default more or less has to be dead pan. So things like The Day Today or anything Armando Iannucci/Chris Morris has done, Christopher Guest, Stephen Fry in This is David Lander, Harry Enfield in Mr Cholmondley Warner skits and the afore mentioned Diane Morgan in Wipe.

Also must back up anyone who has mentioned Sean Lock, in his sitcom 15 Storeys High he is easily on a par with Larry David.

 

[Junglist]

Milton Jones. 100%.

Saw him a few months back, while funny I didn't find him the best on the night.

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

Also saw Sean Lock a while back on his last tour. Hilarious guy but I'm not sure I'd call him deadpan.

Stewart Francis is one of my favourites. His 1 liners are fantastic.

My favourite type of comedy is spoof documentary style

Oh yes! I love that style. The Office (The UK, not the rip off) and the David Brent camera glances can cause me to crease up in fits of laughter quite often.

"On 'weaknesses' you've wrote eczema?"

"Yeah. On my feet"

How anyone can not laugh at The Office is beyond me

 

[Kosmiche]

to me if you don't at least smile a bit after telling a joke its like you yourself don't think its funny...you shouldn't laugh at your own jokes but you should smile a little bit.

 

[arc@css]

Rich Hall

 

[jellybeard999]

I dont find the guy funny at all, almost to the point he irritates me
Jimmy Carr seems to love him though.

This. Don't mind 8 out of 10 cats / does countdown, but as soon as he's on screen it goes off. He adds nothing and isn't funny

I like Jimmy Carr and Shaun Lock though

 

[Amp34]

Jimmy Carr? At least I think so. When he's telling the one liners.

*prepares for the fire*

 

[Flibster]

I'll just add the Whose Line geniuses Brad Sherwood, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles.

 

[Vern1961]

The late, great, Dave Allen, "May your god go with you..."

 

[Father Ted]

Alan Carr.....

 

[Grandmaster Fap!]

The late, great, Dave Allen, "May your god go with you..."

Absolute legend.

 

[Gabbatek]

donald trump is my current favourite. Watching him live is amazing

 

[Caged]

Mark Lamarr's Buzzcocks years.

 

[Merlin5]

Many here won't know Foster Brooks. Absolutely brilliant and straight faced. He made a career out of a drunk act but he never drank a drop.

 

[MassiveJim]

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.

nope still not funny.

 

[h4rm0ny]

Sandy Toksvig is a very straight comedian.