Post Your Comedy Heroes.
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Many times i stopped breathing through laughing so hard whilst watching Laurel and Hardy
Larry David
Ronnie Barker
Victor Meldrew
Frank Spencer
And how could i forget Reggie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJct18c4-o&mode=related&search=
Larry David
Ronnie Barker
Victor Meldrew
Frank Spencer
And how could i forget Reggie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJct18c4-o&mode=related&search=
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Wang said:... and Leonard Rossiter. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is genius.
I didn't get where i am today by......
Oh yes! He was fantastic.
Not sure I was taking the cue from the OP correctly.
Need to compile list of vintage comedians....
...now where did I leave me ballpoint?
[Franky Howard].. Whooo Missess.... Don't titter...[/Franky Howard]
*edited due to lack of sobriety*
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So many have already been mentioned.... Bill Hicks, Jack Dee, Eddie Izzard, Ronnie Barker, Bill Bailey, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers are all amazing.
Also Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Dylan Moran and Peter Ustinov perhaps not recognised as a comedian but certainly did the funniest 'An Audience with...' I have ever seen.
No doubt as I think about it I will think of even more
Also Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Dylan Moran and Peter Ustinov perhaps not recognised as a comedian but certainly did the funniest 'An Audience with...' I have ever seen.
No doubt as I think about it I will think of even more
Frankie Boyle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Boyle
Hugh Dennis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Dennis
Hugh Dennis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Dennis
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Bill Bailey is the comic I most admire. I think he's incredibly witty, with excellently observed comedy and contemporary satire. Plus an extrememly talented musician.
My comedy heroes are all the poor buggers who write something clever, original and a bit daring only to have their idea pulled apart by television executives and moulded into an inoffensive sit-com vehicle for whatever ******** actor pops into their minds, while people like Alistair McGowan are being given enough air-time to start a revolution and Matt Lucas is hailed as a genius despite the only thing slightly amusing about him is his fat, bald, bespectacled, gay head. 
Tru said:My comedy heroes are all the poor buggers who write something clever, original and a bit daring only to have their idea pulled apart by television executives and moulded into an inoffensive sit-com vehicle for whatever ******** actor pops into their minds, while people like Alistair McGowan are being given enough air-time to start a revolution and Matt Lucas is hailed as a genius despite the only thing slightly amusing about him is his fat, bald, bespectacled, gay head.
So, go on then, name your comedy heros...
oh noes how did i miss this guy out
michael crawford from some mother do ave em , best program ever imo
not many clips though . well actually only one i could find
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX_TLUsDBiQ
michael crawford from some mother do ave em , best program ever imo
not many clips though . well actually only one i could find
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX_TLUsDBiQ
Graham Chapman.
"Now, I would just like to point out that this film is displaying a distinct tendency to become silly. Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do... except, perhaps my wife... and some of her friends. Oh, yes, and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it, most people like a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point! I'm warning this film not to get silly again! Right!"
And later....
"Right! Stop that! It's silly, Very silly indeed! Started off as a nice little idea about old ladies attacking young men, but now it's just got silly! His hair's too long for a vicar, too, and you can tell those are not proper keep-left signs! Clear out, the lot of you!"
Cleese's eulogy for him was just brilliant - it's on Youtube, can't link to it as it's laden with swearies
"Now, I would just like to point out that this film is displaying a distinct tendency to become silly. Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do... except, perhaps my wife... and some of her friends. Oh, yes, and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it, most people like a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point! I'm warning this film not to get silly again! Right!"
And later....
"Right! Stop that! It's silly, Very silly indeed! Started off as a nice little idea about old ladies attacking young men, but now it's just got silly! His hair's too long for a vicar, too, and you can tell those are not proper keep-left signs! Clear out, the lot of you!"
Cleese's eulogy for him was just brilliant - it's on Youtube, can't link to it as it's laden with swearies