The Stand Up Comedy Thread

Telegram Sam

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05 Oct 2012 00:47:05

I've been watching a lot of Doug Stanhope recently, he's awesome. This isn't his stand-up but the video is excellent nonetheless.

DB

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05 Oct 2012 05:45:55

Jim Jefferies is the man.

King Luis

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05 Oct 2012 07:03:05

By DB | Permalink | On 05 October 2012 - 06:45 AM

Jim Jefferies is the man.

YES! Do you listen to his podcast with Eddie Ifft? Such a good show

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05 Oct 2012 08:35:00

The OG KiKo

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05 Oct 2012 15:54:00

Totally agree with you on Rich Pryor. A lot of the older comics are still some of my favourites. Robin Williams springs to mind (search Robin Williams sports on YouTube)

Out of the new stuff I really like Jimmy Carr and John Bishop. A lad that went to my old school, Chris Ramsey is a bit of up-and-coming talent, been on Celeb Juice a couple times and has a TV series called Hebburn coming soon.

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05 Oct 2012 16:13:07

Ross Noble.

Franck

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05 Oct 2012 17:18:24

I like Jack Dee.

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05 Oct 2012 17:27:53

Chris Ramsey is painfully unfunny. Literally just 'people from the north do x, people from the south do y'.

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05 Oct 2012 20:10:10

Telegram Sam

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06 Oct 2012 00:20:09

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06 Oct 2012 17:55:09

By Jaygull | Permalink | On 05 October 2012 - 18:27 PM

Chris Ramsey is painfully unfunny. Literally just 'people from the north do x, people from the south do y'.

I thought he was alright, saw him at the festival the other month.

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06 Oct 2012 17:58:17

By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 06 October 2012 - 01:20 AM

Stanhope is in an absolutely brilliant episode of Louie. You should watch it.

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By The Platypus | Permalink | On 06 October 2012 - 18:58 PM

Stanhope is in an absolutely brilliant episode of Louie. You should watch it.

On that note, Louis CK is awesome. Never actually watched Louie though.

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06 Oct 2012 18:23:47

Started watching Louie last night. Was decent. May have to watch some of his stand up

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06 Oct 2012 18:29:43

By Phoenix Arrow | Permalink | On 06 October 2012 - 19:10 PM

On that note, Louis CK is awesome. Never actually watched Louie though.

It's brilliant. First season has its ups and downs, but season 2 and 3 are absolutely fantastic.
If you expect a straight comedy show you'll be disappointed though.

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By The Platypus | Permalink | On 06 October 2012 - 19:29 PM

It's brilliant. First season has its ups and downs, but season 2 and 3 are absolutely fantastic.
If you expect a straight comedy show you'll be disappointed though.

The impression I got was that it's like a darker version of Curb. Which sounds awesome.

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06 Oct 2012 20:58:48

By Phoenix Arrow | Permalink | On 06 October 2012 - 19:33 PM

The impression I got was that it's like a darker version of Curb. Which sounds awesome.

It's really like a series of shortfilms that don't necessarily have anything to do with each other except for recurring characters and themes (and even then, CK says he doesn't give a shit about continuity and just drops characters and erases them from the shows history if he needs to for an episode)

Mixture of ultimate reality and absurdity. I love it.

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06 Oct 2012 22:00:51

What I love about the ones I have seen so far is all the guests in it. Ricky Gervais, Chelsea Perretti, Nick DiPaolo and others

Mr Willy

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06 Oct 2012 22:31:43

I know his smug, condescending nature turns many people off, but I am a fan of Stewart Lee. I think he's very funny, though comes across as a male Poly Toynbee, which is something of a shame.

Phoenix Arrow

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06 Oct 2012 22:44:31

What he does is pretty clever, but he does it like a cunt so I find it impossible to like him.

Mr Willy

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06 Oct 2012 22:46:53

You've sort of fallen into his trap, he doesn't mind being hated. I guess he's similar to Jeremy Clarkson, in that I hate him, but I have to admire the way he manages to put out his views, or exaggerations of his views, and generate a response that ultimately benefits him financially next time he puts out a new book or appears in a TV show.

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06 Oct 2012 22:47:08

You've sort of fallen into his trap, he doesn't mind being hated. I guess he's similar to Jeremy Clarkson, in that I hate him, but I have to admire the way he manages to put out his views, or exaggerations of his views, and generate a response that ultimately benefits him financially next time he puts out a new book or appears in a TV show.