Favourite Living Comedian?

[nino_savatte]

Ken Dodd

 

[fogbat]

Oh no you don't do you?

Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran are my favs.

Lee Mack can, on occasion be very funny. He has a great natural wit.

Unfortunately he seems far too happy to tone down his comedy and aim for the lowest common denominator.

 

[MooChild]

Louis CK

http://www.louisck.net/videos/

I think hes great

Edit - Bill Bailey is ace too, as well as Ross Noble

 

[Sunspots]

Stanhope was cracking last night, had me wheezing with laughter.... and loving that there was someone else who hated humanity as much as I do

I don't quite think of it as hating humanity. I think (-well okay, I hope) that beneath that contempt and impotent rage of people like Stanhope is a profound sense of despair and frustration with a fucked up world. That's more what I relate to, and why he makes me laugh.

 

[Part 2]

Anyone recommend me any good clips of Dylan Moran, I watched a short one about children's parties.

He's on in Manchester soon but it's quite expensive so wouldn't mind checking him out before spending £40 on a couple of tickets.

 

[The Octagon]

Bill Bailey is almost unique in using music as part of his act, and some of his funniest gags are musical.

This just reminded me of Steven Lynch, whose entire set is musical.

Very, very funny and so, so wrong.

Youtube Steven Lynch, he's brilliant.

 

[Sadken]

Louis CK

http://www.louisck.net/videos/

I think hes great

Edit - Bill Bailey is ace too, as well as Ross Noble

I was a bit disappointed after all the hype. The show I saw started very slowly and poorly but built up to be pretty decent by the end.

 

[Sadken]

I don't quite think of it as hating humanity. I think (-well okay, I hope) that beneath that contempt and impotent rage of people like Stanhope is a profound sense of despair and frustration with a fucked up world. That's more what I relate to, and why he makes me laugh.

Bill Hicks called himself a misanthropic humanist. I reckon Stanhope probably would too.

 

[hermitical]

I don't quite think of it as hating humanity. I think (-well okay, I hope) that beneath that contempt and impotent rage of people like Stanhope is a profound sense of despair and frustration with a fucked up world. That's more what I relate to, and why he makes me laugh.

yeah, more eloquently put

 

[hermitical]

Bill Hicks called himself a misanthropic humanist. I reckon Stanhope probably would too.

as above....

 

[skyscraper101]

Doug Stanhope was on 6Music just now talking to Nemone. I didn't find him funny at all. Certainly not in the league of Bill Hicks IMO.

He was talking about people with Downs Syndrome being 'Retards' too - nice

 

[hermitical]

yeah, but you like Ed Byrne, he makes me want put my foot through the fucking screen

 

[goldenecitrone]

Frankie Boyle always makes me laugh. "Did you know that the eskimos have got 600 different words for 'We're fucked!'"