Omid Djalili

[LilMissHissyFit]

advising Osama Bin laden as a camp scots film producer

PMSL

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

advising Osama Bin laden as a camp scots film producer

PMSL

just saw a bit of that. WTF's that all about?

Is that Alexei Sayle?

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

Nooo... clues in the title

He's iranian... hence being a little more able to do the osama and nuclear bomb jokes

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Nooo... clues in the title

He's iranian... hence being a little more able to do the osama and nuclear bomb jokes

Oh, he's obviously the Iranian Alexie Sayle
























stupid

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

hes better than alexi

 

[madzone]

Better than Alexi Sayle? We must be watching a different programme

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

ah but alexi is a different generation innit. He was 'of' the people who are now old and who have now pretty much lost their sense of humour

 

[madzone]

I'll be interested to see how someone can come up with a whole series worth of iranian jokes.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

I thought it was good, but then I've always found Omid Djalili very funny. Opinion elsewhere (i.e. D.S.) is somewhat different, and I expect the series is gonna bomb. I'll be amazed if it stays in that slot on BBC1 for six weeks

 

[madzone]

I find his stand up very funny. I thought he was stretched a bit thin tonight though. The bin laden sketch was funny enough but I suspect I'll get mighty sick of him belly dancing with the microphone as a dick

 

[SpookyFrank]

I'll be interested to see how someone can come up with a whole series worth of iranian jokes.

I saw that same stand up routine ages ago, I wonder how much good material he has...

Though the first time I saw his routine I thought it was really funny.

 

[madzone]

I saw that same stand up routine ages ago, I wonder how much good material he has...

Though the first time I saw his routine I thought it was really funny.

He did a lot of the same material on the promo interview on R2 as well

 

[Maurice Picarda]

The kebab musical was woeful and felt twenty years out of date. If his best shots went into this one then the rest of the series will suck quite badly.

 

[cybershot]

The sketch bits were crap, and his ethnic jokes can surely only last for so long before they get boring.

Assuming he doesn't get kidnapped and tortured first.

 

[stavros]

It was OK, but he needs to extend it beyond Iranian/Arab jokes. Ethnic comedy can work very well, but it's best when done subtely (see every Jewish New York comedian ever).

 

[DotCommunist]

Hit and Miss IMO the stand up was far better than the sketches

 

[ska invita]

The kebab musical was woeful and felt twenty years out of date. If his best shots went into this one then the rest of the series will suck quite badly.

I agree with that , but somehow i liked it anyhow - sortof. i think

Ethnic comedy can work very well, but it's best when done subtely (see every Jewish New York comedian ever).

I dont know about that - I thought Goodness Gracious Me was great (especialy funny after watching with 'Asian' friends... funnily enough many jokes work well for Chinese/East ASian families as well). Sometimes GGM felt a bit old fashioned too, and unsubtle, but was still funny IMO.

Also there were some great sketches on The REal McCoy - far from subtle!
Id love to get some old episodes of this show. This ones a favourite:

 

[Orang Utan]

It was appalling - didn't laugh once

 

[Melinda]

I saw that same stand up routine ages ago, I wonder how much good material he has...

Though the first time I saw his routine I thought it was really funny.

Agreed. Ive seen that whole routine 4/5 times. Im amazed he thought he could get aaway wth it again on TV. He's done the same routine on the Royal Variety Performance and on Jack Dee's Hammersmith Apollo show earlier in the year.

Did anyone see Alan Carr on Jimmy Carr's version of the Apollo show last night? I was creasing!

 

[Dubversion]

I've seen him live and it was fun - very gentle humour, nothing too earth shaking. I suspect he will run out of material pretty soon but he's thoroughly charming and likeable.

 

[goldenecitrone]

It was appalling - didn't laugh once

Personally, I find Ahmadinejad far more amusing than Djalili. Even the Ayatollah had his moments. What a rubbish show!

 

[_pH_]

I went to see one of the shows being recorded. I thought it was quite funny, but when I looked on YouTube I can see why people say he needs to get more material. So yeah, I think he's funny, but needs to write some new stuff.

 

[treelover]

His stand up bits were good, of a bit near the knuckle, and I liked his sketch based of pride and prejudice, Alison Steadman showing just how good she is as weel.


btw, we may need some understanding of Iran soon

 

[SpookyFrank]

Did anyone see Alan Carr on Jimmy Carr's version of the Apollo show last night? I was creasing!

Yeah, I thought he'd be shit but he killed me stone dead

 

[ramjamclub]

Watched the first episode of the series but not as funny as jack dee in lead balloon series.

 

[madzone]

Dire, clumsy shite - won't be watching again.

 

[Melinda]

Yeah, I thought he'd be shit but he killed me stone dead

*high fives SpookyFrank*
I thought the same, total surprise! He was aces! "I thought there'd been an explosion in Lidl!"

 

[Structaural]

Watched the first episode of the series but not as funny as jack dee in lead balloon series.

Omid was in an episode of that as an extra...

 

[maximilian ping]

Dire, clumsy shite - won't be watching again.

agreed, utter utter bullshit. whoever commissioned and wrote that should be hung from the window ledge

which is a pity because when i saw him live he was pretty funny

 

[JTG]

Nooo... clues in the title

He's iranian... hence being a little more able to do the osama and nuclear bomb jokes

can't do a lot else though

crap