[Cantankerous]

steeve coogan strikes me as a bit of a cunt but he was funny in 24 hr party people in kind of an unfortunate way

[ALIEN ANAL]

ricky gervais
andy kaufman
chris lilly
the crew from the mighty boosh
the crew from curb your enthuthu

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by jon boy

good for you.

not really, people never shut up about him even though he's dead. he's the kurt cobain of comedy.

[Cantankerous]

that right there is the absolute truth.

[jon boy]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

not really, people never shut up about him even though he's dead. he's the kurt cobain of comedy.

i thought you where the kurt cobain of comedy.

[terminal pharmacy]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

not really, people never shut up about him even though he's dead. he's the kurt cobain of comedy.

"The Kurt Cobain of Comedy", not even going to dignify that one.

edit: if we're going to compare a comedien to a dead musician (now this will be unpopular!!!) lets at least make it a good one like Chopin, or Eric Dolphy not a 4 chord pop star.

Bill Hicks to me is like the sort of comedian who's liked by straight while males into things like High Fidelity (the movie), Pulp Fiction (the movie), Bruce Lee (the actor), or Mohammed Ali ( the boxer). He's the lads magazines' comedian of choice. I prefer Lenny Bruce (kind of).


Shameless is not really comedy but it has it all: drama, violence, humour, disfunctional families, alcoholism.

[terminal pharmacy]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Bill Hicks to me is like the sort of comedian who's liked by straight while males into things like High Fidelity (the movie), Pulp Fiction (the movie), Bruce Lee (the actor), or Mohammed Ali ( the boxer). He's the lads magazines' comedian of choice. I prefer Leeny Bruce (kind of).


Shameless is not really comedy but it has it all: drama, violence, humour, disfunctional families, alcoholism.

Big call,

I'm not gonna pay it though, maybe that is the case in America, but he is barely known in Australia.

I find Lenny Bruce's skit type stuff incredibly boring I have to say. I would rather listen to derek and clive than lenny bruce. even though i pt bruce on the list.

[jon boy]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Bill Hicks to me is like the sort of comedian who's liked by straight while males into things like High Fidelity (the movie), Pulp Fiction (the movie), Bruce Lee (the actor), or Mohammed Ali ( the boxer). He's the lads magazines' comedian of choice. I prefer Leeny Bruce (kind of).


Shameless is not really comedy but it has it all: drama, violence, humour, disfunctional families, alcoholism.

thats the sort of response i expect from an immigrant.

Originally Posted by jon boy

thats the sort of response i expect from an immigrant.

That's the sort of response you'd get from Peter Kay.

[Trasher02]

Hans Teeuwen is fucking priceless!!
Richard Pryor is funny as hell too, and Chris Rock makes me laugh.
Good call on Rik Mayal Toilets & bowels.

[the ikara cult]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Bill Hicks to me is like the sort of comedian who's liked by straight while males into things like High Fidelity (the movie), Pulp Fiction (the movie), Bruce Lee (the actor), or Mohammed Ali ( the boxer). He's the lads magazines' comedian of choice. I prefer Lenny Bruce (kind of).


Shameless is not really comedy but it has it all: drama, violence, humour, disfunctional families, alcoholism.

Youre startlingly incorrect about Bill Hicks there, i cant even see where youre coming from.

I do love Shameless, last series was a bit iffy but this one seems to be back to its surreal best.
I also second Steve Coogan which a couple of people have said, i remember having a Paul and Pauline Calf video when i was about 12 for some reason.

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

Who makes you laugh?

Seeing as some people are great at writing comedy but shit at stand-up (Ricky Gervais) and some are great as TV hosts but shit at stand-up (Bill Maher, Jonathan Ross), try and explain why.

Standups

Bill Hicks - The archetype of beauty and ugliness fused
Sean Lock - "The middle-class bloke on the building site" as he calls himself
Chris Rock - I dont know what its like being a black american, but hes way better than Obama.
Jerry Sadowitz - A Scottish Charles Manson with better card tricks than David Blaine and venom coming from both nostrils.

Writing


Stewart Lee - Who wrote Jerry Springer the opera, but mostly for Lee and Herring on British TV in the 1990s on which he was the principle.

Jerry Springer The Opera was co-written with Richard Thomas, who, while being a musician, happens to have contributed greatly to how funny that show was.
He also played in a glitchcore thing called Hairy Butter that were truly awful and I'm sure he is still ashamed of that. When I first heard of Lee's involvement in ''Jerry Springer The Opera ''I thought that it was an unnecessary target to choose, until I watched it and enjoyed it a lot. I still have a ''crack whore'' badge.

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

Youre startlingly incorrect about Bill Hicks there, i cant even see where youre coming from.

I do love Shameless, last series was a bit iffy but this one seems to be back to its surreal best.
I also second Steve Coogan which a couple of people have said, i remember having a Paul and Pauline Calf video when i was about 12 for some reason.

I was generalising from the perception of his public that I have, not saying that Bill Hicks isn't, sometimes, quite funny.

[the ikara cult]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Jerry Springer The Opera was co-written with Richard Thomas, who, while being a musician, happens to have contributed greatly to how funny that show was.
He also played in a glitchcore thing called Hairy Butter that were truly awful and I'm sure he is still ashamed of that. When I first heard of Lee's involvement in ''Jerry Springer The Opera ''I thought that it was an unnecessary target to choose, until I watched it and enjoyed it a lot. I still have a ''crack whore'' badge.

a chick with a dick
chick with a diiiick
chick with a diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

I wish id gone to see that, when i saw it on DVD the whole experience was somewhat overwhelming to the ears.

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

a chick with a dick
chick with a diiiick
chick with a diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

I wish id gone to see that, when i saw it on DVD the whole experience was somewhat overwhelming to the ears.

I've watched it so many times because it was here at work and never failed to enjoy it. It's not so much what they sing, but how they sing it and at which speed that gives it that special something. The actors in it were all a bunch of pricks, mind.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

"The Kurt Cobain of Comedy", not even going to dignify that one.

edit: if we're going to compare a comedien to a dead musician (now this will be unpopular!!!) lets at least make it a good one like Chopin, or Eric Dolphy not a 4 chord pop star.

lest we forget, this is a rock music board.... there's no need to be snooty

anyway, there are loads of parallels between hicks and cobain, they are both "alternative", they both took pleasure in riling red necks, they're both dead, they're both more popular than they would be if they were still alive... etc

[Rob Instigator]

Bill Cosby
Richard Pryor
Mitch Hedberg
Chris Rock
George Carlin
EDDIE IZZARD

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

EDDIE IZZARD

Good call, Rob.

[Rob Instigator]

his stonehenge bit in Dressed To Kill blows me away every time.
"100 miles? I don't even know where I live anymore!"