Comedians you just don't get
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Just skimming through this thread, seen a few names that aren't surprising.
Russell Brand - Easy to hate due to him being a ubiquitous TV presence but is actually rather funny and intelligent. Go and download a few of his radio shows, the raport between him, Matt Morgan and Noel Gallagher makes up for him talking like a **** and wearing women's jeans. I hated him too until I watched the documentary he did about Jack Kerouac.
Ricky Gervais - His stand-up is more or less rubbish. But I let him off seeing as he had never done stand-up before going out and doing his sold-out shows. The fact that he can go out and do an hour of, at worst, mediocre material first time out is an accomplishment. Go and listen to the radioshows/podcasts.
I can't actually think of any comedian I don't get.
Mostly I steer clear of American cliche-spouting-shouty-unfunny-lookatmesayfuck"fuck" comedians and dull end-of-the-pier British fucknuts. So I can't actually remember any of their names as I change channel whenever they come on TV.
And so I'm going to list comedians I like:
Bill Hicks
Paul Merton
Dylan Moran
Demitri Martin
Lenny Bruce
First post and all that.
Russell Brand - Easy to hate due to him being a ubiquitous TV presence but is actually rather funny and intelligent. Go and download a few of his radio shows, the raport between him, Matt Morgan and Noel Gallagher makes up for him talking like a **** and wearing women's jeans. I hated him too until I watched the documentary he did about Jack Kerouac.
Ricky Gervais - His stand-up is more or less rubbish. But I let him off seeing as he had never done stand-up before going out and doing his sold-out shows. The fact that he can go out and do an hour of, at worst, mediocre material first time out is an accomplishment. Go and listen to the radioshows/podcasts.
I can't actually think of any comedian I don't get.
Mostly I steer clear of American cliche-spouting-shouty-unfunny-lookatmesayfuck"fuck" comedians and dull end-of-the-pier British fucknuts. So I can't actually remember any of their names as I change channel whenever they come on TV.
And so I'm going to list comedians I like:
Bill Hicks
Paul Merton
Dylan Moran
Demitri Martin
Lenny Bruce
First post and all that.
I don't like Seinfeld, either the show or the comedian on his own. Especially not the show.
I liked Dane Cook, then one of my friends launched a crusade to fill everyone's ear with verbatim quotes, endlessly, until the last drop of humour had been wrung from them. Thanks Nick, you've ruined a comedian for me.
I liked Dane Cook, then one of my friends launched a crusade to fill everyone's ear with verbatim quotes, endlessly, until the last drop of humour had been wrung from them. Thanks Nick, you've ruined a comedian for me.
Sums up pretty much exactly how I feel about contemporary comedians.mokes310 said:
Kaufman's humor was nothing short of twisted, but mainly because his jokes had a sort of grander scope to them than your standard anecdotal or observational humor. I can't imagine being too humored if I was someone going to see that show, but in retrospect it can still make me smile. He was sort of a pioneer of anti-humor, like the "shaggy dog joke" if you're familiar with that. Very surreal kind of stuff.Pseudonym2 said:
Edit: I think Russell Brand is hilarious, mainly in the fact that he exists. I caught his appearances on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year and his banter with Noel Fielding and the other panelists were sidesplitting. Unfortunately, when I caught some of his stand-up I just got lost and sort of annoyed. Same with Fielding's stand-up, oddly enough.
Sarah Silverman and Jerry Seinfeld. They're just bad. And pretty much anyone who rips off Richard Pryor.
As for the good ones:
- Demitri Martin. Best by far.
- Jeff Dunham, if you can overlook his laughing at his own jokes.
- Dane Cook and Bill Engvall, but only the older stuff. The new stuff from those guys is just pathetic.
- Lewis Black, though this one's a matter of taste. I can fully understand why not everyone likes him.
- Carlos Mencia. Ignore the show, watch the stand-up. It's so much better than the show will ever be.
As for the good ones:
- Demitri Martin. Best by far.
- Jeff Dunham, if you can overlook his laughing at his own jokes.
- Dane Cook and Bill Engvall, but only the older stuff. The new stuff from those guys is just pathetic.
- Lewis Black, though this one's a matter of taste. I can fully understand why not everyone likes him.
- Carlos Mencia. Ignore the show, watch the stand-up. It's so much better than the show will ever be.
Most of them. I can't think of names at the moment but, one famous guy I don't get is David Letterman.
Bill Cosby - I just have a hard time understanding the guy. Maybe he's a comic genius, but I can't tell.
Redneck Comedy Group - Like someone else mentioned in this thread, redneck humor isn't that funny for everyone else.
George Carlin - Nah, I'm just joshin' ya. Could you imagine, though?
Dane Cook - A few good bits, but otherwise, he is nowhere near as funny as everyone says he is.
Jeff Dunham - He isn't terrible, but I just get why "I kill you!" over and over again by a skeleton terrorist puppet is hysterical.
He's not terrible, and I can enjoy a routine of his every now and then, but I just find him to be a little "meh".
That's all for now, I guess.
Redneck Comedy Group - Like someone else mentioned in this thread, redneck humor isn't that funny for everyone else.
George Carlin - Nah, I'm just joshin' ya. Could you imagine, though?
Dane Cook - A few good bits, but otherwise, he is nowhere near as funny as everyone says he is.
Jeff Dunham - He isn't terrible, but I just get why "I kill you!" over and over again by a skeleton terrorist puppet is hysterical.
He's not terrible, and I can enjoy a routine of his every now and then, but I just find him to be a little "meh".
That's all for now, I guess.
Carlos Mencia- His stand up (aside from being stolen) isn't funny and neither is his show
Jeff Dunham- he good technically but he's not funny (Otto and George is over 9000 times better)
Dane Cook- everybodies already said it enough
Katt Williams- Nobody ever said he's good but even his existing is too much for me
Jim Gaffigan- I get it but it's not good
Good comedians
Jim Norton- Best ever for always
Jeff Dunham- he good technically but he's not funny (Otto and George is over 9000 times better)
Dane Cook- everybodies already said it enough
Katt Williams- Nobody ever said he's good but even his existing is too much for me
Jim Gaffigan- I get it but it's not good
Good comedians
Jim Norton- Best ever for always
I turn the television off anytime I see Lisa Lampanelli on Comedy Central, then wait an hour to turn it back just so I don't have to hear her grating voice or her abrasive material. So what if she likes getting F'd in the A. Shouting it doesn't make it funny.
So I'm utterly alone in finding Dom Joly's Trigger Happy TV deeply unamusing, then?
I always found Peter Kay's "I'm so northern" schtick to grate, but he did have funny moments, like the Keith Lard character in Phoenix Nights.
I always found Peter Kay's "I'm so northern" schtick to grate, but he did have funny moments, like the Keith Lard character in Phoenix Nights.
Most of mine have been mentioned, but specifically the list goes:
Jim Davidson, Roy Chubby Brown - I have no words to describe my dislike for the latter
Anything that's old school "my mother in law/my old lady/'er indoors" stuff
The Royle Family - I know why it's funny, but it just doesn't work for me
The Mighty Boosh - I have no idea what's going on
The Fast Show - as above
Leslie Nielson - his films were funny when I was around 10
That new comedian, Michael McIntyre - I really don't know whether he is fully or not, because all I want to do when he is on is hit something, whilst pretending it's his face - seriously, he is so SMUG!
Oh, and I HATE Katy Brand's show on ITV2. Hate hate hate. Her first series was AWFUL, and I hardly ever use caps to describe things. Her second series is slightly better, but purely because they now have nine writers for the damn thing. That is not the mark of a good comedienne. A typical joke is her dressed as Kate Winslet (i.e. evening dress and a messy blonde wig), walking around a village shouting "I'm normal!". Thats it. The whole damn sketch. The other one is an army woman getting hammered. A lot. Then passing out.
Why can't ITV2 commission anyone funny? Is E4 just quicker off the mark?
I remember the good old days of Red Dwarf, Bottom and Blackadder. They don't make them like they used to (try to guess my age).
Although I adore The IT Crowd! Anyone seen it?
^EDIT: I'm in complete agreement about Dom Joly...^
Jim Davidson, Roy Chubby Brown - I have no words to describe my dislike for the latter
Anything that's old school "my mother in law/my old lady/'er indoors" stuff
The Royle Family - I know why it's funny, but it just doesn't work for me
The Mighty Boosh - I have no idea what's going on
The Fast Show - as above
Leslie Nielson - his films were funny when I was around 10
That new comedian, Michael McIntyre - I really don't know whether he is fully or not, because all I want to do when he is on is hit something, whilst pretending it's his face - seriously, he is so SMUG!
Oh, and I HATE Katy Brand's show on ITV2. Hate hate hate. Her first series was AWFUL, and I hardly ever use caps to describe things. Her second series is slightly better, but purely because they now have nine writers for the damn thing. That is not the mark of a good comedienne. A typical joke is her dressed as Kate Winslet (i.e. evening dress and a messy blonde wig), walking around a village shouting "I'm normal!". Thats it. The whole damn sketch. The other one is an army woman getting hammered. A lot. Then passing out.
Why can't ITV2 commission anyone funny? Is E4 just quicker off the mark?
I remember the good old days of Red Dwarf, Bottom and Blackadder. They don't make them like they used to (try to guess my age).
Although I adore The IT Crowd! Anyone seen it?
^EDIT: I'm in complete agreement about Dom Joly...^
I don't get sarah silverman. Even after people explain why the humor should be funny, I think to myself, "Oh, that was informative. But not funny." I also don't laugh watching/listening to Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia, and Robin Williams (does he even count?). Oh yeah, I also do not get a lot of European stand up comedians.
Louis C.K. makes me laugh. But George Carlin only got me to chuckle.
Louis C.K. makes me laugh. But George Carlin only got me to chuckle.
Chris Farley is...Batman. "Oh my Freakin Gorddd! I'm the Caped Crusader, I lurk in the shadows, and I have a bit of what you might call a 'weight problem'!"Dr.Doctor said:
Made me Lol.
"Comedians you just don't get"
Almost all of them. Particularly anyone who's main crutch is racial humour. I guess I'm just burnt out on that, although Chris Rock still manages to make me laugh from time to time.
Louis C.K. and Zach Galafanakis are probably my two favorites right now.
Almost all of them. Particularly anyone who's main crutch is racial humour. I guess I'm just burnt out on that, although Chris Rock still manages to make me laugh from time to time.
Louis C.K. and Zach Galafanakis are probably my two favorites right now.