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A very funny and hugely talented man. Very quick and versatile.
Did he do his "Small man trapped in a box" routine? :-D
Oh yes. I just don't know how he does it. Tried and tried. Genius.
Haha, just love that routine! Hope to catch a live show of his someday.
Why does such a talented man make so terrible films?
Don t you like any of them? Pretty mixed bag for me.
I've seen a lot of his stuff, but I was really impressed that all of the material he did was new. Great night out, well worth seeing if you get the chance.
Hate him ever since that annoying sitcom, Gavin and Stacey! And he seems to be everywhere!!
Personally to me they are everything that is wrong with mainstream comedy and entertainment.
I like comedy with an edge not something that wouldn't offend an elderly relative but that's me.
I agree with this, although I don't mind Michael McIntyre. Even seen him live a couple of times.
I like comedians who have an original slant to their comedy. An unpredictable nature.
Harry Hill is very marmite but I've liked him from when he first came on the scene with his jokes about a fly having a heart attack, and his grandma thinking her corn flakes was a jigsaw puzzle. his comedy is pretty family friendly, he doesn't see why the F word is needed in order to make someone laugh. I admire him for that.
I also liked Steve Martin's stand up back in the day, but he also (like Hill) had an absurd slant to his comedy (he would play his banjo quite seriously without 'realising' until the end that he had a fake arrow though his head).
My all time favourite comic is Harpo Marx, the most unpredictably crazy Marx Brother. As fine a silent comedian as any of the acknowledged greats.
Good lord, I'm actually in agreement here with jobo.…..if it's funny then it's funny, end of.
First time for everything I suppose...!
I kind of agree with what @NicNac said. I don't need comedy to be edgy. Frankie Boyle is considered edgy, but I have watched some of his stuff, and I think he comes off as more of a 'see you next....' than edgy. When it comes to comedy, I adore the comedy of The Two Ronnies. The wordplay in their sketches is just the greatest. The four candles/fork handles is a classic example, and not outside the realm of possibility. You can images such a situation actually happening. While he lacked The Two Ronnies wordplay, for his multitude of characters, I also like Dick Emery. And I can't not mention Terry-Thomas.
Similar comedy duo, Morecombe and Wise played un-offensive humour, but often clever.
Not a stand up, but when talking comedy, it's hard for any Brit not to mention the late great Tommy Cooper. A man who I didn't appreciate till later in life. But one whom I find amazingly funny. A true genius of the craft.
As far as stand up's of similar stature, I always found Dave Allen to be on the mark, yet not controversial.
Well, whenever I have an opinion which could be considered very mainstream, I can be quite certain you would agree with it...
LIKE John Bishop, Micky Flanagan, Milton Jones, Nish Kumar and most of the crowd off Mock The Week
HATE Romesh Ranganathan, Michael McIntyre, James Corden