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Comedians - Rate & Hate

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On the train into Edinburgh for the fringe right now for the fringe, we're going to see Frankie Boyle tonight but will visit the ticket office and see what else is available.
Rate; Stewart Lee, Bob Doolally, Spencer Jones.
Don't really hate anyone, few I dislike as comedians though.
 
cant stand that Jurgen Klopp clown , perhaps its too dark even for me.

Matt Rife is quite funny when he pops up on my feed.
 

DanEFC92 said:
Rate: Frankie Boyle, Stewart Lee

Hate: Alan Davies, Adam Rowe, Rob Beckett, Jack Whitehall, almost every American podcast comedian like Bert Kriescher
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Went to see Rob Beckett at the fringe a few years ago in a small venue, after he'd finished we were making our way down the stairs and there he was shaking hands with everyone coming out and thanking them for coming to see him which I thought was a nice touch
He was good tbf but agree he's tries too hard and a bit Cocky on TV
 
Rita_Poon said:
Boyle - harsh but in the main incredible
Bridges - nicer but similar
Rock - used to be amazing
that Burr slap down is one of the hardest sells I've ever heard done. (not that I think he's much beyond a Leary minute upgrade) but still.
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Never found Rock massively funny but he had great energy and brilliant stage work. I like to think the real reason smith slapped him was for single handedly ruining the Fargo franchise.
 
Old Blue 2 said:
Gigged with quite a few comedians on the cabaret circuit in previous decades.

Top of the lot was Norman Collier, with Ken Dodd a close second (wouldn't get off the stage - he was on until 1:30 in the morning - MC and Concert Sec were going ballistic; we just wanted to get our gear off stage and head home!).

Meh - most modern comedians, just not funny. If you're gonna tell stories, then look up the likes of Tom O'Connor (who was brilliant live!), Bob Monkhouse and Dave Allen - all masters of their craft.

Dressing room backstage with Tom O'Connor, early '80s:
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And the singer in my band backstage with him also:
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Tom O'conner not fit to be on the big stage his Opportunity knocks win was fixed - local comedians Mickey Finn were miles better than him - plus many others I saw in the local clubs - yes I saw Tom = bog average compared to most .....

He had a luck break IMO - then blew it with a hotel scandal with a young girl .... I had a pint with him at my local working man's club - as I say, bog average IMO - plus is act rarely altered .....same old jokes .....
 
Still will watch Carlin and Hicks. Mickey Flanagan is good but he's my age group so should work. I like Reginal D Hunter too.
Gladly boil 'Miranda', McIntyre, Carr, Bishop and Klopp
 

Joey66 said:
Tom O'conner not fit to be on the big stage his Opportunity knocks win was fixed - local comedians Mickey Finn were miles better than him - plus many others I saw in the local clubs - yes I saw Tom = bog average compared to most .....

He had a luck break IMO - then blew it with a hotel scandal with a young girl .... I had a pint with him at my local working man's club - as I say, bog average IMO - plus is act rarely altered .....same old jokes .....
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Let me put you right on a few things.Yeah, my band was on with Tom O'Connor a few times. The photo was taken in the dressing room of the Deeside Leisure Centre cabaret lounge. We were on the Montrose with him also, among other venues. His TV work was scripted for him to the second, as it was with all of the solo artists - live he was a real crowd-pleaser. But he was a 'story-teller, like Stan Boardman, not a comedian like George Roper, Les Dennis, Dustin Gee, Ken Rose, nor an impressionist-cum-comedian like Joe Longthorne, all of whom I have been on the same bill with.

As for Opportunity Knocks - OF COURSE his win was fixed. ALL of the wins were fixed. What Hughie Green decided, went. And that meant the winners, if they got a contract of any kind, had to cut him in on a %age of what they got from it financially. All of those talent shows are fixed. Why do you think Showaddywaddy won 'Stars in their eyes'? I think that was the title of the other talent show. Because they were financially backed by Harry Salzmann, the guy who financed the James Bond films. There was no way they were NOT going to win that particular show! For the musos - they had two Crown DC300 PA amps each driving two 4x12 JBLansing speaker columns. All into a 16-channel desk. The lead singer and one of the drummers were good; the others wouldn't have passed an audition for my own band! Smell the coffee, Pete, the business was replete with bent deals.

As for your last paragraph, yeah he did not cover himself in glory with an adult-age girl, but there was also a far bigger matter that involved a show business 'heavy' coming up from London on his behalf, and a Liverpool footballer leaving at the height of his career to move to a club at the other end of the country. That was what I was told by several different people within the business.
 
Old Blue 2 said:
Let me put you right on a few things.Yeah, my band was on with Tom O'Connor a few times. The photo was taken in the dressing room of the Deeside Leisure Centre cabaret lounge. We were on the Montrose with him also, among other venues. His TV work was scripted for him to the second, as it was with all of the solo artists - live he was a real crowd-pleaser. But he was a 'story-teller, like Stan Boardman, not a comedian like George Roper, Les Dennis, Dustin Gee, Ken Rose, nor an impressionist-cum-comedian like Joe Longthorne, all of whom I have been on the same bill with.

As for Opportunity Knocks - OF COURSE his win was fixed. ALL of the wins were fixed. What Hughie Green decided, went. And that meant the winners, if they got a contract of any kind, had to cut him in on a %age of what they got from it financially. All of those talent shows are fixed. Why do you think Showaddywaddy won 'Stars in their eyes'? I think that was the title of the other talent show. Because they were financially backed by Harry Salzmann, the guy who financed the James Bond films. There was no way they were NOT going to win that particular show! For the musos - they had two Crown DC300 PA amps each driving two 4x12 JBLansing speaker columns. All into a 16-channel desk. The lead singer and one of the drummers were good; the others wouldn't have passed an audition for my own band! Smell the coffee, Pete, the business was replete with bent deals.

As for your last paragraph, yeah he did not cover himself in glory with an adult-age girl, but there was also a far bigger matter that involved a show business 'heavy' coming up from London on his behalf, and a Liverpool footballer leaving at the height of his career to move to a club at the other end of the country. That was what I was told by several different people within the business.
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forget Pete, lets have the skinny on the dirty deals done dirt cheap...
 
If they make me laugh, thats sound. Dara O'Brien was surprisingly brilliant at stand up. Stories, not jokes. One for the teenagers was Max Boyce. A Welsh Billy Connelly on reflection.

Wouldnt cross the road to see Sarah Millican.
 

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