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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    wmcf123 said:
    Lauren Laverne , Nish Kumar
    Lauren Laverne is a DJ & TV presenter, no wonder you don't find her funny.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Redskin said:
    My favourite comedians are all yanks...

    Louis CK
    Bill Burr
    George Carling
    Chris Rock
    Mitch Hedberg
    Norm MacDonald
    Bill Hicks
    Richard Pryor
    Michelle Wolf
    Sarah Silverman

    British...

    Paul Foot
    Stewart Lee
    Micky Flannagan
    James Acaster - at a push




    Great list. Saw bill burr at the Albert hall and was quality, love his podcast. Would knock Louis ck off that though, 2000 - 2005 Dave chappelle is probably the greatest era of possibly the best comedian america has ever produced.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,782
    Sadiq Khan
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,951
    I know you cant live in the past,but after being brought up watching Tommy Cooper,Les Dawson,Dick Emery,Tony Hancock etc.,there is no one today(other than Peter Kay in his sit coms) who makes me laugh as much as those guys did.
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,951
    A special mention to Max Boyce,who many years ago at a game at Anfield,did the halftime entertainment and spent 10 minutes taking the piss out of Charlton,even the home supporters were pissed of with him.I did write to Liverpool FC,this was the first game after Bob Paisley Died,and we Charlton supporters showed our utmost  respect and should not have put up with this.To their credit I received a lovely letter back,sharing my annoyance and was assured that Mr.Boyce was put in his place.
    Hated him ever since.
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,651
    kentaddick said:
    Redskin said:
    My favourite comedians are all yanks...

    Louis CK
    Bill Burr
    George Carling
    Chris Rock
    Mitch Hedberg
    Norm MacDonald
    Bill Hicks
    Richard Pryor
    Michelle Wolf
    Sarah Silverman

    British...

    Paul Foot
    Stewart Lee
    Micky Flannagan
    James Acaster - at a push




    Great list. Saw bill burr at the Albert hall and was quality, love his podcast. Would knock Louis ck off that though, 2000 - 2005 Dave chappelle is probably the greatest era of possibly the best comedian america has ever produced.
    Some of Dave Chappele's recent Netflix stuff is excellent. The roundabout way he pulled off the 'kick her in the pussy' punchline was genius.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    thickandthin63 said:
    A special mention to Max Boyce,who many years ago at a game at Anfield,did the halftime entertainment and spent 10 minutes taking the piss out of Charlton,even the home supporters were pissed of with him.I did write to Liverpool FC,this was the first game after Bob Paisley Died,and we Charlton supporters showed our utmost  respect and should not have put up with this.To their credit I received a lovely letter back,sharing my annoyance and was assured that Mr.Boyce was put in his place.
    Hated him ever since.
    Are you sure it was Max Boyce and not Stan Boardman?
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,441
    Dave Allen was excellent when I saw him.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    Genuinely think there are more funny people on here than some of the so called ‘professional comedians’ knocking about.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    SantaClaus said:
    kentaddick said:
    Redskin said:
    My favourite comedians are all yanks...

    Louis CK
    Bill Burr
    George Carling
    Chris Rock
    Mitch Hedberg
    Norm MacDonald
    Bill Hicks
    Richard Pryor
    Michelle Wolf
    Sarah Silverman

    British...

    Paul Foot
    Stewart Lee
    Micky Flannagan
    James Acaster - at a push




    Great list. Saw bill burr at the Albert hall and was quality, love his podcast. Would knock Louis ck off that though, 2000 - 2005 Dave chappelle is probably the greatest era of possibly the best comedian america has ever produced.
    Some of Dave Chappele's recent Netflix stuff is excellent. The roundabout way he pulled off the 'kick her in the pussy' punchline was genius.
    yeah it was good, but imo his stuff around the time he had the chappelle show were absolute killer and one of america's best ever comedians at the top of their craft.
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  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited September 2023
    You are all funny, in your own special way.  Never change.
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,008
    seth plum said:
    thickandthin63 said:
    A special mention to Max Boyce,who many years ago at a game at Anfield,did the halftime entertainment and spent 10 minutes taking the piss out of Charlton,even the home supporters were pissed of with him.I did write to Liverpool FC,this was the first game after Bob Paisley Died,and we Charlton supporters showed our utmost  respect and should not have put up with this.To their credit I received a lovely letter back,sharing my annoyance and was assured that Mr.Boyce was put in his place.
    Hated him ever since.
    Are you sure it was Max Boyce and not Stan Boardman?
    I was at that game. We lost 3-0 , Collymore ripped us apart. Was Stan Boardman. 
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,951
    seth plum said:
    thickandthin63 said:
    A special mention to Max Boyce,who many years ago at a game at Anfield,did the halftime entertainment and spent 10 minutes taking the piss out of Charlton,even the home supporters were pissed of with him.I did write to Liverpool FC,this was the first game after Bob Paisley Died,and we Charlton supporters showed our utmost  respect and should not have put up with this.To their credit I received a lovely letter back,sharing my annoyance and was assured that Mr.Boyce was put in his place.
    Hated him ever since.
    Are you sure it was Max Boyce and not Stan Boardman?
    Yep sorry for that it was Stan Boardman.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    He's still angry about the Germans bombing his chip shop.
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    You are all funny, in your own special way.  Never change.
    Funny how?
  • 9goalswentpastperry
    9goalswentpastperry Posts: 1,109
    edited September 2023
    masicat said:
    seth plum said:
    thickandthin63 said:
    A special mention to Max Boyce,who many years ago at a game at Anfield,did the halftime entertainment and spent 10 minutes taking the piss out of Charlton,even the home supporters were pissed of with him.I did write to Liverpool FC,this was the first game after Bob Paisley Died,and we Charlton supporters showed our utmost  respect and should not have put up with this.To their credit I received a lovely letter back,sharing my annoyance and was assured that Mr.Boyce was put in his place.
    Hated him ever since.
    Are you sure it was Max Boyce and not Stan Boardman?
    I was at that game. We lost 3-0 , Collymore ripped us apart. Was Stan Boardman. 
    We lost 2 1 in the FA Cup. Kim Grant curled in a great goal.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    edited September 2023
    Evening  cup match.
    We had a good following, but at half time ‘reacted’ to Boardman’s unfunny put downs.
    Even the Liverpool fans looked like they were shifting uneasily from buttock to buttock. Nobody laughed anywhere in the ground at anything he said, and he got more pathetic as he died on his arse moment by moment.
    In a later edition of When Saturday Comes they described. the whole thing as the worst display at Anfield that season.

    *For some reason I seem to remember we fell behind whilst being temporarily reduced to 10 men. It wasn’t an embarrassing display from us, unlike Boardman’s embarrassing display for them.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,148
    edited September 2023
    thickandthin63 said:
    seth plum said:
    thickandthin63 said:
    A special mention to Max Boyce,who many years ago at a game at Anfield,did the halftime entertainment and spent 10 minutes taking the piss out of Charlton,even the home supporters were pissed of with him.I did write to Liverpool FC,this was the first game after Bob Paisley Died,and we Charlton supporters showed our utmost  respect and should not have put up with this.To their credit I received a lovely letter back,sharing my annoyance and was assured that Mr.Boyce was put in his place.
    Hated him ever since.
    Are you sure it was Max Boyce and not Stan Boardman?
    Yep sorry for that it was Stan Boardman.
    That kind of "comedian" loves to punch down. They are the ones I find unfunny.  

    I was at the game and have no recollection of Boardman and what he said. I was driving, so I wasn't pissed either.  :D  
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    9goalswentpastperry said:
    masicat said:
    seth plum said:
    thickandthin63 said:
    A special mention to Max Boyce,who many years ago at a game at Anfield,did the halftime entertainment and spent 10 minutes taking the piss out of Charlton,even the home supporters were pissed of with him.I did write to Liverpool FC,this was the first game after Bob Paisley Died,and we Charlton supporters showed our utmost  respect and should not have put up with this.To their credit I received a lovely letter back,sharing my annoyance and was assured that Mr.Boyce was put in his place.
    Hated him ever since.
    Are you sure it was Max Boyce and not Stan Boardman?
    I was at that game. We lost 3-0 , Collymore ripped us apart. Was Stan Boardman. 
    We lost 2 1 in the FA Cup. Kim Grant curled in a great goal.
    Ah yes, I remember that game now. I arranged a meeting at my employer's Merseyside factory that day, indeed I used a pool car to drive up  ;)
  • Silverdreammachine
    Silverdreammachine Posts: 370
    Was at  the game behind the away end with all the Charlton supporters. Remember Mark Robson nearly equalised soon after Kim Grants goal. Half time all the Charlton supporters sang to Boardman ''You're not funny anymore''. Good atmosphere until he came on!
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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    seth plum said:
    thickandthin63 said:
    A special mention to Max Boyce,who many years ago at a game at Anfield,did the halftime entertainment and spent 10 minutes taking the piss out of Charlton,even the home supporters were pissed of with him.I did write to Liverpool FC,this was the first game after Bob Paisley Died,and we Charlton supporters showed our utmost  respect and should not have put up with this.To their credit I received a lovely letter back,sharing my annoyance and was assured that Mr.Boyce was put in his place.
    Hated him ever since.
    Are you sure it was Max Boyce and not Stan Boardman?



    Max I was there Boyce was the quintessential Welshman and Rugby was his passion.

    Stan Germans bombed our chip shop in the war Boardman was a Scouser and he loved Liverpool FC.

    @thickandthin63 has been hating the wrong person for decades 🤷🏻‍♂️
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    AllHailTheHen said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    You are all funny, in your own special way.  Never change.
    Funny how?
    I said:  In your own special way!
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Hardeep Singh Kohli.
  • Valleyfan2
    Valleyfan2 Posts: 224
    seth plum said:
    Evening  cup match.
    We had a good following, but at half time ‘reacted’ to Boardman’s unfunny put downs.
    Even the Liverpool fans looked like they were shifting uneasily from buttock to buttock. Nobody laughed anywhere in the ground at anything he said, and he got more pathetic as he died on his arse moment by moment.
    In a later edition of When Saturday Comes they described. the whole thing as the worst display at Anfield that season.

    *For some reason I seem to remember we fell behind whilst being temporarily reduced to 10 men. It wasn’t an embarrassing display from us, unlike Boardman’s embarrassing display for them.
    We had a great following for a mid week league cup game. Boardman was an arsehole, he got such abuse from our lot he eventually threw his hands in the air and slunked off (early I think) to triumphant cheers from us. 
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,181
    Bob Hope 
  • Bolderhumphreyreid
    Bolderhumphreyreid Posts: 2,553
    Phil Jupitus
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    Reginald D Hunter
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    Stewart Lee
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    thickandthin63 said:
    I know you cant live in the past,but after being brought up watching Tommy Cooper,Les Dawson,Dick Emery,Tony Hancock etc.,there is no one today(other than Peter Kay in his sit coms) who makes me laugh as much as those guys did.
    So agree although a programme which we always enjoy is “Would I Lie to You” thanks to David Mitchell and Lee Mack.

    I’ve never come to terms with NZ humour which is incredibly unfunny most of the time.  The exception was the talented Billy T James even though - or perhaps because - he took the piss out of the Māoris (his own race). Apologies Seth.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    thickandthin63 said:
    I know you cant live in the past,but after being brought up watching Tommy Cooper,Les Dawson,Dick Emery,Tony Hancock etc.,there is no one today(other than Peter Kay in his sit coms) who makes me laugh as much as those guys did.
    They are some very funny people, as was Ken Dodd from that era - I saw a documentary about him this week and he had some great one liners. I'm not convinced that there was ever a golden age or that the average level is significantly better or worse in any generation though. I suspect it's a bit like music where most people love the music they grew up with because that's their generation. It's right that no-one should make you laugh like they did, but youngsters today will probably say the same about the comics of their generation. 

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