Comedians that are just not funny

Monty Python.
" "This is an ex-parrot!" Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I went to university you know!"

I went to a small pub comedy gig in New Malden last night. Lou Sanders and Milton Jones were trailing their stuff for the Mock the Week recording today. 

Milton was fantastic. 

However, Lou Sanders, who went first after the MC (who was very good too), bombed. Then at the end, she turned on me  in the second row, and told me off for not laughing at her material and asked if I had not enjoyed it. 

I have never before seen anything quite like it. I was flabbergasted. 

I have this debatewith my wife frequently but I hardly find any woman comedians to be funny.  I love listening and watching comedy but my wife hates it.  She laughs at Miranda Hart and I just detest her.  Don't get me started on Rosie Jones.  Or Jo Brand.  Or Harriett Kemsley.

A few years ago I saw Phil Wang at the Comedy Store and loved it.  He was followed by Roisin Connaty and she just doesn't make me laugh in the slightest. 

I like Katherine Ryan - probably because she is controversial like her mate Jimmy Carr.  Sarah Millican often gets a smirk from me but i'm struggling ater that.

I think I may be becoming a grumpy old man however, there are plenty of comedians that make me laugh so I guess I haven't had a full sense of humour bypass.  James Acaster, Trevor Noah, Russel Kane (sometimes), Jimmy Carr, Anthony Jeselnik all tend to make me chuckle and I miss Lee Evans

Comedy is such a strange thing when you think about it.  Some things people find eye-wateringly bad have the opposite effect on others and I guess that's why it's so varied nowadays.  The only constant is the lack of people prepared to be controversial still for fear of cancellation.

Swisdom said:

I have this debatewith my wife frequently but I hardly find any woman comedians to be funny.  I love listening and watching comedy but my wife hates it.  She laughs at Miranda Hart and I just detest her.  Don't get me started on Rosie Jones.  Or Jo Brand.  Or Harriett Kemsley.

A few years ago I saw Phil Wang at the Comedy Store and loved it.  He was followed by Roisin Connaty and she just doesn't make me laugh in the slightest. 

I like Katherine Ryan - probably because she is controversial like her mate Jimmy Carr.  Sarah Millican often gets a smirk from me but i'm struggling ater that.

I think I may be becoming a grumpy old man however, there are plenty of comedians that make me laugh so I guess I haven't had a full sense of humour bypass.  James Acaster, Trevor Noah, Russel Kane (sometimes), Jimmy Carr, Anthony Jeselnik all tend to make me chuckle and I miss Lee Evans

Comedy is such a strange thing when you think about it.  Some things people find eye-wateringly bad have the opposite effect on others and I guess that's why it's so varied nowadays.  The only constant is the lack of people prepared to be controversial still for fear of cancellation.

Try Nikki Glaser. I often struggle with female comics as well - though I do find Jo Brand funny quite often, and Sarah Millican has her moments. Katherine Ryan I've never once laughed at. Nikki Glaser is genuinely funny though - absolutely filthy, and dark like Jeselnik (my favourite comedian ever) is. 

Swisdom said:

I have this debatewith my wife frequently but I hardly find any woman comedians to be funny.  I love listening and watching comedy but my wife hates it.  She laughs at Miranda Hart and I just detest her.  Don't get me started on Rosie Jones.  Or Jo Brand.  Or Harriett Kemsley.

A few years ago I saw Phil Wang at the Comedy Store and loved it.  He was followed by Roisin Connaty and she just doesn't make me laugh in the slightest. 

I like Katherine Ryan - probably because she is controversial like her mate Jimmy Carr.  Sarah Millican often gets a smirk from me but i'm struggling ater that.

I think I may be becoming a grumpy old man however, there are plenty of comedians that make me laugh so I guess I haven't had a full sense of humour bypass.  James Acaster, Trevor Noah, Russel Kane (sometimes), Jimmy Carr, Anthony Jeselnik all tend to make me chuckle and I miss Lee Evans

Comedy is such a strange thing when you think about it.  Some things people find eye-wateringly bad have the opposite effect on others and I guess that's why it's so varied nowadays.  The only constant is the lack of people prepared to be controversial still for fear of cancellation.

I'm similar to this with regards to female comedians, have seen Nicola Conti though and she was excellent

fattmatt said:

I went to a small pub comedy gig in New Malden last night. Lou Sanders and Milton Jones were trailing their stuff for the Mock the Week recording today. 

Milton was fantastic. 

However, Lou Sanders, who went first after the MC (who was very good too), bombed. Then at the end, she turned on me  in the second row, and told me off for not laughing at her material and asked if I had not enjoyed it. 

I have never before seen anything quite like it. I was flabbergasted. 

I'm nit a fan of Lou Sanders, I've got quite a dark sense of humour so her stuff should appeal but you've got to be funny with it and I don't find her very funny.

Proper weird to effectively reckless and audience member though - I wouldn't be looking to highlight someone not finding it funny!!

We saw Milton Jones a while back - normally find hin really funny and he was the reason we booked the gig (was one of those where 4 comedians so half hour each), then he was rubbish!  

Luckily a couple of the others were great -  they had Angelos Epithemiou as a late stand in and he had me in stitches.

Fumbluff said:

PrincessFiona said:

Stuart Lee - nothing funny the whole evening

I believe this to be incorrect

Tbf, he has let himself go

North Lower Neil said:

Paul Smith, the ginger scouse bloke who theres a lot of clips online in the comedy club up there.

"What do you do mate? Bus driver? Haha, drive busses is it?  Drive it here tonight did yeh?   Hahahaha, buses this lad, what are yeh, 6?  That's f***ing sh*t that is, lad.

And you with him?  This yer girlfriend?  What do you do, love?  What's that?  Work in accounts?  Yeh boring cow, haha!  Write yer little numbers down do yer?  The numbers of his buses hahahahahahaha!  That's f***ing sh*t that is, love."

And you, row behind, what do you do?"

Tiktok generation comedian. Looks funny for two clips. Then you see him and realise it's 75% of his act, novelty wears off five minutes in, and the rest of it isn't funny. 

North Lower Neil said:

Paul Smith, the ginger scouse bloke who theres a lot of clips online in the comedy club up there.

"What do you do mate? Bus driver? Haha, drive busses is it?  Drive it here tonight did yeh?   Hahahaha, buses this lad, what are yeh, 6?  That's f***ing sh*t that is, lad.

And you with him?  This yer girlfriend?  What do you do, love?  What's that?  Work in accounts?  Yeh boring cow, haha!  Write yer little numbers down do yer?  The numbers of his buses hahahahahahaha!  That's f***ing sh*t that is, love."

And you, row behind, what do you do?"

Couldn't agree more all he does is take the piss out the crowd, absolute mind numbing.

PrincessFiona said:

Stuart Lee - nothing funny the whole evening

You're just not clever enough to get it. 

Steven81 said:

PrincessFiona said:

Stuart Lee - nothing funny the whole evening

My fav British comedian is Stewart lee, I like him more than anyone that's ever lived and fictional characters : ))

I am literally obssessed with him. I agree the fuck out of it.
Seen him loads of times and he never fails to either crack me up or literally impress me with how clever the character Stewart Lee is. The end of Content provider - genius. The UKIPS should be taught in schools. Ricky Gervais saying what cant be said - painful and utterly addictive.

I really don't understand how anyone finds Ricky Gervais remotely funny, he's a writer pretending to be a stand-up comic. Every single special of his is the same, the same boring premises that, despite being written with the sole purpose of being edgy, aren't edgy to anyone that isn't the same age as him.  

He then always hides behind "You don't like it because you're offended". It's all so odd. 

ElliotCAFC said:

I really don't understand how anyone finds Ricky Gervais remotely funny, he's a writer pretending to be a stand-up comic. Every single special of his is the same, the same boring premises that, despite being written with the sole purpose of being edgy, aren't edgy to anyone that isn't the same age as him.  

He then always hides behind "You don't like it because you're offended". It's all so odd. 

I suppose comedy is a personal thing, I find Gervais funny but, as I’m 59, that’s the reason. I’m not easily offended.

Went many years ago to a corporate awards night and the MC was Bob Monkhouse. Was hilarious without out being crude. And lighting quick.