| Britains greatest funny man
Posted: 6/14/2008 12:50:28 PM | i cant believe nones mentioned Peter Cook. y'all should be ashamed
incredibly funny and intelligent man, possibly funniest man ever let alone simply britains funniest man
and while its obvious its totally subjective i just dont see how people can even dare say peter kay is our funniest comedian. Let alone lenny henry...i mean come on! Lennry Henry???? | |
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| Britains greatest funny man
Posted: 6/14/2008 2:03:20 PM | last time I saw Lenny Henry live was at an awards ceremony in a top London Park Lane Hotel - he was absolute crap.
All he did was rant and rave - march up and down the stage and make racists remarks.
"I bet the last time you saw a black man in a room like this he was serving dinner"
Over 1000 people and the room was just hushed in embarassed silence - it was cringe worthy. | |
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| Britains greatest funny man
Posted: 6/16/2008 7:41:58 AM | | good to see that this thread had a positive outcome and that many people can remember the older comediennes (have i spelt that right?). I know its down to personal preference and choice and what ticks your boxes but c'mon eddie izzard, lenny henry etc etc. dont get me wrong funny in their own right but not a patch on Cooper, Dawson, Dodd, Everitt, Cook and Milligan. I know i've left out many more but just take a look at Tommy Cooper and you cant tell me that you dont laugh when he tells a joke or fcuks up one of tricks (on purpose). This man was the ultimate comic genius with such impeccable timing and delivery. I urge everyone to look for any dvd or video or repeat of any of his programmes and watch it and believe me laugh, i nearly paid my rent. | |
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Posted: 6/16/2008 8:14:28 AM | Oh I remember Morecambe and Wise they were very funny. The Two Ronnies was great as well. The Young Ones, The Monty Python team.
John Cleese was great in Fawlty Towers
Ronnie Barker in Open all Hours
The original Lenny Henry Show back in the day
One guy that does always make me laugh when he compares a show though is Bruce Forsyth. | |
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| Britains greatest funny man
Posted: 6/16/2008 8:44:54 AM | | Anything by Mike Harding still makes me laugh out loud, Tony Hancock, pure genius and perfect comic timing ! The big yin, you never know where he's going with a story, but they always finish with a belly-laugh, Peter Kay needs a new act, I loved the Blackpool tower dvd, but the Bolton and Manchester arena ones are much the same. | |
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Posted: 6/16/2008 12:24:59 PM | just watched the sectret policemans ball with monty python crew  especially the Parrot Sketch where M Palin cracks up  | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 1:36:43 PM | | for me its victoria wood. not a man i know, or bernard manning who was a man.!! | |
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Posted: 6/18/2008 8:29:24 AM | Billy Connolly is my favourite
He has just done a 2 week run here in Dublin which I couldn't get tickets for due to the fact that people bought them in bulk and then flogged them for appalling prices on an auction web site despite the fact that the ticket site says you can't do that! But thats another thread - if Iknew how to start threads!!!
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Posted: 6/18/2008 8:46:13 AM | This thread could actually be broken down into catagories.
Movie funny man - Peter Sellers
Stand up comedian - Billy Connolly
Sketch show - The Two Ronnies
Sit com - The Young Ones (yes it was a sit com)
The best thing about comedy is that it's as individual as the person laughing at it so in effect everyone is right when they name their favourite as being the best, because in their eyes they are. | |
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Posted: 6/18/2008 8:51:08 AM | ^^^^^^ Agreed with Ian C, it's individual...
Because I don't find Billy Connelly funny at all!
And Peter Kay might be still funny if he ever wrote a new joke in five years. I mean, how many times did he release a dvd of the same show, just in a different location?! | |
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Posted: 6/18/2008 10:15:36 AM | | cant believe no ones mentioned chubby brown or bernard manning or mick pugh all great comedians also mick miller n mike osman and mike reid norman wisdoms old films still crack me up and laurel n hardy still funny people i dont find funny ben elton jack dee cannon and ball mike n bernie winters jim davidson i watched a old comedian the other day very funny man****emery i aint seen his name mentioned yet | |
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Posted: 6/18/2008 12:12:35 PM | | personally i find dyk tafims very funny. sometimes i find myself laughing at him while i'm still asleep "funny or what?" | |
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Posted: 6/21/2008 1:20:55 PM | Eddie Izzard is soooo funny! "Are you happy with your wash?"
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Ok, I know he isn't strictly a comedian, but come on, no-one has mentioned Jeremy Clarkson?! He's just hiarious! | |
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Posted: 6/23/2008 11:54:32 AM | At the moment Alan Carr and Frankie Boyle are the two best stand-ups as far as all time John Cleese is far out in front in my eyes.
He has written and starred in Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda which are arguably the funniest sketch show,sitcom and film this country has produced.
Take a bow Sir | |
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