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Britain’s Best Comic Genius

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Expat Jack, Oct 16, 2020.

  1. Not one for the PC brigade:eek:
    I remember seeing him over 30 years ago at our local club. The place was absolutely rammed full. I didn't stop laughing from the moment he came on stage to when he went off. Missed a lot of his one liners while still laughing at the last one.
     
  2. Spike Milligan had some horrendous racist stuff.
     
  3. Eric Sykes was a top comedy writer of his day, think he worked a lot with Barry Cryer.
    Didn’t enjoy Ben Elton as a stand up but clever writer and same for Gervais.
    Frankie Boyle anyone?
     
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  4. Have a look at some of Richard Pryor stuff, Lenny Bruce.
    And if anyone's interested there's several by Bob Newhart, the Driving Instructor being one and the Indian "First nation" Drill sergeant another.
    Sorry, the "Indian drill sergeant" one is George Carlin, who I think is still brilliant.
     
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  5. Example please ?
     
  6. Depends on whether you accept the declarations by those uppity colonists!
     
  7. What about the Clitheroe Kid and the Glums :)
     
  8. Derek and Clive anyone?
     
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  9. Paki-Paddy springs to mind
     
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  10. Kenneth Williams :-

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  11. More contemporary, Johnny Vaughn is bloody good/clever. POD cast is....:joy:
     
  12. Martin’s hot tap or the ancient art of buuuulllshiiiiiido....
     
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  13. Spike Milligan, a true original way ahead of his time.
     
  14. There were 7 books in total
    Adolf hitler my part in his downfall
    Rommel gunner who
    Monty his part in my victory
    Mussolini his part in my downfall
    Where have all the bullets gone.
    Goodbye soldier
    Peace work
    All hilarious
     
  15. Best In “character” comic. Ronnie Barker hands down.
    Best stand up. Billy Connelly.
    This was back in the day when comedy was still alive and well.
    Very few now have the material or the guts to tell it as it is.
     
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  16. Chris Morris, Stewart Lee, and Reeves & Mortimer deserve a mention
     
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  17. Rick Mayall Ronnie B and the Pythons especially the Life of Brian, has me chuckling just thinking about it.
    Ronnie B amazed me how he could get so much laughter etc without being anti social in any way, no bad language or swipes at anyone just clean fun.
    Rik M as Flashhard in Black Adder and in Bottom, again, utter utter utter, genius.. X
     
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  18. Rick Mayhall (and Ade Edmondson) is a goo shout. I can watch bottom or the earlier Strip Presents stuff anytime :upyeah:
     
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  19. You won't get that with the 'new' modern day sanitised BBC comedian like Micheal Macintyre or whatever he's called. He's about as funny as tooth ache. Ricky Gervais recently commented that risky humour is dead. And he's right. Risky humour's the stuff that makes us laugh. Well me anyway :D
     
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  20. Yeah, that fella had me in stitches at times. Hence the avatar :laughing:
     
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