Comedians you don’t find funny…

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qwikti said:
I really want to like him, and think for a while I had convinced myself that I did (he's got some alright jokes on the odd panel show), but Richard Ayoade. I like him as a person, but God, the show Travel Man with him in it...

The whole 'I'm sucking the humour out of the room and being standoffish to produce awkward situations, and thus laughs' doesn't really work on a travel show. Segment after segment of comedians struggling to work with him, and the staff of random tourist spots politely tittering at his jokes. And whose idea was it to send a guy who clearly doesn't like drinking at all to a drinking segment on every single episode?

Old news, I know, since he's no longer the host and hasn't been for a few years, but still.
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Same. I loved him in the IT crowd, he was hilarious playing Moss, that moment when they're at the theatre and he gets mistaken as a barman and Jen goes to order a drink and he's stood there is one of my favourite comedy moments :ROFLMAO: but when he's presenting or on panel shows I find him so uptight and cold! I don't know if that's a persona he's putting on or his real personality, but I think he's far funnier as an actor.
 
Michael McIntyre and Russell Brand are my instant "duck off"s when I see them on telly, though those two are probably easy targets (I'm sure MM is a decent person and harmless - though, RB isn't).

My dad apparently did teacher training with Frankie Boyle years ago, and described him as "very quiet"!! Jerry Sadowitz pretty much implies that FB stole his act, and he has re-told one or two of his jokes, but, so has Jimmy Carr (though Jimmy allegedly has someone employed to quietly write up cheques to those whose jokes he's borrowed - if you believe Cookdandbombd).

Boyf hates Pish Kumar and Rubbish Ranganathan, as he calls them. He also can't stand Adam Hills (who I don't mind) and Sarah Millican.

Graham Linehan's behaviour just takes my breath away - what the heck is wrong with him?! If anybody needs to detox from social media, it's him.

Boyf also says (he hails from the Highlands) that Billy Connolly pissed off a few people when he came up here in his drinking 'n' partying days and owes some people a few quid. Not sure if he's telling the truth. I have a soft spot for Billy and live round the corner from one of his murals!
Millennial Pink said:
I don't get Noel Fielding either, way to out there for me.

I used to enjoy Sarah Millican and Michael McIntyre back in the day. Millican's stuff comes off as dated now and McIntyre is so hyperactive I can't watch him. I can't believe I never noticed it before. I saw Sarah Millican live once and she didn't come across well.

Rosie Jones - can't understand her very well at all, and I'm frustrated with how much airtime she gets given the material isn't that good.

Sofie Hagan- not funny with a chip on her shoulder.

Eddie Izzard- joke about the French was really good, asides from that I'm left cold.

Jason Manford, Peter Kay, Tim Minchin, Lee Mack, John Richardson, Romesh Ranganathan, Ricky Gervais, Micky Flanagan, Harry Hill, Keith Lemon, Paddy McGuinness, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Matt Lucas and David Walliams- I dislike the lot of them. David Walliams seems like a creep, anyway.

At this point I'm struggling to remember what comedy I do like. I haven't really watched stand up in so long because the quality is so bad.
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Sofie Hagen has a vicious kiwifarms thread about her - not read it in ages. I do kinda get some of the points they make about her self-obsession and hypocrisy, though I can't help but think those forums are populated by misogynist males who love to see women unhappy! Part of me is rooting for her because of this. Can't say she's amused me much on the podcasts I've heard her on, though....

Peter Kay - urgh - just say "garlic bread?" to me and I'll probably punch you. (My sister loves him and got irrationally angry when I said I wasn't keen - apparently he had form for rehashing old material on numerous DVD releases = ripping off fans, but I can't vouch for this).

I adore Micky Flanagan, though some of his output has been a bit hit and miss.

Keith Lemon is a weird one (my Bible-bashing, narcissistic mother LOVES him but she doesn't get irony or sarcasm and I have to explain some racy terminology to her - so I've no idea what's going on there, bit of a mindfuck). He has the dubious honour of making one of the worst movies of all time. Never amused me, ever, not even in the Bo Selecta days.

There's no doubt Tim Minchin is supernaturally talented but he just doesn't float my boat, humour-wise either.

Boyf turns over when Rosie Jones is on, he just doesn't find her funny (is there an irony that this Glaswegian - ie, me - doesn't understand her most of the time? I am quite well-spoken for a Weegie, though!).

I used to detest Noel Fielding, I still don't understand The Mighty Boosh - but he is actually quite adorable, charming, sweet on The Great British Bake Off. He surprised me.

AND JOAN RIVERS WAS / IS A QUEEN. I bleeping loved her. Wish she was still around. The end.
 
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watermelon sugar said:
RUSSELL KANE I don’t even know if he is a comedian but he was on beat the chasers last night and Bradley introduced him as a ‘comedian’ and I was like, urgh, I hate this guy
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I think it's because he's so sweaty, twitchy, rambly (those are the words that come to mind when I think of Mr Shitizen Kane). I suppose you could say the same about Lee Evans but I saw a standup of his that I found genuinely hilarious (to my surprise) and it changed my mind about him. Maybe he's hit and miss as well (Lee Evans).

MRS BROWN'S BOYS - arrghhhh - why can't we flush away this bleeping turd!! it haunts me every Christmas. Who watches this utter sub-pantomime drivel? It makes me want to hurt people.

I was dismayed when Stephen Merchant did a reboot of the Crystal Maze (Richard O'Brien is a divine human being and an untouchable in my eyes) but he was actually really funny - though he only did one episode. I think.
butterfliesandhurricanes said:
Richard Herring 😭 I can’t stand the guy he’s so ridiculously unfunny. Shame because he has amazing guests on RHLSP
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YES! I suspect he sees himself as a "character" who moans about never being on TV, he's envious about others doing better than him and he's bitter about Stuart Lee's success etc, etc, but I can't help but think he does genuinely have a massive ego and there's a grain of truth there. And for all the "my wife is a feminist and so am I"...duck off, dude, you treated women like tit for years. He gives me the ick, massively. There's something of the creep about him. Don't listen to the interview he does with his wife, he is practically lecherous and breathless throughout, I'm still traumatised.

I only listen to his podcast if I like his guest (top tip: scroll by about six minutes and you'll avoid listening to Herring rambling unamusingly about himself). He can't wait to turn conversations around to his favourite subject: himself. It's a far better interview when he listens and stops butting in (one I remember being particularly good was the Terry Hall episode - RIP - who I love to bits and I suspect Mr Herring only STFU because some of the subject matter was so sensitive).

panda_eyes said:
Joe Pasquale - aghhhhh why does he keep popping up in "celebrity" versions of shows? Bore off back to the 90s and stay there please.
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Decades later, I still call Oil Of Olay "Oil Of Ugly" :LOL:
BigBrenda said:
Colin Carr?? That name sounds hilarious to me don’t know why.
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At least he's not called Wayne (I'll get me coat).
racing stripes said:
Michael bleeping Barrymore what a waste of fertilised semen, there’s having a laugh with the audience as the wonderful Bill Bailey does and then there’s completely taking the piss nastily on purpose, not good.
I could never get my head round why the lanky streak of talentless piss was so bloody popular back in the day, he was the personification of narcissistic ego with look at me I’m so bleeping funny thrown in, we all know anyone who has to tell you their funny really ain’t.
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I used to feel Michael Barrymore was a bit of a bully back in the day, my opinion hasn't really changed - you could sense there was a really nasty streak. No idea how he became the housewives' favourite (he isn't now, of course). I did like hearing him and Pete Burns bitching in the middle of the night on Celeb BB (when they used to broadcast all night, with the really juicy stuff censored with birds tweeting).

Someone mentioned Russell Howard. I don't rate him much but he's pretty harmless (the over-eager forced laughter by - I assume - young women in the audience who have a crush on him on that news round up TV show he did - really got on my nerves). He's a bit of an enthusiastic puppy and hard to dislike.

I agree about David O'Docherty, he is a really talented guy and brings a bit of creativity to his act.

As for Sean Lock - not sure I've paid much attention to his stand up or even his panel show appearances but Seven Storeys High was fantastic. It's criminal that he had another series written and ready to go but the BBC didn't re-commission it.

I'm undecided about Katherine Ryan (her husband seems like a dick, going by the Tattle thread about her) - sometimes I think she's great, other times I'm not that keen. I can't work out if she has bitchy vibes for real or not.

(Can you tell I read through this thread backwards? I'll shut up now). I love going to comedy shows and try to visit the Edinburgh Festival when I can, though it's been a few years (it's changed a lot over the years and it's all about the money).
 
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RIP Victor Lewis-Smith. And Little Chef. https://www.12ft.io/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/apr/02/foodanddrink.shopping1

Sad to hear he passed away on the 10th December, only just read the thread about him on CnB.

Also, The Guardian has an obituary (12ft.to bypasses the paywall - I'm sure he would approve). Had yet another WTF moment discovering VLS un-ironically liked Mrs Brown's Boys (?!?). I may need to lie down in a darkened room to recover from this rollercoaster https://www.12ft.io/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/15/victor-lewis-smith-obituary

Back to the regularly-scheduled programme of hatred for other comedians. Sorry.

(Edit: Actually, The Guardian is free, I assumed it was a paywall pop up, oops).
 
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lamaitresse said:
RIP Victor Lewis-Smith. And Little Chef. https://www.12ft.io/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/apr/02/foodanddrink.shopping1

Sad to hear he passed away on the 10th December, only just read the thread about him on CnB.

Also, The Guardian has an obituary (12ft.to bypasses the paywall - I'm sure he would approve). Had yet another WTF moment discovering VLS un-ironically liked Mrs Brown's Boys (?!?). I may need to lie down in a darkened room to recover from this rollercoaster https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.12ft.io/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/15/victor-lewis-smith-obituary

Back to the regularly-scheduled programme of hatred for other comedians. Sorry.
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I always read the guardian, cannot believe I had never read any of these reviews!
 
Bloody Mike Doyle - unfunny prick.

Did the family thing over Christmas and was gifted a big family trip to the theatre for a panto - Mike Doyle was in it as the panto dame - I wanted to stove his bleeping skull in, everytime he said 'his' catchphrase of 'Awight' in a crappy West Walian accent. That coupled with the wanker H from Steps really made my day.

My kids now think its funny to come out with that tit... if only they knew how close they are to disinheritance or disownment.

Mike Doyle REALLY is the most unfunniest comedian in existence alive or dead. I bleeping hate the bleep.
 
Pontyslapper said:
Bloody Mike Doyle - unfunny prick.

Did the family thing over Christmas and was gifted a big family trip to the theatre for a panto - Mike Doyle was in it as the panto dame - I wanted to stove his bleeping skull in, everytime he said 'his' catchphrase of 'Awight' in a crappy West Walian accent. That coupled with the wanker H from Steps really made my day.

My kids now think its funny to come out with that tit... if only they knew how close they are to disinheritance or disownment.

Mike Doyle REALLY is the most unfunniest comedian in existence alive or dead. I bleeping hate the bleep.
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Never heard of him - thankfully.;)
 
I’m incredibly fussy when it comes to comedy. There’s a few comedians who I actually do like and I can’t stand most of the rest.
However the ones I really can’t bear-

Sarah Millican. I love a bit of South Shields humour,
Carl Hutchinson and Chris Ramsey never fail to make me cry laughing and reaching for the Tena Lady 😂 However Millican’s whiny voice grates on me. And she isn’t funny in the slightest.

Jason Manford. He makes my skin crawl! I was in the audience for a show he was on recently and being in the same room as him (even though I was nowhere near) made me feel really uncomfortable. I watched the show he did with Freddie Flintoff last month and even though I’m a massive fan of Fred I spent the whole show wanting to put my foot through the TV.

Jimmy Carr. Not funny and that laugh- just no.

Michael McIntyre. I appreciate his stance on debt collection agencies but he’s a) not funny and b) annoying as hell.
They’re the ones I can’t stand most. I can literally count my favourite comedians on the fingers of one hand (Chris Ramsey, Carl Hutchinson, Frank Skinner, Peter Kay and Lloyd Griffith) I have to say though I do like Rosie Jones. I’m deaf so it’s hard for me to understand her but what I can understand I do like. I’m warming to Romesh Ranganathan as well- I’ve watched him in ALOTO for some time and I like his dry, deadpan style.
 
Lucy Beaumont, thick as two short planks, she was told that Norway was giving Finland a mountain, as Finland doesn’t have any mountains, and that it was on the border. So she says we’ll the can’t have it but can visit as it too big to move 🙄 someone then explained they will move the border.
 
not a fan said:
Paul Smith. Just chats to the audience and his replies get some response of laughs from the audience but it’s nothing anyone else in the local pub couldn’t muster up as a joke. His guest appearance on James English podcast was boring too just him repeatedly talking about how much he enjoys doing drugs and justifying them.
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His wife Lori Callow lives local to me and they're an awful family involved massively in the drug scene. Her brother Jack Callow is wanted by the police at the moment after some school kids called the police on him after kicking his girlfriend in the stomach in the street. They drove Jack to Birmingham so he could hide there from the police
 
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