Comedians you don’t find funny…

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Moley1 said:
Agree with the earlier poster about Jimmy Carr. Apart from his affected seal laugh, just uses deeply unpleasant material to get attention.
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I once saw him (paid for tickets for somebodies birthday in a box) and he was getting heckled so rather than having a joke back, he told them to sit quietly or be thrown out. He absolutely could not handle it. I can’t stand him.
 
A lot of the reason people become dislikable is because of over exposure. Even if you might have liked them at first. For example Romesh currently has two of his own comedy panel shows, one on bbc and one on sky. Two sitcoms staring him, one on bbc and sky. He hosts the weakest link, and is a weekly dj on bbc radio 2 and recently replaced claudia winkleman on her saturday radio show. I didnt mind him when he popped up on panel shows here and there but now i can't stand him because he is every where and is nowhere near as amusing as he thinks he is, or how bbc and sky think he is.
 
AbnormalFrog said:
Richard Herring gets my hackles right up. He makes me deeply deeply uncomfortable in a way I cannot properly put into words.
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I listen to RHLSTP for the guests but it can be a challenge - I'm pretty sure I've wibbled on about him earlier in this thread.

In recent years (probably because of his wife's strong personal views) he announces quite regularly in his podcast that he's a 'feminist'.:cautious:

Don't hate many celebrities at all but I'd put him a category of 'nearly as bad as Russell Brand'. He really gives me the ick. Something sleazy about him. Add a chip on the shoulder (barely-concealed envy hidden with 'oh-I'm-just-kidding') and, for me, he's podcast poison.

(A few years ago I mentioned I disliked RH on another UK forum, and in not such strong language as on Tattle as that's the etiquette there, and this member came out of the blue who totally had the hump and hit me with a barrage of butthurt comments. Didn't realise RH had flying monkeys and it's not as if he's some sort of comedic genius: there's nothing stan-able about him).

edit: Though, my sister loves Peter Kay and in passing I said I felt he was a bit of a one-trick pony (Cookdandbombd regularly had tales of him sabotaging other comedians' sets, nicking their jokes - also mentioned on the Secret Celebrity Gossip thread recently - and re-releasing the same old tit routine again and again under different names / packaging. Basically ripping off his fans. Have to take CnB's word for the DVD release allegation as I'm not aware of any of that). She got really angry with me - ha - so some fans do revert to that weird possessiveness when challenged. Even my sister, who should know better!

That bloody 'Garlic bread' routine really winds me up. Think PK fans see him as cuddly, lovable and man of the people, or something.
 
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skysky101 said:
A lot of the reason people become dislikable is because of over exposure. Even if you might have liked them at first. For example Romesh currently has two of his own comedy panel shows, one on bbc and one on sky. Two sitcoms staring him, one on bbc and sky. He hosts the weakest link, and is a weekly dj on bbc radio 2 and recently replaced claudia winkleman on her saturday radio show. I didnt mind him when he popped up on panel shows here and there but now i can't stand him because he is every where and is nowhere near as amusing as he thinks he is, or how bbc and sky think he is.
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I saw him live years ago and he was brilliant that night. I also can’t be bothered with a lot of what he does on telly.
 
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