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04-04-2005, 03:20 AM | #1 |
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Comedy
Right now the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, one of the three largest in the world, has just started. I love stand-up comedy, and I'd like to know if there are many here who do too? Who are your favourite comedians? My favourite local (Aussie) ones include Wil Anderson, Dave Hughes, Tripod, Adam Hills, Akmal Saleh, Carl Barron, GUD...lots more. International artists: Danny Bhoy, Arj Barker, Demetri Martin, Chris Addison, Rich Hall...
So, who else is a comedy enthusiast? Last edited by Linaewen : 04-04-2005 at 03:34 AM. |
04-04-2005, 06:31 AM | #2 |
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I'm very much into comedy.
One of my favorite comedians, Mitch Hedberg, died on March 30th of a heart attack at age 37. I've been mourning him for a while now. He was a really good comedian. Other than Mitch, I'm a fan of Pablo Francisco, Vince Morris, and a few others that I can't recall the names of.
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04-04-2005, 06:54 AM | #3 |
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Favourite stand-ups are Eddie Izzard and Bill Hicks (who also died horribly young, in his 30s, about 10 years ago though so I've got over it by now). Billy Connolly has his moments, but most of them were 30 years ago. Alexei Sayle also had his moments, mostly 20 years ago (!)
I think stand-up must be one of the hardest performance art forms. More often than not, the audience are drunk, boisterous and utterly unforgiving. I once had to smuggle Paul Merton out of our student union because he was about to get lynched by a mob of drunken football fans. Writing comedy is a much safer affair. (UK's) Channel 4 showed a "top 50 comedy sketches" programme last night. It was interesting to contrast how the British "alternative comedy" writing scene is dominated by Oxbridge types whereas the stand-up circuit tend to be people who can mix it with the hoi polloi. |
04-04-2005, 01:13 PM | #4 |
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What! Mitch Hedberg died!! I hadnt heard that. What a loss. Probably way too much coke.
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04-11-2005, 01:00 PM | #5 |
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The Blue Collar Comedy Tour, both movies, were very funny. Now they've started a television show which I can't see running more than one season.
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04-11-2005, 04:23 PM | #6 |
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Awwwwwww, come on, now! They said the same thing about Hee-Haw!
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one of my favourite non stand-up's is stephen fry, he is a genius, then of course ian hislop, the pythons, spike milligan, harry enfield is arright for one of those common-folk |
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04-12-2005, 03:33 AM | #8 | |
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I'd forgotten about Enfield's Mr Cholmondeley-Warner. "Women - know your place.", I was pissing myself. Very much like the satirical posters at www.whitehouse.org Missing from your list: Bill Hicks (obviously) Reeves and Mortimer Harry Hill |
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04-12-2005, 12:33 PM | #9 |
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No mention of Stephen Fry is complete with Hugh Laurie. "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" (and of course their Blackadder roles) makes for some of the best comedy I've seen... of course, it's fairly old now
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04-12-2005, 12:57 PM | #10 |
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Hello Grayson
Why hello there, Mr Cholmondeley-Warner, what have you got for us today Ah Mr Grayson, in this modern world we have the wonderful invention of the motor-car, but what! I see a lady driving her hsuband's motor-car! |
04-11-2005, 04:26 PM | #11 |
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the best comedians in the world:
Jack Dee Dylan Moran Bill Bailey Billy Connolly Peter Kay Phil Jupitus Rich Hall Jo Brand Lee Evans |
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