Who is your favourite comedian?

[Lionel Ritchie]

Paul Whitehouse.

Nothing I've seen in the last ten years has topped the fast show.

The man's a genius.

[Raheny Red]

Jimmy Carr

The GF got me a pair of tickets for his show in Vicar Street next month ;) :cool: ;)

[NeilMcD]

Bill Hicks,
Bill Connolly (older stuff)
Tommy Tiernan
Larry David
Monty Python
Ricky Gervais
Bernard O Shea
Steve Coogan
Peter Kay
Dermot Morgan

[dfx-]

Billy Connolly
Dermot Morgan
Tommy Tiernan
Dylan Moran
Monty Python

I don't like/can't stand Ricky Gervais, Lee Evans and Peter Kay

[sligoman]

I don't have a real favourite but have plenty that come close:o:

Pat Shortt,
Des Bishop,
Bernard O'Shea,
Tommy Tiernan,
Jon Kenny,
Dara O'Brian,
Colm Murphy,
Neil Delamere,
Karl Spain(going to see him again, in Sligo next week;))
P.J. Gallagher

[Anto McC]

Peter Kay!

[De Town]

Tommy Tiernan and Peter Kay :D

[A face]

Denis Leary is unreal.
Peter Key is very good too.

Went to 'Live at Jouglers' (sp?) a while back and it was seriously one of the best nights ever. A must if you are in Camden.

The Comedy Club (http://www.thecomedyclub.ie/) in Cork is the citys best kept secret, there are some great gigs up there, loads of hen nights too !! ;) ... the sky bar is good crack too.

There are some great Irish comedians out there, well worth the money (give away)

[Mayo Red]

Billy Connolly is a legend, Dermot Morgan (RIP) and Denis Leary would be up there aswell!

[Snoop Drog]

Ardal O'Hanlon

[sfc red]

Peter Kay is a príck - his first Dvd and his latest one are THE EXACT FCUKING SAME!!!!!!!!!!

Can't believe nobody has said Jasper Carrott.

Tommy T for me.

Lee Evans needs anti-perspirant.

[Macy]

Peter Kay is a príck - his first Dvd and his latest one are THE EXACT FCUKING SAME!!!!!!!!!!
Well his second and latest. Definitely a con job, but then the Blackpool DVD is the better one anyway. To think the year before I left Manch I was watching him in the Frog and Bucket pub...

Steve Coogan - now there's one I forgot. Get hold of Live and Dangerous, or 3 fights, 2 weddings and a funeral. :D

[Dublin12]

Dave Allen
Ricky Gervais
Tommy Cooper
Bill Hicks

[klein4]

emo phillips and joan rivers

[Pauro 76]

Tommy Tiernan, Dara O’Briain, Bill Bailey

Tend to go off ones that become too famous, a la Gervais, Lee Evans and Jimmy Carr, who’s fcking everywhere be it writing lad mag columns or hosting crap gameshows...

[NeilMcD]

I cant believe people are saying Denis Leary he is is the biggest rip off of Bill Hicks ever. He is Bill HIcks light its unreal. Peter Kay is also reknowned for robbing peoples material but Phoenix nights is class as is The Services.

[ThatGuy]

I cant believe people are saying Denis Leary he is is the biggest rip off of Bill Hicks ever. He is Bill HIcks light its unreal. Peter Kay is also reknowned for robbing peoples material but Phoenix nights is class as is The Services.
I believe what you saying to be true, I believe his No Cure For Cancer album is a blatant rip-off. In saying that, I know nothing about Hicks and of course will never get to see him live, I have seen Leary live and find him to be funny guy though.

As for Peter Kay, I remember getting an email ten years ago when I was still in secondary school which was "50 strange facts" and had jokes like "there's always a bad chip in a bag of chips" and "the smaller the monkey the more likely it is to kill you" which years later Peter Kay put in his act as his own joke, which IMO it clearly wasn't.

[NeilMcD]

Well my tip would be to go to play.com and order some Bill Hicks Cd's or DVDs they are top class and the man was a comic genius. At one point THe American Media were so stupid that they accused Hicks of ripping Leary off.

[Dricky]

Another Bill Hicks fav of mine was the trucker(Reginald Denny?) being attacked by the rioters:D

The man was doing all this at the end of the 80's and begining of the 90's hated bush senior so it is such a pity we couldn't have him around for Clinton and Bush Jr.

The others just pail in comparison. Pryor would be the closest but his was always a Bio, Hicks was always interested in hunting down Billy Ray Cyrus

We could fill the site with funnies from this man, streets ahead of the rest
the auld Pro-Lifer, If your so Pro life don't protest ouside abortion clinics join hands and blockade the graveyards if your so flucking pro-life....... classic.

even better enjoy. :D http://quotes.prolix.nu/Humor/Bill_Hicks/


Humor:Bill Hicks
I'm not a girl, I'm a guy you know? But at the same time, I tell ya how you can solve this abortion issue right now. Ready? Those unwanted babies that single moms leave in alleys and in dumpsters? Leave about 12 of those on the steps of The Supreme Court. This is over. Like that. "You guys said we had to have them? Then you guys...****ING RAISE 'EM." "Raise 'em then, you ****ing ****ing raise 'em. YOU raise 'em. You said I had to have it? Then it's yours. ****. It's yours..Take it"

- Bill Hicks

How come people always flip and think they're Jesus? Why not Buddha? Particularly in America, where more people resemble Buddha than Jesus. 'Ah'm BUDDHA!' 'You're Bubba!' 'Ah'm Buddha now..All I gotta do is change 3 letters on ma belt...'

- Bill Hicks

See I think drugs have done some good things for us. If you don't think drugs have done good things for us then do me a favor. Go home tonight and take all of your records,tapes and all your CD's and burn them. Because, you know all those musicians who made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years? Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreal ****ing high on drugs, man.

- Bill Hicks

You know all that money we spend on the military ever year - trillions of dollars? Instead, if we use this money to feed and clothe the poor of this world, which it would do many times over, then we can explore space, inner and outer, together, as one race.

- Bill Hicks

What do atheists scream when they come?"

- Bill Hicks

A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. Do you think when Jesus comes back he ever wants to see a ****in' cross? It's kind of like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on."

- Bill Hicks

Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is mearly energy condensed through a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, life is only a dream and we are the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.

- Bill Hicks

If you don't think drugs have done good things for us then take all of your records,tapes and CD's and burn them.

- Bill Hicks

My final point about alchohol, about drugs, about Pornography...What business is it of your's what I do, read, buy, see or take into my body as long as I don't harm another human being whilst on this planet? And for those of you having a little moral dilemna on how to answer this, I'll answer for you. NONE OF YOUR ****ING BUSINESS Take that to the bank, cash it and take it on a vacation outta my ****ing life. And stop bringing shotguns to UFO sightings, they might be here to pick me up and take me with 'em.

- Bill Hicks

Obnoxious , self-righteous, whining little ****s. My biggest fear is that if I quit smoking, I'll become one of you...Don't take that wrong. I have something to tell you non-smokers that I know for a fact that you don't know, and I feel it's my duty to pass on information at all times. Ready?.......Non-smokers die every day...Enjoy your evening. See, I know that you entertain this eternal life fantasy because you've chosen not to smoke, but let me be the 1st to POP that bubble and bring you hurtling back to reality....You're dead too.

- Bill Hicks

I generally love my job. You know what the great thing about being a comic is? I have no boss. That's a definate lifestyle plus isnt it?..Aren't bosses something?.....They're like gnats at a picnic man....Get the **** out of here buddy, it's just a job, doesn't mean a thing. I smoked a joint this morning, you're lucky I showed...My bed was like a womb man...

- Bill Hicks

Think of me as Chomsky with dick jokes.

- Bill Hicks

Ever noticed that people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved?

- Bill Hicks

When Jesus comes back to earth the last thing he wants to see is a cross.

- Bill Hicks

The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride... And we... kill those people.

- Bill Hicks

What did moths bump into before the electric light bulb was invented? Boy, the lightbulb really screwed the moth up didn't it? Are there moths on their way to the sun now going, "It's gonna be worth it!"

- Bill Hicks

Did you know that if you play the New Kids On The Block record backwards, it actually sounds better.

- Bill Hicks

I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor - even president, it seemed. And for the first time in the history of mankind, something new, called an astronaut. But like so many kids brought up on a steady diet of westerns, I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy hero - that lone voice in the wilderness, fighting corruption and evil wherever I fount it, and standing for freedom, truth, and justice. And in my heart of hearts I still track the remnants of that dream wherever I go, in my endless ride into the setting sun.

[tiktok]

Bill Bailey
Dom Irrera
for stand-up

Paul Whitehouse
Larry david
for TV writing

Do like Bill Hicks, I've only had the pleasure of listening to the CD's though.

[Raheny Red]

AHHH Lads!!

Am I the only Jimmy Carr fan here :eek: - the man is a genius!!:p :D

[sligoman]

The Comedy Club (http://www.thecomedyclub.ie/) in Cork is the citys best kept secret, there are some great gigs up there

There are some great Irish comedians out there, well worth the money (give away)Same could be said for the Model and Niland Art Gallery in Sligo. I've seen plenty of big names in comedy there so far-Neil Delamere, Dom Irera, Bernard O'Shea, Karl Spain, Tim Vine and plenty more.

Going to see Karl Spain there again next Friday night. Here's (http://www.modelart.ie/events/comedy_archive.html) the archive of who has performed there since it started. Ticket's are only €12 too:eek:. Great value when you compare it to what you'd pay to see them in some place else:).

[joeSoap]

I'd say you are the only Jimmy Carr fan here...I think he's a tosspot.

Dennis Leary(no cure for cancer) Billy Connolly(live at the Albert Hall) Eddie Murphy(Delirious), Peter Kay, they're all brilliant, but for me none of them could hold a candle to Ronnie Barker RIP.

On the Irish front, Jon Kenny, Pat Shortt, Dermot Morgan and Deirdre O'Kane are my favs.

[WeAreRovers]

Tommy Cooper

Ronnie Barker

Peter Kay

Dave Allen

KOH

[Neish]

Stand up
1. Billy Connolly
2. Bill Bailey
3. Bill Hicks

TV/ Tv Writters
1. Steve Cogan
2. Larry David
3. Peter Kay

[klein4]

deirdre o kane is unbeleivably unfunny!!!!!

[tetsujin1979]

Denis Leary and Jack Dee

[A face]

I'd say you are the only Jimmy Carr fan here...I think he's a tosspot.

I think he is good actually, bit over played alright though ... in M&S recently and they have huge life-size photos of him, complete overkill.


On the Irish front, Jon Kenny, Pat Shortt, Dermot Morgan and Deirdre O'Kane are my favs.

Deirdre O'Kane ... very funny in intermission !! :p
Very good ..... bit of a looker too !!

[klein4]

very scary in intermission!!!
bit of a looker???
are you wayne rooney?

[Anto McC]

Tommy Cooper

How did i forget Tommy Cooper

"I went to the doctor and i said i've terrible wind problem,can you give me anything for it........................so he gave me a kite" :D

[aido_b]

Defo has to be Richard Pryor and Dara O Briain,

anyone else think that the Star will be running a story about Irelands favourite stand up comedians after reading this ? :D

[Metrostars]

Richard Pryor and Rodney Dangerfield... both recently passed away.

[A face]

Any good comedy clubs around the country lads ??

[strangeirish]

Any good comedy clubs around the country lads ??

Dáil Éireann!

[A face]

Dáil Éireann!

Aint that the truth !!

[sligoman]

I just discovered that Des Bishop is a Cork City fan:eek:. I was at his show in Sligo in November and he called Rovers "the fattest champions ever" and congratulated them on winning their "little league". You had to be there to find it really funny:D.

[Neish]

I just discovered that Des Bishop is a Cork City fan:eek:. I was at his show in Sligo in November and he called Rovers "the fattest champions ever" and congratulated them on winning their "little league". You had to be there to find it really funny:D.

Just think he like any sports team with Cork in the name, he spent several years at college there and I think Cork is where his ancestors were from.

He told that Sligo Rovers fat Joke in Letterkenny too, Harps also got a mention, he said he was sad to see them go down but said they would be right back up next year, then back down and back up, just like a yo yo.:rolleyes:

[A face]

Just think he like any sports team with Cork in the name, he spent several years at college there and I think Cork is where his ancestors were from.

No ... he has been to alot of home games and been to a few away ones, was in Derry for the three one hammering and loved the singing at the end !! :p

[Kowalski]

I went to see Dara O'Briain in Vicar Street before Christmas, was'nt that impressed, all he did was slag a couple of people in the audience off for most the show. I found it fairly lame because at the end of the day anybody can slag someone and sound funny. :mad:
Seen a guy called David O'Doherty before Christmas and thought he was brilliant, does a few songs in a Bill Bailey kind of way. :D

[sligoman]

No ... he has been to alot of home games and been to a few away ones, was in Derry for the three one hammering and loved the singing at the end !! :pThere's a pic of him at a Cork Vs. Bohs game that he was at in Turners Cross on his website. He has a bit wrote about Cork City on his website too.
Seen a guy called David O'Doherty before Christmas and thought he was brilliant, does a few songs in a Bill Bailey kind of way. :DYeah, he was in Sligo a while back, didn't go though:o.

[John83]

I'd better limit it to standup, or I'll be here all day. My favourites are Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran (yes, rather like Black Books!) and Jack Dee.

A couple of guys I've noticed recently would be Rhys Darby and Marcus Brigstocke. Both of them are on Comedy Central on Paramount.

[gustavo]

Tommy Tiernan
Billy Connolly
Jim Carrey
Robin Williams

[Shelsman]

Brian Kerr :D

Seriously though ( in a comic way ), there would be too many to mention, but someone mentioned Jasper Carrott earlier and I can remember some very funny showings from him, then there was also Kenny Everett who was also very funny.

[finlma]

There's an English guy called Lee Mack who I've seen a few times. Very funny man.

[A face]

Has anyone been to the Cat Laughs (http://www.thecatlaughs.com/) festival in Kilkenny ??

I'll probably head up this year, try and take in a game aswell. Make a good wekend end out of it.

[sligoman]

Anyone know of John Colleary? He's from Sligo and is regular MC at the comedy nights in the Sligo art gallery. I think he's fairly well known around the Dublin comedy club scene too. He did the Kilkenny festival thing last year and appeared on an episode of Naked Camera on RTE. If ye know him, what do ye think of him?

[A face]

Dane Cook !! (http://www.danecook.com/)

You can hear his set here (http://www.entensity.net/?content=funnyaudio) (second last one) :p

[Anto McC]

There's an English guy called Lee Mack who I've seen a few times. Very funny man.

Yeah he's good,he presents They think its all over now,he used to be in a show with Tim Vine,he is also very good,you can see some of his best lines here (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/tim_vine.html)

Also Omid Djalili (http://www.omid-djalili.com/home.html) is very good too.

[sligoman]

Tim Vine,he is also very goodI went to see Vine in Sligo a few months back. He is good but I find that cos all his jokes are basically one liners, it goes too quick. I like an aul long joke every now and again:o :D.

[sligoman]

I went to see Karl Spain in Sligo tonight. Top class:). I printed out this old pic (http://homepage.eircom.net/%7Elfcsc/LIMERICK1980.jpg) of him(he's the mascot) and handed it to him:D.