Ross Noble is way worse than O'Briain! I saw him in City Limits and he was such a **** with the audience it turned me off him for life.
Hmmm, best stand-up...
One of the ones that really sticks in my memory is Rich Hall, but I think he was a bit off form that night, I remember one of my friends heckling him (she was drunk, we backed away rapidly) and he wasn't really able to deal with it, which is a bad show. I saw Junior Simpson and Owen O'Neill there too, and both were pretty good.
The best I've seen in a big venue has to be Eddie Izzard, in the Everyman, by a mile. Absolute class. Worst was Paul Merton in the same venue, he should really stick to improv (saw him in the Comedy Store with Josie Lawrence and the gang, they were excellent). His support on the night was Richard Morton, who put him to shame.
Haven't been to a comedy club in ages, must start going again.
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