Top 5 stand ups

[ferrarilover]

Forgot about Stewart Lee, his show 'comedy vehicle' is absolute genius. Also, Troj mentioned Dave Allen, another name I forgot.

Eddie Izzard's cake or death and starwars canteen are two of my favorite bits ever, but they're lost in a sea of mediocrity.

Andy Parsons can be hysterically funny, but only if he is carefully managed, as he was on Radio 2 a number of years ago on the Worst Week of the Week Award, Awarded Weekly on a Week by Week Basis show.

Matt.

[Southampton Gull]

Carrot is quality Matt i agree, also not wanting to appear sexist but i just don't find female comics funny AT ALL. I don't know why but they make me cringe. They often have some on panel shows like Shappi Korsandi and others and they are appalling.

That fat Geordie bint makes me laugh, she's seriously funny.

[Southampton Gull]

Andy Parsons can be hysterically funny, but only if he is carefully managed, as he was on Radio 2 a number of years ago on the Worst Week of the Week Award, Awarded Weekly on a Week by Week Basis show.

Matt.

Andy Parsons is funny when he's taking the piss out of Merse, cracks me up.

[ferrarilover]

Have you been at the strong cheese again?

Matt.

[Southampton Gull]

Was it a little hard for you to understand?

[cambgull]

Andy Parsons is not even remotely funny for me, I think I mostly can't stand his voice which means I blank him out. He's by far the weakest link on Mock The Week.

[ferrarilover]

When was Andy Parsons taking the piss out of Merse? Why would that happen? Why would they be in the same room? Why would you be there to witness it?

Matt.

[Southampton Gull]

You have so much to learn and so little time left...............

[Regiment]

i don't go to see as many nowadays as i used to a few years back. So, a mixture of old and new in no particular order (and slightly more than 5) :-

Bernard Manning
Jimmy Jones
Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson
Peter Kay
Lee Evans
Al Murray
Ross Noble
Micky Flanagan
Stephen K Amos

[stevegull]

Frankie Boyle
Reginald D Hunter
Brucie
And many others people have touched on.

Agree with Matt about Eddie Izzard. He has a few gems in an ocean of fairly average gags.

What do you guys think of Ricky Gervais? I was fairly surprised with how good his stand up was. I like his writing for shows but I don't really like him as a person for some reason...

[SuperNickyWroe]

dave spikey
bob monkhouse
kevin bridges
and a few others already mentioned that i cant be bothered to list.

[Trojan 67]

i don't go to see as many nowadays as i used to a few years back. So, a mixture of old and new in no particular order (and slightly more than 5) :-

Bernard Manning
Jimmy Jones
Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson
Peter Kay
Lee Evans
Al Murray
Ross Noble
Micky Flanagan
Stephen K Amos

'kin 'ell !

Saw him in Colchester in 1977

[AustrianAndyGull]

Anyone heard of German comic Henning Wehn? Quality.

[Gullscorer]

ken dodd, tommy cooper, ronnie barker, eric morecombe, robin williams, these are real comedians!

Quite agree. None of today's stand-up comedians are a patch on the old-timers. I only wish I could remember some of their jokes..