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Eddie Izzard
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I am the first to understand that comedy is subjective - I have a member of my family whom I love dearly, notwithstanding that she thinks Michael McIntyre is funny ...
But I watched about twenty minutes of Eddie izzard on tv tonight, and I simply don't get it
I couldn't raise a smile if my life depended on it, so what am I missing?
But I watched about twenty minutes of Eddie izzard on tv tonight, and I simply don't get it
I couldn't raise a smile if my life depended on it, so what am I missing?
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well Andy, I think the fact you like Chubby Brown and Bernard Manning is a good indicator, you are never going to find modern comedians funny because they don't tell jokes, they just relate everyday life. //
I understand that, which is why I also adore Peter Kay, Victoria Wood, Ben Elton, Billy Connolly, and Jimmy Carr - so I am not rooted in the 1970's which my answer may have inferred.
well Andy, I think the fact you like Chubby Brown and Bernard Manning is a good indicator, you are never going to find modern comedians funny because they don't tell jokes, they just relate everyday life. //
I understand that, which is why I also adore Peter Kay, Victoria Wood, Ben Elton, Billy Connolly, and Jimmy Carr - so I am not rooted in the 1970's which my answer may have inferred.
Patsy - // Michael McIntyre makes me laugh, he is so observant of people and life. Same with Peter Kay. //
I can see the similarities but I find two things - one is the Peter Kay is far more accurate and amusing with his insights, and the way he delivers them, and I adore his Lancashire accent, I could listen to him read the phone book. I also love the facial expressions, but the exact opposite happens with MM - I hate his flutey voice and his chubby school-boy face.
I can see the similarities but I find two things - one is the Peter Kay is far more accurate and amusing with his insights, and the way he delivers them, and I adore his Lancashire accent, I could listen to him read the phone book. I also love the facial expressions, but the exact opposite happens with MM - I hate his flutey voice and his chubby school-boy face.
TTT - // I know why you didn't like the snow one Andy, you don't have snow up north do you? You have something called snore! :) //
They have snore in Lancashire, but I'm not as far north as that - Manchester is nearly forty miles north of here, so slightly inaccurate on that one!!
I didn't like the snow one because for some reason, I know that if Peter Kay had done the same routine word for word, I would have been fighting for breath.
It's less McIntyre's material than him as a personality.
I think I may meet him one day, and I will really like him as a person, but still not find him funny.
I always wonder if I will like Dean Friedman as a person, because I think Lucky Star is the most treacly, insipid, vapid, utterly creepy song I have ever heard!!!
They have snore in Lancashire, but I'm not as far north as that - Manchester is nearly forty miles north of here, so slightly inaccurate on that one!!
I didn't like the snow one because for some reason, I know that if Peter Kay had done the same routine word for word, I would have been fighting for breath.
It's less McIntyre's material than him as a personality.
I think I may meet him one day, and I will really like him as a person, but still not find him funny.
I always wonder if I will like Dean Friedman as a person, because I think Lucky Star is the most treacly, insipid, vapid, utterly creepy song I have ever heard!!!