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Mozz - // Frankie Boyle is another who I find hilarious. //
I always feel with FB that he is going for shock, rather than humour, and because the reaction is the same, it's easy to think that one is actually the other.
When FB comes out with one of his monumentally crass observations, people laugh as a result of the release of nervous tension because they are uncomfortable. That's a galaxy away from being amused, but because it sounds the same, Frankie can tell himself he is funny, and 'edgy' when he's actually simply being shocking, and that's not talented, because loads of deeply unpleasant stupid people can do that as well.