I've not seen hjim live but he was in a programme called Black Books and I thought he was hilarious in that. Sure he was P****ed most of the time as well whilst filming.
spanner - he often takes to the stage with glasses of wine at hand and the way he speaks does give the impression that he's often a little drunk, but he's very, very sharp, and (seemingly) not adversely affected by it. Ray - love him, been to see him twice at the Edinburgh Festival (once before, and once since Black Books) and he was absolutely hilarious both times.