Bgt, Did Any On Here Find That Black 'comedian' Funny?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/alesha-dixon-howls-laughter-bgts-10549963

Here is one joke that got the judges in hysterics:

/// "I'm black; 200 years ago, this would've been an auction!" ///

Not in the least funny.

[Gizmonster]

To be honest, I found it quite funny.
I suppose because he's black, he can make racist jokes and get away with it ......

[hereIam]

No, I didn't find him funny at all.

[mallyh]

i thought he was very good lol

[-Talbot-]

It made me laugh.
Haven't seen enough of him to say whether he is funny or not.

[EcclesCake]

As a WASP and a with a total lack of empathy, I am not in the least surprised AOG you didn't see the funny side.

[-Talbot-]

I think AOG didn't find it funny because he is sooooo PC.

[hereIam]

I've seen him twice now and I still don't think he's funny and the panel totally overeacted to that 'auction' joke !

[Mamyalynne]

I didn't see the whole act, so not easy to comment. I did find the clip funny though.

He is doing what comedians often do, turning the comedy in on themselves.

Disabled,Overweight,'Posh',Asian comics do this a lot.

I recall in the early days of Jo Brand on TV, she said she had a lot of stick from letters etc about how offensive her humours was, but she never had anyone at the stage door after a gig saying 'Oi, I'm fat and ugly, you offended me'.

[pixie374]

I thought they over -reacted too. I didn't think he was particularly funny. A black comedian making jokes about being black. It's all a bit 70s and predictable now.

[douglas9401]

I think the fragrant Alesha will howl, clap, whoop, dance or scowl as the terms of her contract dictate.

Just like the rest of the performing seals that Cowell surrounds himself with.

[RATTER15]

I liked the black guy and really laughed at the "auction" joke.

[tamborine]

What does WASP mean

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant

[-Talbot-]

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

[tamborine]

Thats a racist remark if ever I heard one. Shame on you eccles.

[DTCwordfan]

want some Wasp jokes?

What is a wasp's favourite film? Sting-ing in the Rain!

What is a wasp's second favourite film? Lord of the Stings....

What is a wasp's favourite song? Sultans of Sting....

What is a wasp's second favorite song? Just a Spoonful of Sugar.

What sport do wasps play? Sting-pong!

Where do you take a sick wasp? To waspital.

Waiter, waiter! There’s a wasp in my dessert - So that’s where they go to in the winter.

A man went into a pet shop and said: “I want to buy a wasp.” ‘Sorry sir, we don’t sell wasps’, insisted the shopkeeper. ‘But you’ve got one in the window’, said the man.

[Eleena]

I found some of his jokes cringeworthy, that one in particular.

[trt]

Chris Rock, he is not!

Cowell made me squirm when he said, there are lots of tv agents watching this show, you should be getting a phone call Monday/Tuesday, offering you your own show, :-)

Mind you, he did say that about a few of the acts in the past week, giving them false hopes & dreams.

[EcclesCake]

Are you serious Tambo?