Do You Have To Be There?

[andy-hughes]

Comedian (!) Michael McIntyre has now joined the ranks of people who can irritate me to the point of violence just by a glimpse of their image - he doesn't even have to move or speak! A picture will set me off!

The other person who has that effect - for the record - is Miranda Hart.

So, I thought, he is the most popular comedian in the country, I must be missing something, so I have just tortured myself with one extended 'joke / funny story' on this week's show.

I gritted my teeth and entered a Zen state to avoid destroying my computer when the combination of his floppy hair, fruity voice, robotic movement, tight suit, and psychotic levels of pointless enthusiasm combined to make me need to make it stop for ever ...

and I could no more smile than fly, much less laugh out loud!

The cutaways to the audience showed people in serious medical danger of ruptures or oxygen deprivation, such was the depth of their hilarity at Mr McIntyre's pointless rambling about the lights in his hotel room (I know, hardly a subject for comedy gold is it?)

So is it funnier if you are there in the theatre? Am I missing something here? Or, as I often suspect - do we need to be shown what the filmed audience were actually watching and hearing, because I can't believe it was this guff!!!

Fans are haters - points of view awaited ...

[netibiza]

I love him

[teacher1]

Can't stand him ....... audience only laugh and clap because they know they could be on the telly !

[Mamyalynne]

It was brave of you to try to watch in the interests of research Andy.

I have a simpler approach, I don't watch performers I don't like.

[ummmm]

Sometimes he can be funny.

[teacher1]

When ????

[ummmm]

I found him amusing when he talked about what is like to be a parent 'v' non parent.

I also like his mobile phone slot but I suppose that's other people being funny.

[mikey4444]

I can't stand McIntyre either....I think he smarminess on a stick !

But Miranda Hart can be so funny.....I really enjoyed her in "Hyperdrive"....they should have made more episodes of that !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJuKv3t6L4

[Everhelpful]

Can't stand him!! Neither can I stand Johnny Vegas,Lee Evans or Jimmy Carr.

[RandyMarsh]

Don't put him on at 7pm.

[rosyposy]

Add me to the.haters,totally.unfunny-could not.believe last week when I read that he was the highest paid comedian in the WORLD he must have written that himself! That is his best joke yet. rofl -I do like Miranda Hart tho.

[pips1]

My son is naturally funny and is usually the comedian wherever we go and he despises Michael McIntyre. Neither of us find him remotely funny and we love a good laugh - HE IS NOT FUNNY!! so what the audience are laughing at I just don't know. Everyone says he is Britain's best but how?

[albaqwerty]

don't like him, not mad keen on Keith Lemon, Jimmy Carr, and Peter Kay either

[Gromit]

I totally agree on McIntyre and Hart.
I am sure I will get given an hard time for saying I always found Billy Connelly very unfunny. He had a similar enthusiasm as McIntyre. The delivery was superb, but the jokes/comedy was feeble.

[gness]

Can't stand him, Andy......and I'm not saying that in the hopes of jumping the queue......xxx

[cupid04]

Don't like Michael McIntyre...Do like Peter Kay though.

[Arksided]

... I never used to like Eddie Izzard until I saw this lego clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw

[ummmm]

I went to see Billy Connelly and he wasn't very funny.

[andy-hughes]

gness - //Can't stand him, Andy......and I'm not saying that in the hopes of jumping the queue......xxx //

One more thing that binds us inextricably together - duly noted xxx.