Have Comedians On Tv Lost A Lot Of Material Now Trump Is Going?

[dave50]

I mean they only seem to have three subjects that they seem to find amusing, Trump, Boris and brexit. What are they going to do now, these right on comedians that infest the BBC and Channel 4? Perhaps they should try and broaden their appeal outside their London centric narrow virtue signalling view point and start actually making the rest of the country laugh.

[ummmm]

There seems to be an age divide on what people find funny.

I love Frankie Boyle. Comedians can't really be expected to make everyone laugh for 100% of their show.

I've seen Billy Connolly live. He was OK. I've seen Jimmy Carr live and he was hilarious. His come backs to hecklers were just fantastic.

I actually like most of todays comedians.

[ladybirder]

Dagman thank you. That was funny.

[pixie374]

I agree, ummm... I don't see any evidence that comedians nowadays are more "PC". Maybe just that times change... and racist or sexist jokes, for example, had their time ages ago.

[ummmm]

Racism has no place in comedy. The odd sexist joke can be funny, aimed at males or females.

I don't understand how comedians can be written off as unfunny because someone watched 5 minutes of their act.

Frankie Boyle is clever, so is Romesh.

[Dagman]

Ricky is the best around, he is subjective but justifies when people are offended. Lots of his material offends those who are narrow minded and aren't listening properly. His take on religion is my stance too. Check out his youtube clips...

[ummmm]

He's fantastic, Dagman. He doesn't care for PC. I follow him on Facebook.

[theshedman]

grumpy01, Jethro is quite good but he does drag out some of his stories. As you say he does not swear every other word just for the sake of it either. He was a good rugby player in his day too.

[lady-janine]

theshedman - Jethro very popular down here especially in Redruth on a Wednesday.

[lady-janine]

theshedman - Jethro very popular down here especially in Redruth on a Wednesday after all you can't go to Camborne.

[theshedman]

lady-janine, Jethro comes to our town in Devon most years and we have been to see him a few times. Better than most of these new so called comedians. As others have said it's too PC these days.

[douglas9401]

Looks like all the chat has led to a much needed siesta. :-)

[tiggerblue10]

Ricky Gervais has been my favourite comedian for a long while. I've seen him live at the Royal Albert Hall and his multi-layered comedy is excellent.

I've also seen Jimmy Carr. His humour is very cringy and often offensive but very funny.

I grew up watching Laurel & Hardy, Blackadder and then Red Dwarf. Loved them and I've got them all on DVD including some Laurel & Hardy.