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Comedy Genius.
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Trevor Morley's Tache
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A lot of people equate comedy genius with clever story telling (Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges, etc.), but real comic genius comes from somewhere else.
People like Douglas Adams, Mell Brooks, P. G. Woodhouse, and Bob Monkhouse were the real genius of comedy.
People like Douglas Adams, Mell Brooks, P. G. Woodhouse, and Bob Monkhouse were the real genius of comedy.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Harry Langdon, Steve Martin, Morecambe and Wise, Rowan Atkinson, Rik Mayall, John Cleese. Billy Conolly.
Lee Mack on wilty and live. Kevin Bridges when he is at his best.
Kevin Bridges when he is at his best.
Agreed. I've watched the ‘bus stop’ sketch I don't know how many times. The thing is, you believe that it really happened to him. Especially in Glasgow. Albeit probably embellished.
Can't go along with all your other choices, I'm afraid. But humour's very personal.
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Yeah, it is. Just out of interest, who do you find unfunny on my list?Agreed. I've watched the ‘bus stop’ sketch I don't know how many times. The thing is, you believe that it really happened to him. Especially in Glasgow. Albeit probably embellished.
Can't go along with all your other choices, I'm afraid. But humour's very personal.
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I thought i would hurt myself laughing the first time i saw this sketch/skit
For me he is the best ever.
For me he is the best ever.
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It's nearly a thread closer but Bill Hicks should beStewart Lee
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Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Yeah, it is. Just out of interest, who do you find unfunny on my list?
Keaton's a strange one. I find him interesting, I like watching his films. I just don't find him very funny. But in fact, I'm not even sure that he wants you to laugh at all costs.
Pretty much everyone else makes me laugh, with one standout exception. (I don't really know Rik Mayall's stuff nor, from another era, Harry Langdon).
Rowan Atkinson is the exception. I just don't get why he's so big. He seems to me to be trying so hard. The thing he did for the London Olympics, for example, just embarrassed me. I found him quite amusing in some of the early stuff, i.e. Not The Nine O'Clock News.
None of the 2.Thread still open.It's nearly a thread closer but Bill Hicks should be
I thought i would hurt myself laughing the first time i saw this sketch/skit
For me he is the best ever.
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Tom Stade a distant second.
Bill Walker
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Thought Caroline Ahern was very funny. Talented lady.