Tony Ferrino Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Anyone from Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 I don't know if it's still the same but when I was growing up, it seemed all a comedian needed was a Liverpool, Irish or Cockney accent and the BBC would guarantee them a successful career. The ability to make people laugh was not required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Shotgun said: I don't know if it's still the same but when I was growing up, it seemed all a comedian needed was a Liverpool, Irish or Cockney accent and the BBC would guarantee them a successful career. The ability to make people laugh was not required. See John Bishop and Micky Flanagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 See John Bishop and Micky Flanagan. Micky Flanagan is fucking brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Shotgun said: I don't know if it's still the same but when I was growing up, it seemed all a comedian needed was a Liverpool, Irish or Cockney accent and the BBC would guarantee them a successful career. The ability to make people laugh was not required. I was born in 1987 and can’t really think of any scouse comedians aside from Alexei Sayle and John Bishop. If we add in actors you’ve got Ricky Tomlinson and Craig Charles and that’s about it. On the other hand, going to Oxford or Cambridge seems to be a fucking brilliant way to get comedy acting roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Judge Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Comedians_from_Liverpool Peter Serafinowicz is a comedy genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, The_Judge said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Comedians_from_Liverpool Peter Serafinowicz is a comedy genius. Doesn’t really have a scouse accent and not many of the others are BBC staples in the era of colour television. Basically they gave John Bishop far more opportunity than his talent warranted but they’ve done that with Welsh folk, geordies, people from the west country, posh folk and there’s a generally unfunny but attractive Canadian who seems to be on everything right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCelt67 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Pretty much every single comedian who takes part in those "football's wackiest/best moments" television programmes. See also, "television's most memorable moments" shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Doesn’t really have a scouse accent and not many of the others are BBC staples in the era of colour television. Basically they gave John Bishop far more opportunity than his talent warranted but they’ve done that with Welsh folk, geordies, people from the west country, posh folk and there’s a generally unfunny but attractive Canadian who seems to be on everything right now. Katherine Ryan. I saw her at The Pavilion. For a female comedian she was actually OK. Nowhere near the funniest comedian I've been to see but she was far from the worst either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Tony Ferrino said: Anyone from Liverpool. oooh i dunno - all those 300,000 odd folk who've signed the "stone Ramos to death and replay the final" petition are fucking laughable for start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 minute ago, The OP said: Doesn’t really have a scouse accent and not many of the others are BBC staples in the era of colour television. Basically they gave John Bishop far more opportunity than his talent warranted but they’ve done that with Welsh folk, geordies, people from the west country, posh folk and there’s a generally unfunny but attractive Canadian who seems to be on everything right now. Although born in Canada she seems to have procured an Irish passport, due to her Da being from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Zen Archer said: Although born in Canada she seems to have procured an Irish passport, due to her Da being from there I’ve changed my mind, I now love her and I wanna sing to her about stealing potatoes as I sail away in a prison ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, TheCelt67 said: Pretty much every single comedian who takes part in those "football's wackiest/best moments" television programmes. See also, "television's most memorable moments" shows. That format makes my toes curl. When they regurgitate what's happened it's like the producer/director doesn't trust you to make your own mind up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 24 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Katherine Ryan. I saw her at The Pavilion. For a female comedian she was actually OK. Nowhere near the funniest comedian I've been to see but she was far from the worst either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 22 hours ago, Kennboy1978 said: Tramadol nights put me off Frankie Boyle. Fantastic theme tune though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 49 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 53 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Katherine Ryan. I saw her at The Pavilion. For a female comedian she was actually OK. Nowhere near the funniest comedian I've been to see but she was far from the worst either. I saw her two years ago at the fringe, just before she became massive and started charging 30-odd quid for a ticket. Yeah, she was mildly amusing and I even got a heckle from her when I came back from the toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, The OP said: I was born in 1987 and can’t really think of any scouse comedians aside from Alexei Sayle and John Bishop. If we add in actors you’ve got Ricky Tomlinson and Craig Charles and that’s about it. On the other hand, going to Oxford or Cambridge seems to be a fucking brilliant way to get comedy acting roles. Maybe a generational thing then. Stan Boardman, Tom O'Conner, Jackie Hamilton and Jimmy Tarbuck are ones that spring to mind but in the 70's and 80's, it seemed like there was a whole host of talentless Scouse no-marks who could be rolled out for every occasion. Agreed on the Oxford-Cambridge thing. I get the impression the Beeb were so desperate to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was Monty Python, that they were willing to give a gig to anyone who'd been part of that scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 42 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: I saw her two years ago at the fringe, just before she became massive and started charging 30-odd quid for a ticket. Yeah, she was mildly amusing and I even got a heckle from her when I came back from the toilet. I'd have replied "I was just knocking one off, hen" just to see the reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 The disabled guy on BGT tonight was brilliant. He is able to swing things back to an era when his types of jokes were acceptable and very funny without upsetting the right on brigade that seems to populate everywhere nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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