Hi Peter. ANY male comedian, stand up, sit down, dangling by his goolies from a sky hook, it’s the ones WE like and who make us laugh.:D like that !!

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In which case it gets really difficult – I don’t think I can single any out – my list is long starting with Max Miller and Arthur Askey and ending with John Shuttleworth, aka Graham Fellowes, and Peter Kaye with dozens on the way….:D

Yes – I forgot Manning and Spike goes without saying, of course, but I don’t categorise him as a stand-up, if that’s what we are discussing…….

Thread creep?;):D:D

Les Dawson never raised even a smile – Billy Connelly WAS very funny indeed. but palled. Are we talking strand-up monologues or comedy performances? If the only former then Frankie Howerd and Tommy Cooper certainly, and Jaspar Carrott and Bob Monkhouse later on.

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Appreciation of comedy is wonderfully divisive! I think his sitcom was brilliant and his stand-up inconsistent. He certainly knows how to upset the “Hollywood” elite and still get paid for it. Good luck to him.:)

To be fair they are entirely different styles of comedy, and I don’t think you can compare them. Lucas and Walliams have been very funny, although Lou and Andy palled after a few situations. Carrot was equally brilliant as a solo stand-up.

It IS a very emotive subject I agree. but I am afraid there are times when, like all of us we snap, everyone has their breaking point, and it only takes one or two ill placed words to be posted in the heat of the moment to get banned, What may seem perfectly innocent on a particular subject, may not be seen in the same light as the Mods see it.
If you want to carry on with this Post by all means do, but it’s a subject that will get us nowhere. Now if I were to honestly say what I think, I would be the first to be red carded.And Peter, how can we call this a debate on this posting, when there are restrictions in place to keep a “Debate” such as this, highly restricted by what we say.or what we would like to say.

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I disagree. Rules 5 and 11 are the key clauses and if we cannot debate a subject, any subject, without contravening these rules then it says little for our powers of rational debate.:(

Sorry, this should have been in response to your later post.

I gave up after Episode 2 and wondered how it lasted for all 6. Not really surprised………:(