Richard Prior

[Lee909]

Another good shout.

The first series of the Dave Chappelle show was excellent.

Shit clips

 

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[Elite]

who is in you're opinion.

 

My favourite is Dylan Moran and also really like Chris Rock.

[polymerpunkah]

Stanhope is good.

 

And I like Bob Newhart.

 

And as a Catholic, there's not much better than "Class Clown" by Carlin.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

hes not funny though.

 

In your opinion.

[VladimirIlyich]

 

I find Louis CK very funny' date=' but, as with a lot of contemporary stand ups, he owes a lot to Pryor. Pryor and Carlin were both more political than today's comedians yet they never forgot that they were comedians and their job was to make people laugh.

 

Of today's British comedians I quite like the surreal wanderings of Ross Noble and Simon Munnery. But I do prefer American stand ups. From Berle, Mort Sahl and the more political Dick Gregory the American comics have been edgier and more adventurous but Pryor gave us routines that changed the art.[/quote']

 

The ironic thing about Al Murray's 'The Pub Landlord' character is that he's the creation of Armando Iannucci/Stewart Lee as the flipside to their own character (s). It is meant to be completely ironic but he's so convincing that most people are put off, including me too.

[KMD7]

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Ace

[aws]

Can anyone recommend some American comedians who aren't either incredibly self-satisfied or who don't think it's funny to be "shocking"?

[Rafa Shankly]

In your opinion.

hes not though, is he even a comedian?

[Rafa Shankly]

Can anyone recommend some American comedians who aren't either incredibly self-satisfied or who don't think it's funny to be "shocking"?

why american?

[Skidfingers McGonical]

hes not though, is he even a comedian?

 

He's a comedian, presenter, political activist and reporter from south London.

[TheHowieLama]

Great thread - anyone that has moddish powers able to change the spelling? People look at this shit. Makes the forum seem a little simple.

[Jairzinho]

Googled "The Liverpool Way Dave Chappelle" and there were a few mentions of him in this thread, just found a Youtube channel that has recently uploaded all his old shows.

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5CJqckpvITh-_1BlMv07A/videos

[Trumo]

Chappelle can be very hit or miss but he has done a couple of great sketches on his show. One takes the piss out of the fact that so much new Tupac Shakur material was being released years after his death, by dropping references to things that weren't even around when he died. Another has him and Wayne Brady riff on Training Day, with Brady in the Denzel role. The joke there is that Brady has a very clean-cut wholesome image in the US.

[Lee909]

I loved Chappelle's tv show.

The loved Eddie Murphy's brothers stories.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

It's fuckin Richard Pryor, not Prior.

 

Heathens.

[Jairzinho]

I loved Chappelle's tv show.

The loved Eddie Murphy's brothers stories.

 

Charlie Murphy is fucking hilarious, often not intentionally, but his stories about Rick James are mental.

[KMD7]

It's fuckin Richard Pryor, not Prior.

 

Heathens.

 

Rychard Prior?

[VladimirIlyich]

It's fuckin Richard Pryor, not Prior.

 

Heathens.

Which one came first?

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Which one came first?

Well after reading his book, I doubt Mr Pryor ever came first.

[Bjornebye]

Prior's good, but I would have gone for Hicks.

 

Billy Connolly has to be the least funny person in the entire world.

 

Best in the world at the moment has to be Chris Rock, in my opinion.

 

Fuck off 

[VladimirIlyich]

I find very few US comedians funny and even fewer British ones.

The market is flooded with so called comedians and there seems to be more chaff than wheat.

Richard Pryor was very funny years ago but I havent seen one of his performances for years and wonder if his shock value may be watered down nowadays?

Stand Up has become an image of these x factor things were just having the nerve to make a fool of yourself in public is enough to get you a tv series!

I suspect the best comics are the ones who you hear about the least.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Bruce, Prior, Carling, Allen and Hicks are the greats for me. Ahead of their time and boundary pushers.

 

The rest are just poor imitators.

[Jairzinho]

Will Carling?

[Creator Supreme]

Dave Allen, just fucking brilliant, could watch him all day!

 

"Good night, thank you, and may your God go with you!"

[aRdja]

"And how do we get to Detroit?"