John Bishop

[The Special One]

No revenge Negging- Newport count yourself Negged!!!!!!

 

 

John Bishop, Havent heard much of him until recently. I like him. As I havent heard alot of him before his jokes to me are still quite refreshing. As to what he has said or supposed to have said about these American owners, I havent heard either, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

 

Whats the Hes** joke?

 

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Only in NSFW because it's to do with f**tball.

[mht1892]

I dont mind him to be honest, he alright in my book because he cant stand gary neville and he would happily stab him.

 

[Steve Holt]

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Only in NSFW because it's to do with f**tball.

 

The bit about the Al-Qaeda olympics was ace.

[bigal]

Saw him last night in Durham. Very funny and his love of the LFC was central. Good luck to him

[Skidfingers McGonical]

My dad grew up on Scottie Road, moved to Runcorn and talked like a Scottie Roader, bizarre hey?

 

Seriously though, the new town part of Runcorn where the vast majority of Scousers moved to, does have a youth with a predeliction for exaggerated Scouse and it's something that is laughed at the majority of older people who were actually born in Liverpool but don't feel the need. The vast majority of lads 25 and under were more likely to have been born in either Warrington or Chester funnily enough.

 

I've always believed that there is essentially a Greater Merseyside (not Liverpool) which encompasses the current Merseyside apart from St Helens, the Wirral, Chester, Runcorn and Widnes and West Lancashire. These areas are inextirpably linked with the city of Liverpool in terms of their economies and Liverpool should be grateful for this with the rest of the North West region linked far more with Manchester.

 

As for John Bishop I don't watch that much telly and really haven't seen enough of him to comment, though he does a strong resemblance to Jamie Carragher.

 

VV speaks the truth here. Having worked in Runcorn for 4 1/2 years I can totally see and agree with what he is saying.

 

I for years classed the areas with an L postcode or an 0151 dialling code, as Liverpool, but VV puts it how I look at it now, Greater Liverpool.

 

The Scouse accent is both something that makes me proud to hear but also makes me cringe. I think the younger generation these days have become lazy, you only have to look at how they destroy the English Language when writing texts or updating Facebook.

 

I also think the type of people who sound the worst in terms of their accent are people who don't venture out of their local areas to socialise, not that it's wrong to do that of course, but it is something I've noticed in different areas I have lived.

 

My accent is strong, and sometimes I hate it, and teaching 18-24 year olds in Manchester who have never worked and have a minimum level of cultural understanding (stereotypical stuff towards Liverpool etc), its very challenging then you throw in students who don't have English as their first language, the accent is a real barrier. I have found myself re-assessing how I talk these days.

 

In relation to John Bishop, my arl fella played a celeb golf charity day last year and played with Bishop, said he's hilarious off the camera too.

 

Also thinks he's mates with him now, as everytime he's been on the telly my arl fella name drops him at every occassion

 

"So er, did you see John on the telly last night"

"John who?"

"John Bishop"

"Nah"

"Did I ever tell you about that golf day where I played on his team, and Ian Beale was the photographer?, cracking fella is John, dead funny"

 

First name terms and everything, thing is I reckon my Dad would end up like Alan Partridge when he's shouting Steve if he ever saw Bishop on the street.

 

Bless him.

[She Knows It]

Broad scouse accent on a bird where it's almost at the point of screeching and you can hear it's come straight from their throat "let's go bacKKKKK der" - That's awful.

 

As my brother describes it - "She sounds like a dalek choking on a wasp".

 

Accents are funny old things. What sounds like a strong accent to some wouldn't be noticed by those with a stronger accent themselves. I wouldn't sound scouse at all to someone from Liverpool, yet I went to Bath last week and everyone I spoke to commented on my "strong scouse accent" (posh cunts).

[She Knows It]

I think it's a Birkenhead thing mate as it's the closest to Liverpool in both geography and accent. The further away from the tunnel you go, the more snobbery people show to Liverpool. You'd think Wallasey would be the same, but it's not; it's like a weird little island out there all on its own (probably because you don't have to go through it to get anywhere).

 

Then again, the parochialism of people never ceases to amaze me. The kids in our place talk about kids from the north end as if they're a different race yet they often live less than half a mile away.

 

You've hit the nail on the head there, Paul. I've often wondered why Wallasey is so, well, Wallasean. I'd never considered your reason but it makes a lot of sense. Oddballs throughout English history have probably travelled from place to place, never fitting in anywhere, and moving on. Eventually they reach Wallasey, and there's nowhere left to go so they've settled. Hence it growing into a thriving community of misfits and head-the-balls.

[Faustus]

You've hit the nail on the head there, Paul. I've often wondered why Wallasey is so, well, Wallasean. I'd never considered your reason but it makes a lot of sense. Oddballs throughout English history have probably travelled from place to place, never fitting in anywhere, and moving on. Eventually they reach Wallasey, and there's nowhere left to go so they've settled. Hence it growing into a thriving community of misfits and head-the-balls.

 

They're a strange lot from Wallasey. Same with Heswall. Weird crowd from there. I know a lad from there and he's got the strangest accent known to man- "I was getting my 'hur' cut", "Just there a bit further down the 'ro-ed'", "I hurt my elboo the other day." Strange, strange breed.

 

I'm proud I come from Birkenhead in the sense that it's my hometown, but a lot of the rest of the Wirral is just fucking bizarre.

[Rush 346]

Why does he feel the need to exagerrate his accent? Please don't tell me this is his normal accent, he is just trying too hard. It's impossible to watch his interview with fowler it's just cringeworthy!

[JohnnyH]

I like him. He's funny and takes the mick out of himself as much as anything. He spends a lot of time in Ireland and anyone I know who has spent a bit of time with him has said much the same as Skidfingers, that he's a good bloke and good craic.

 

I suppose he's doing ok now so automatically people will want to not like him.

[Lucky Pierre]

Why does he feel the need to exagerrate his accent? Please don't tell me this is his normal accent, he is just trying too hard. It's impossible to watch his interview with fowler it's just cringeworthy!

Because he grew up in Runcorn or somewhere similar.

[The Special One]

Has anyone caught his standup dvd? I quite liked it. Did a whole bit on his appearance for the charity game. Really good. And the intro was brilliant, specially with Kenny's line.

[Section_31]

I'd have more respect for him if the beginning of his DVD showed him being trained to be more scouse by Mickey Goldmill.

[The Special One]

Picky. Here's Kenny's bit.

 

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I don't know why his expression reminds me of this:

 

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[Paulie Dangerously]

Just seen an advert for his new DVD and the first words out of his mouth are "Calm down!"

[The Special One]

He's recorded it in Liverpool so he plays the 'scouse card' a lot more.

[chauncey]

He's recorded it in Liverpool so he plays the 'scouse card' a lot more.

 

Except his is a counterfeit one.

 

Can't decide which is more fake: the teeth or the accent.

[sir roger]

I generally like him but I get the feeling the speed of his rise & the amount of appearances on tv has exhausted his material completely & he is struggling.

 

His appearance last week on Live At The Appollo was dismal & was just like a mate telling you a vaguely funny yarn in a pub.

[Wor Horse]

I generally like him but I get the feeling the speed of his rise & the amount of appearances on tv has exhausted his material completely & he is struggling.

 

His appearance last week on Live At The Appollo was dismal & was just like a mate telling you a vaguely funny yarn in a pub.

 

That was terrible, no jokes just one long shit story/joke.

[Section_31]

I generally like him but I get the feeling the speed of his rise & the amount of appearances on tv has exhausted his material completely & he is struggling.

 

His appearance last week on Live At The Appollo was dismal & was just like a mate telling you a vaguely funny yarn in a pub.

 

I've always thought that was his act to be honest. I've probably already mentioned it but I remember a few years ago he did a gig in Ireland and he was saying things like "I was watching Emile Heskey the other day and he kept falling over! And I'm like 'get up you sack of shite!'."

 

People were in stitches though, absolute stitches, it's basically scouse pub banter turned into an act and fed to people who find the scouse accent amusing.

[Red Baron II]

One thing I have noticed about him is that when he does his scripted stage stuff, he speaks much slower; almost like he is trying to help the audience understand him. This is in contrast to his ad libbing in the sports programme he appears on (with James Horden, Redknapp, Flintoff etc, and the name escapes me) where he speaks much faster. Weird!

 

He can be funny, but his TV series was shite!

[Section_31]

Bishop is now officially the new Peter Kay, in that he is the comic who everyone you know must BE SEEN to be going to see live. "John Bishop tickets came today yay lol".

 

I still think he's warm-up act material, absolutely baffled by his stellar rise to fame.

[Guest davelfc]

Bishop is now officially the new Peter Kay, in that he is the comic who everyone you know must BE SEEN to be going to see live. "John Bishop tickets came today yay lol".

 

I still think he's warm-up act material, absolutely baffled by his stellar rise to fame.

 

I'm not that keen, maybe it's the teeth, maybe it's the forced accent. I don't know, Id go along with what you say.

[Total Longo]

Bishop is now officially the new Peter Kay, in that he is the comic who everyone you know must BE SEEN to be going to see live. "John Bishop tickets came today yay lol".

 

I still think he's warm-up act material, absolutely baffled by his stellar rise to fame.

 

Spot on. I have seen that exact quote so many times from people on FB or Twitter recently that i have just blocked them immediately.

 

He's not the worst comic i've seen, but Christ there is not one original bone in his fucking body.

[Total Longo]

My dad grew up on Scottie Road, moved to Runcorn and talked like a Scottie Roader, bizarre hey?

 

Seriously though, the new town part of Runcorn where the vast majority of Scousers moved to, does have a youth with a predeliction for exaggerated Scouse and it's something that is laughed at the majority of older people who were actually born in Liverpool but don't feel the need. The vast majority of lads 25 and under were more likely to have been born in either Warrington or Chester funnily enough.

 

I've always believed that there is essentially a Greater Merseyside (not Liverpool) which encompasses the current Merseyside apart from St Helens, the Wirral, Chester, Runcorn and Widnes and West Lancashire. These areas are inextirpably linked with the city of Liverpool in terms of their economies and Liverpool should be grateful for this with the rest of the North West region linked far more with Manchester.

 

As for John Bishop I don't watch that much telly and really haven't seen enough of him to comment, though he does a strong resemblance to Jamie Carragher.

 

I was born and bred in South Liverpool and moved over to The Wirral six years ago and the amount of whoppers who get on the train and put on that exaggerated Scouse accent is just astounding. Not that they only do it on the train, i hasten to add, that's just where i tend to notice it, usually after my nostrils have got used to the smell of skunk that's suddenly entered the carriage. The problem is, that no matter how you try and "Scouse" it up, the Wirral accent still sounds a bit gay. Which i remind my kids of every day, as they will have to get used to having it.