BEST LIVE COMIC YOU'VE EVER SEEN?
Posted Tue May 16 20:36:06 BST 2000 by Tim Lewis
The best live comics I have seen are (in particular order):
Johny Vegas (at the Edinburgh Festival, 97, 98 + 99)
Phil Kaye (Edinburgh festival, 96, 97)
Sir Bernard Chumley (Meccano club, London, 95)
Harry Hill (London Palladium, 98)
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Posted By Jon on Wed May 17 07:26:29 BST 2000:
For me it has to be Eddie Izzard, but with Rob Newman and Stewart Lee following closely into the top 3. But I haven't seen many stand-ups, to be honest.
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Posted By Richard Bell on Wed May 17 08:45:20 BST 2000:
Patrick Kielty. But he has gone off the boil a bit recently.
As for his TV shows, that one he did last summer was good, and they're doing another series this summer.
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Posted By Mike J on Wed May 17 09:33:15 BST 2000:
John Sparkes, Edinburgh Festival '89
Rik Mayall, various venues, mid-late 80s
... but it's been years...
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Posted By jason hazeley on Wed May 17 09:47:25 BST 2000:
steven wright: he pisses on anyone else i've ever seen.
j xxx
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Posted By Mogwai on Wed May 17 12:31:38 BST 2000:
Has to be Bill Hicks. (I know I've banged on about him elsewhere but then that's how good he was.)
When his blood is up, Mark Thomas is a storming comic too. (Used to do suspiciously similar material to Hicks, too, now I think of it...)
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Posted By The dove of peace on Wed May 17 12:50:41 BST 2000:
Ken Dodd.
The master.
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Posted By Richard on Wed May 17 13:35:53 BST 2000:
>When his blood is up, Mark Thomas is a storming comic too.
He can be funny, but his politics annoy me.
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Posted By Jon on Wed May 17 13:54:29 BST 2000:
Re: above
As Stewart Lee once said:
"All political comedy is smug, unfunny rubbish. Except for Bill Hicks".
(From "Festival of Fun")
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Posted By fizz on Wed May 17 23:05:39 BST 2000:
>steven wright: he pisses on anyone else i've ever seen.
>j xxx
Hell of an act.
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Posted By a0d on Tue May 23 02:24:12 BST 2000:
The injection of piss is more potant, though i'm not sure how it would work live...
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