The 100 Greatest Stand Ups

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Woody_streatham 20 March 2007 9:34am

nok32uk posted:

Inspector Sands posted:

623058 posted:

what about his other TV work?

Peter Kay?

'That Peter Kay Thing' was good. Pheonix Nights was excellent but was co-written by Dave Spikey and Neil Fitzmaurice, both of whom he fell out with. Max and Paddy was awful which just went to show how much he needed spikey/Fitzmaurice.

I don't want to jump on any 'I Love Peter Kay' bandwagon here but why and when did he fall out with Dave Spikey and Neil Fitzmaurice?

Peter has admitted himself that he found the Bungalow tour stressful and since that has decided not to do standup again - sticking to TV work instead.

I read on t'interweb, so don't know if it's true or not, but they fell out when Pheonix Nights won a BAFTA and Peter Kay's speech didn't recgonise the other two.

JO

Johnny83 20 March 2007 12:34pm

Roger Mellie posted:

Johnny83 posted:

623058 posted:

apart from TV burp, which is great I was surprised he was so high up

Possibly due to his recent series, also probably the cleanest comedian of the list, perhaps that's why?

What about Ken Dodd-- he's clean? Can't believe KD was beaten by Johnny Vegas though

I notice a few of Channel 4's regular turns were featured high up, co-incidence I'm sure

But Ken Dodd is not funny IMHO but some do find him funny

BR

Brekkie 20 March 2007 1:45pm

Peter Kay night (again) on Sunday - that live gig again, behind the scenes of the Bungalow tour and the Phoenix Nights outtakes.

IS

Inspector Sands 20 March 2007 2:42pm

Johnny83 posted:

But Ken Dodd is not funny IMHO but some do find him funny

But that could be said about everyone in the list, not everyone finds everyone funny.

The thing about Ken Dodd is that he is quite old fashioned and hasn't had much TV exposure in recent years. Also as mentioned in the programme, his shows go on for far too long - often 5 hours or more. Doesn't matter how funny you are you've got to know when to get off

GB

GavBelfast 20 March 2007 3:09pm

Juse been watching this ... the other difficulty, apart from 4 hours being a lot in one sitting, is that, with the 8pm start, the first hour was riddled with bleeps, and when the material is so reliant on swearing, the message got rather lost in the translation.

The solution? Extend it to 5 or 6 hours over two nights, or cut out more of the rent-a-quotes and do it in just over 3. EIther way, make it a 9pm start time.

:-(

A former member 20 March 2007 3:15pm

like the 100 greatest
ad's,
tv bits
kid shows

or 100 worse
britons
tv show

BR

Brekkie 20 March 2007 3:28pm

GavBelfast posted:

Juse been watching this ... the other difficulty, apart from 4 hours being a lot in one sitting, is that, with the 8pm start, the first hour was riddled with bleeps, and when the material is so reliant on swearing, the message got rather lost in the translation.

The solution? Extend it to 5 or 6 hours over two nights, or cut out more of the rent-a-quotes and do it in just over 3. EIther way, make it a 9pm start time.

I think the best way is two shows over two nights, each two hours long, with the first counting down from 100-41, and the second being the top 40.

:-(

A former member 20 March 2007 5:53pm

I'm surprise the Simpsons didn't win. They normally win every Channel 4 poll

RR

Ronnie Rowlands 20 March 2007 5:58pm

Uh, no they don't...

:-(

A former member 20 March 2007 6:06pm

Ronnie Rowlands posted:

Uh, no they don't...

Yes it was called sarcasm. However they did win the 100 greatest kids' shows, 100 greatest cartoons, 100 greatest tv characters.

:-(

A former member 20 March 2007 6:08pm

its not a kids show: that rules that out:

its adamaintion not carton ( that CH4 fault! )

RR

Ronnie Rowlands 20 March 2007 6:12pm

Animation IS cartoon. And that's a new quote going in my sig

(March 2007)