Watched Michael Mcintyre's new dvd over the weekend, pretty funny... can't believe he had a packed Wembley stadium! Two or three years ago I had never even heard of him, but a few appearences on panel shows and one standup dvd later and he's doing stadium tours which are selling out in 45 minutes! Mental.

Was very funny in places, and its one of those routines which makes you feel good, a bit like Peter Kay... where as people like Frankie Boyle tend to just make you agree that "yes, everything is shit" after watching them solidly for an hour.

Speaking of Peter Kay - he's going to be touring again, might try and see him... hope he's still good after his family break, hopefully it won't all be jokes about fatherhood and parenting.

Love Michael Mcintyre!

I'll give it a go.

Dylan Moran has a new Dvd out , I want to see that, he's great. One of the best Irish Comics IMHO.

Yeah he's great, if he is who I think he is (the one who is in Black Books and Shaun of the Dead?)

Despite being Welsh Rhod Gilbert is also hilarious, especially the bit he does about his flight to Ireland.

Yup, he is the guy from Black books. he has a very dry wit about him, and goes off on tangents a bit, great how he does it though, you'd think he was pissed half the time [probably is, being Irish] - both him and Bill Bailey are great.

Yeah Bill Bailey is also great, loads of these panel show comedians have just brought out dvds, I've got loads I've stuck on an external HDD to watch, some are a bit hit and miss with their jokes though (Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock, Jason Manford, Lee Mack, Russell Howard, Frankie Boyle etc etc)

There was an article in the paper about him - basically said the same, that he isn't 'cruel or nasty' like some and it's more 'good old fashioned observational humor'

He's done bloody well for himself, partly becuase he is so versatile IMHO - you could put him on before or after the watershed and he'd still have you in fits of laughter



Is Peter Kay actually 'touring' - or just doing several nights at the MEN?

We watched this last night, pretty good alright - though it's not Wembley Stadium, it's Wembley Arena - We saw Pearl Jam there couple of years ago - packed that night too. But still, good job for a comic to fill it.

He's just on the right side of camp, and as you say, doesn't resort to insulting people for laughs which is refreshing. He even ignored opportunities to do so when there was some wolf whistling at one point. He just carried on unphased.

I thought he was about to get lost in his stories a couple of times, but he pulled it back together nicely. I'd prefer him to Peter Kay anyday, PK is too much of an old woman.

Watched Jimmy Carr Telling Jokes last night after all your talk about stand ups. (it was the first to download).
He's alright. Some of his jokes are very good, but some arepretty terrible. I'm not entirely sure why they didn't edit out the 10 minutes of British trash flirting with each other in the audience, interrupting the show.

They always leave crappy audience heckling/messing/interaction in to give a spontaneous feel - it can ruin the flow of good stand up though.

Yeah agreed, I expect someone in my family will want it for christmas and then we'll have it on in the background in the evening, its pretty family friendly really and the stuff that isn't the kids won't get anyway! It's not like he walks around calling people a fat c**t etc.



I can't remember, I think he said he was going to be doing a new tour though... he was on Radio 1 talking about it.



I take it you saw his previous dvd and all that Live at the Apollo stuff? They're also good, I like that unlike a lot of the current comedians he doesn't recycle his stuff much (if at all), some of them when you see them on Live at the Apollo or being interviewed the exact same stuff then appears on their dvds... speaking of interviews he was probably the funniest guest on Top Gear to date.

Agreed that Peter Kay can be quite old fashioned and try to appeal to older generations and families from the north a bit too much on some occasions but that's all part of his charm really, I can imagine him at home with his feet up happily watching Coronation Street and drinking "a brew" or something. He's probably a fairly boring person and not very show biz or flashy at all, which is why he is so popular, because people can easily relate to a ten minute joke about biscuits falling into their tea.

Not seen his other stuff, but I now remember him on Top Gear, I had no idea who the hell he was I do remember him being slightly mental. Must remind herself of that one, she watches top gear the odd time with me [even though neither of us drive lol ... we can dream!] and we were both laughing at his interview that episode.

Agreed, some of his jokes really make me "lol" but others are so terrible it's awkward, I have a few of his things on my computer.

I think that because most of his jokes are one liners and are quite hit and miss and he has so many dvd's out he would be perfect for a kind of "best of" because it's tedious being bombarded with one liners after one liners which aren't all that great, definitely could have A LOT of shit edited out that's for sure, but a compliation of his good jokes taken from his 48394309 dvds would be great.

One thing I do like though is because they are one liners they're good to tell to your mates down the pub, you'd have to sit down, learn and rehearse one of Michael Mcintyre's to make sure you got it right!



Yeah it was a classic interview. But to be honest being a driver gives you no advantage when watching Top Gear these days, unless you have a spare million pounds and want to go on a road trip with your other millionaire friends across Europe.

The funniest i have seen of Michael Mcintyre is when I caught my brother watching Big Brothers Little Brother and he was guesting on there with Jo Brand. They just sat there ripping into the dopey tart for 15 minutes.

I watched the 3rd episode of Misfits earlier on 4oD, and then had to endure the Late, late Toy show - A tradition in Ireland since I was a kid, it's the usual late late show but all about the kids, showing the latest toys and gadgets and books. I like to see the toys and stuff, but I hate that they feel the need to have poncey, snooty, rich kids perform songs [badly] between each item.

Ricky Gervais - Out of England .... funny[ish ... you do like to continue to state the blatantly obvious Ricky] but , new jokes please. You do realise doing the same shit in the US means it gets re-hashed over this side the water yeah?

Agreed, I thought it was an enjoyable stand-up, but not really worth-while if you've seen his previous 3 as there's a lot of repitition.

Apart from doing the usual, overly dragged out routines he always does, it was good, I did laugh. I just wish they'd use all new material if they're to release it on Dvd. Save the repetition for the smaller, non recorded shows.

Dylan Moran's new dvd, recorded in Australia, is all new material, bar the odd joke.

Yeah I heard that Ricky Gervais thing is a bit of a mashup greatest hits type thing, might download it and try to get my dad to watch it when I'm back home for christmas... he loves The Office and Extras but doesn't like his standup and says "the guy's a dick, he's actually David Brent in real life" I think this stemmed from watching him on Live 8 where he just sort of stood around until someone shouted "do the fucking dance!" ...cringiest TV moment ever!

The comic relief thing he did was brilliant though.

He is a cocky little shit, but that's his style. He plays up on the ego tripping. But he is definitely more David Brent than Andy Milman.