"I survived three tours of Vietnam!" 
"So? I survived one tour of McIntyre!" 
Michael McIntyre Tour Page 2
Does anyone know if he's ever been to the States?
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 29 2009, 3:49 AM BST
"I survived three tours of Vietnam!"
"So? I survived one tour of McIntyre!"
I couldn't take the horror, so I shot myself in the leg to go home early.
Quote: AndreaLynne @ October 29 2009, 3:49 AM BSTDoes anyone know if he's ever been to the States?
I doubt he's toured there. He's had a bit of meteoric (and rather unexplainable) rise to fame over here, so I doubt his had a chance. If you're lucky, someone will kindly steal his passport just before he gets on the plane to the US. (Which is OK for Michael, he'll weave 30 minutes of repetitive observational humour about "Why does your passport suddenly disappear when you're just about to go on holiday?" from it.)
Oh, he's that kind of funny...thanks for the warning... 
(my 1st time trying italics, BTW. )
Well done! I've finally learnt how to post pictures easily. I feel like the BBC when it started broadcasting TV as well as radio. 
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ October 29 2009, 3:55 AM BSTI couldn't take the horror, so I shot myself in the leg to go home early.
Little-known fact that Heather Mills lost the leg as a result of trying to escape during the recording of 'An Audience With Bobby Davro'.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 29 2009, 4:04 AM BSTWell done! I've finally learnt how to post pictures easily. I feel like the BBC when it started broadcasting TV as well as radio.
I'm slowly getting the hang of pictures. I just have problems with Imageshack. 
I use Photobucket, which seems fairly straightforward. Just copy the [image] versions of the pics. 
I'll have to give it a try.
Ok, on McIntyre, how long ago did he get popular and how much of the population likes him?
He's about 33 and has only really come to prominence on TV in the last couple of years, when he was given the job of fronting a big stand-up platform show on BBC1. That and doing a lot of comedy panel shows led him to have his own comedy "roadshow".
He has never really been a "comic's comic" and his material is solid and dependable, mainly observational, but without ever rising beyond that to brilliance.
His material is mainly MOR, safe, solid, dependable observational comedy. It's not bad by any means, but there's nothing to set it apart from the standard fare you will find in most comedy clubs. He is very confident, slick and polished, with a strong delivery. (This apparently he had from his very early days as a stand-up, which has helped him rise through the ranks very quickly.)
He's got a very good following amongst people (without meaning to cause offence) who don't seem particularly interested in anything more than having a nice, safe laugh. Nothing wrong in that, of course, but to some of us he seems a lot of polish but with no real personality.
He's a "does what it says on the tin" type of comic. He's unlikely to blow an audience away, but he will pretty much always make an audience laugh. He does his job.
(Fans of Mr McIntyre will fairly criticise my description of him, so I'm sure you'll eventually get a balanced view.)
Kind of like Jerry Seinfeld then?
I'm hoping to see some stand-up when I finally get to go over there. So much of what we have is the same old same old. I'm interested to see a different take on everything.
Quote: AndreaLynne @ October 29 2009, 4:25 AM BSTKind of like Jerry Seinfeld then?
Kind of, that's probably the closest comparison in terms of his type of material actually. Except I remember Jerry's early stand up to occasionally have some real invention and wit. IMO, Michael just covers the same ground that other stand-ups have been doing (one way or another) for about 20+ years in this country.
Stand-up in England has become more a production line, especially in the last 10-15 years, but we've always had a good tradition of elevating a lot of really original and varied performers. In the US I get the feeling that the more original and exciting comics often end up spending their life in the clubs because they aren't instantly TV-friendly? (Probably an unfair assumption, partly based on the old story that Bill Hicks was considered a brilliant comedian over here, whilst he was almost totally ignored by TV in the US.)
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 29 2009, 4:36 AM BSTKind of, that's probably the closest comparison in terms of his type of material actually. Except I remember Jerry's early stand up to occasionally have some real invention and wit. IMO, Michael just covers the same ground that other stand-ups have been doing (one way or another) for about 20+ years in this country.
Stand-up in England has become more a production line, especially in the last 10-15 years, but we've always had a good tradition of elevating a lot of really original and varied performers. In the US I get the feeling that the more original and exciting comics often end up spending their life in the clubs because they aren't instantly TV-friendly? (Probably an unfair assumption, partly based on the old story that Bill Hicks was considered a brilliant comedian over here, whilst he was almost totally ignored by TV in the US.)
So much of the new stand up over here is pretty dirty now. We'll occasionally get somebody new, with a different angle on everything. But for 1 of that guy, there's 15 that just try to be dirtier than the one before. I've seen some really great comics that will never make it big because they don't have the look everybody wants.
I would much rather watch someone like Bill Maher or Lewis Black that weaves some intelligence and current events into their set over some guy who stands there ranking the 10 best blowies he's ever had. Call me picky...
Quote: AndreaLynne @ October 29 2009, 4:44 AM BSTsome guy who stands there ranking the 10 best blowies he's ever had.
Yeah, like any man's ever had as many as 10 blowjobs in their whole life anyway! Who are they trying to kid!?
Oh...
Poor Tim... 
I think the guy was lying, if that helps...