I've never understood why Harry Enfield is so lauded, as apart from couple of characters never found him particularly lauded, never knew why people thought Dick Emery was so great either. For me best thing he did was voicing the Nowhere Man in Yellow Submarine, that or an old Hancock's Half Hour episode where he played a postman. Great scene, Hancock and Emery are both trying hard not to laugh. 
I find Steve Coogan to be outrageously overrated.
There are LOADS of people Aaron could put on this thread. 
Well, loads post 1990 anyway.
I'm going to be hated for this probably, but I don't get why Spike Milligan is still so popular. I don't find him funny at all, whereas I find most of his contemporaries very funny.
Spike was quite groundbreaking in his time & influenced most of the people who influenced most of the people around today.
Charles Chaplin. (Sorry Badge 
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Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 20 2010, 9:37 PM BSTSpike was quite groundbreaking in his time & influenced most of the people who influenced most of the people around today.
Yeah, I agree, I do understand that part. (That's why I said 'still'.) He just annoys me, really.
Vic & Bob.
Don't get me wrong I love Shooting stars & some of their sketch stuff.
But I think they are quite overrated.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 20 2010, 9:44 PM BSTVic & Bob.
Don't get me wrong I love Shooting stars & some of their sketch stuff.
But I think they are quite overrated.
Well you can forget that drawing. 
Quote: zooo @ August 20 2010, 9:33 PM BSTThere are LOADS of people Aaron could put on this thread.
I'm going to be hated for this probably, but I don't get why Spike Milligan is still so popular. I don't find him funny at all, whereas I find most of his contemporaries very funny.
I think I'll add Spike Milligan too, never really got into him or The Goons, for me 1950s comedy was Hancock. It was probably another Neatles/Stones thing, people either liked Hancock or The Goons.
I've read and really enjoyed several books about Spike Milligan, his career and his important place in the world of British comedy, but yeah, I don't think I've really ever laughed at much I've seen/heard of his. The only thing I own is a DVD compilation of some of his TV sketches. I've only put it on once and didn't make it to the end. I do like his funny little poems though.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ August 20 2010, 9:45 PM BSTWell you can forget that drawing.
I didn't say very overrated.
I do like a lot of their stuff, but for me some of it is very self indulgent & hit & miss.
Another Spike nomination, and I'll back up Steve on Vic and Bob. They can be funny - very funny at times - but I've yet to see the major fuss.
Quote: peter gazzard @ August 20 2010, 9:46 PM BSTI think I'll add Spike Milligan too, never really got into him or The Goons, for me 1950s comedy was Hancock. It was probably another Neatles/Stones thing, people either liked Hancock or The Goons.
But Spike Milligan wrote most of his own stuff.
Probably made Peter Sellers a star.
Hancock on the other hand was performing the brilliant words of Galton & Simpson, with wonderful character & timing I hasten to add.
Quote: Aaron @ August 20 2010, 9:50 PM BSTAnother Spike nomination, and I'll back up Steve on Vic and Bob. They can be funny - very funny at times - but I've yet to see the major fuss.
You don't like that style of humour enough to ever love them, I don't think. I'm surprised you like them as much as you do! (Which isn't that much.)
I suppose a modern one who has me slightly baffled is John Bishop. He seemed to come from almost nowhere and in an absurdly small amount of time become 'massive'. What I've seen is nice enough, not really my cup of tea, but I don't understand why the comedy fates have decided to make him so huge and so quickly??