And he had his own primetime Comedy Roadshow featuring John Bishop (or Joe Goebbels, as his stage name was in those days). It's all starting to add-up now...
"And what's the deal with the air-conditioning control in hotel rooms? Is it just me or does altering the settings make absolutely no difference to the temperature whatsoever?... Anyway, back to my point about those mixer taps being the work of the International Jewish Conspiracy..."
No problem with you saying why you don't like him but I think there is a problem with people (not necessarily you, Nogget) slagging off his audiences for being "stupid" or whatever.
Personally I find MM funnier than the widely lauded (by critics and comedy snobs) Stewart Lee and there are a lot of people who feel the same, this doesn't make them wrong.
Quote: Tony Cowards @ October 20 2010, 3:55 PM BSTthis doesn't make them wrong.
I think you'll find it does, Tony. 
Nothing wrong with being popular, he's just one of those people like Dan Brown, Simon Cowell, Andrew Lloyd-Webber or Jeffrey Archer, whose popularity is completely baffling to people who don't appreciate them.
This is nothing new, I was listening to a film programme which pointed out that in the 70s when Hollywood made great films like Annie Hall, Taxi Driver, the Godfather and Chinatown, they never reached anything like the popularity of Confessions of a Driving Instructor or Mutiny on the Buses.
Longevity is always a much better test. Give it a couple decades and McIntyre's work will be remembered about as much as (the once hugely popular) Robin Asquith rather than Woody Allen.
Quote: Tony Cowards @ October 20 2010, 3:55 PM BSTNo problem with you saying why you don't like him but I think there is a problem with people (not necessarily you, Nogget) slagging off his audiences for being "stupid" or whatever.
Yep. That's a bit much when several of us have already stated we find him funny. But it happens on a lot of threads. People can't help themselves!
(Again, not you Nogget, people in general.)
Where has anyone seriously suggested that the majority of McIntyre's fans are easily-pleased automatons wading deep in their own dribble? Because I've not seen anything like that on any of the MM-related threads, nor would I sanction such opinions. 
And people can't have it both ways. Why is it perfectly fine to imply/directly call members who are fans of less "mainstream" fare "comedy snobs"? Because I don't think that phrase is meant to be complementary. I smell double standards here.
Quote: Tony Cowards @ October 20 2010, 3:55 PM BSTwidely lauded (by critics and comedy snobs, and people who are neither but just really like his work) Stewart Lee
That's better.
Who said that was okay? I can't list everything that's not okay in one post, it would be a bloody long one.
Quote: zooo @ October 20 2010, 5:07 PM BSTI can't list everything that's not okay in one post, it would be a bloody long one.
I can, if you'd like...
Do it!
Please excuse me, I may be some time...
*cancels work/engagements for the next month*
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 20 2010, 5:03 PM BSTWhere has anyone seriously suggested that the majority of McIntyre's fans are easily-pleased automatons wading deep in their own dribble? Because I've not seen anything like that on any of the MM-related threads, nor would I sanction such opinions.
And people can't have it both ways. Why is it perfectly fine to imply/directly call members who are fans of less "mainstream" fare "comedy snobs"? Because I don't think that phrase is meant to be complementary. I smell double standards here.
Fair enough, I hold my hands up re. the "comedy snobs" thing but let's not forget that on the previous page of this thread MM fans were called "easily pleased thick c**ts".
I'm stepping away from this now as I'm not even a massive McIntyre fan, I just find it interesting the invective that he attracts from people who don't like him and think what he does is "easy" or "trite".
Personally I find Lee Evans, Stewart Lee, Bill Hicks and most of what Ross Noble does (to name but 4), about as funny as cancer, but I realize that they are talented at what they do and can appreciate a lot of their craft and hard work and appreciate that other people find them funny, this doesn't make those people wrong, just that we all have different comedy tastes.
Quote: Tony Cowards @ October 20 2010, 5:43 PM BSTLee Evans,
Quote: Matthew Stott @ October 20 2010, 5:51 PM BST
No.
How can anyone not love Ross Noble? I can understand Evans though- he's a rank little fella. And Stewart Lee and Bill Hicks will clearly never appeal to a majority of people. BUT ROSS NOBLE ? 
I am sad.