Quote: Tony Cowards @ October 20 2010, 5:43 PM BSTFair 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".
What kind of miserable sociopathic ratbag would say something that mean-sprited? I mean, that's just not on.
Quote: john lucas 101 @ October 20 2010, 2:26 PM BSTOr easily pleased thick c**ts?
Oh, that's right. It was me.
He's good at what he does. What he does isn't high brow enough for some people. It is for most. He's not hurting anyone (infact he's helping the comedy scene).
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Quote: chipolata @ October 20 2010, 6:46 PM BSTNo.
Yes. To me.
And me. Vommy.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ October 21 2010, 9:54 AM BSTHe's good at what he does. What he does isn't high brow enough for some people. It is for most. He's not hurting anyone (infact he's helping the comedy scene).
For me, it's nothing to do with high brow/low brow comedy (whatever that actually means, frankly). I just don't find him funny. I can see why others might, but I've seen pretty much all his material done (as well if not better) by jobbing stand-ups around the UK, over the last 20 years. I can only see him as something of a compilation album, a Now That's What I Call... Observational Comedy if you will.
His material is well-written and delivered, but has no soul. He's somewhat the comedy equivalent of Alan Partridge's comment that his favourite Beatles album would have to be "The Best Of The Beatles".
Beyond that, he has no unique comedy voice, no depth to his material and no personality either on or off-stage which makes me warm to him. He just follows in a long tradition of "cheeky chappie" comedians, going right back to music hall days, for whom comedy is more a business than an art. I'm afraid that type of comedian leaves me cold. With truly great comics, the ultimate butt of their jokes is themselves. MM may appear to occasionally be self-depreciating, but - much like ice cold joke cyborg Jimmy Carr - he's one of those comics who are actually incredibly narcissist in their work - far too scared to show vulnerability in front of an audience. Yes, they fulfil the basic requirements of a stand-up - to be funny - but they only want to be laughed with, and from a position of ultimate authority. The audience is there to flatter them, first and foremost.
Still, MM's star will be transient, simply because that type of comedy and comedian doesn't tend to leave an enduring legacy. Fair play to him, he'll be incredibly successful for a few years and make a lot of money out of it. But as his style of act is replaceable as a machine part, once it shows any signs of wear-and-tear, it will be replaced by something new and shinier.
Lee Evans is wonderful; Ross Noble is self-indulgent tedium.
He's deeply entertaining, Aaron! I'm not surprised you wouldn't like him though. Not one bit.
I am not enjoying his decision to go with dreads.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ October 21 2010, 5:12 PM BSTHe's deeply entertaining, Aaron! I'm not surprised you wouldn't like him though. Not one bit.
And then there's that accent!
Familiarity breeds contempt. On the first page of this thread everyone was saying how fantastic he is but now a lot of people hate him. Personally I think he is very funny.
Quote: samcheese @ October 22 2010, 10:56 PM BSTPersonally I think he is very funny.
Compared to cholera maybe, but it's close.
I don't agree that he'll go out of fashion. I reckon he'll be around for a long time although I don't really like him myself.
I'm surprised he did that gag about 'too much Chinese' on the Comedy Gala. Not surprised that he should do such an old joke, just surprised he should risk appearing a bit racist.
Michael McIntyre.
He seems to have replaced Peter Kay as the big, mainstream comedian people like to slag off.