Lee Henman
Tuesday 29th March 2011 12:55pm [Edited]
5,183 posts
Quote: Kanavan @ March 28 2011, 7:16 PM BST
Look at how dumb, modern audiences don't appreciate Barrymore in a recent interview he did on some Irish show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o71L-399_Vg
Sure, they laughed, but the atmosphere seemed uncomfortable and no one really seemed to enjoy his humour. A far cry from his 90s heyday.
I think people in general are so conditioned to enjoy stupid programmes like Ant and Dec's Takeaway etc that they literally can't appreciate genuine comedy acts like Barrymore. They're ignorant!
Who agrees?
I'm ancient so I'm certainly not a member of this "modern audience" you mentioned. But I watched that interview and cringed so much I almost imploded. Barrymore's planning a Blackpool end-of-pier show and that's where he should stay in my opinion.
There are always going to be people who like him and he will get audiences in theatres but please God don't let this man back on our TV screens. He's a comedy relic, like Freddie Starr or Timmy Mallet. "Wacky" worked back then, now it's just embarrassing, for me, anyway.
But that's the point. We all have our personal tastes and you can't call people ignorant for not liking a particular comedian.
EDIT:
Ah. I've just noticed you've created more threads about the merits of Jim Davidson and Matthew Kelly.