Let's not go down the "credibility" road. With that logic very few stand ups have any since most supplement their incomes by appearing on banal panel and talking-head Grumpy-style shows. It's what they have to do to pay the bills.
Michael McIntyre! Page 10
Someone saying I am an artist and will never do adverts is a bit like someone taking the p out of Benny Hill by using his material. Oh hang on!
Quote: Marc P @ July 20 2011, 8:40 AM BSTSomeone saying I am an artist and will never do adverts is a bit like someone taking the p out of Benny Hill by using his material. Oh hang on!
It is?
Quote: Matthew Stott @ July 20 2011, 8:58 AM BSTIt is?
Yup.
I see.
Good man. 
Well Elton has made himself look an idiot by being so outspoken on so many things, and then changing his mind. I loved his spikiness when he first appeared on TV, but did wonder if he really meant half of it. Wasn't surprised when he did the Benny Hill pennance show, because he was constantly reminded that he'd helped shorten Hill's career and blacken/cheapen his reputation, when any genuine comedian could see what an inspired original Hill was.
Back to Lee-MM, I see a bit of Elton like outspokenness in Lee, and oh Lee's written a stage show too, and a novel or three. How long before we see the snivelling 'I was wrong about MM' doc. I wonder. And what other comedians are constantly doing shows about comedians and comedy itself?! McIntyre may be a bit floppy and inane but his material is at least about life in general, not just 'my own stand up saturated life'.
It does worry me that people don't see the 'on-stage character', especially if that people is a stand-up himself. Entertainment would be very boring if the actual person was up there himself.
It worries me that people think Clarkson is a bloke with all those opinions genuinely and is not just a character created to make a lot of money for himself.
Dan
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ July 20 2011, 10:49 AM BSTBack to Lee-MM, I see a bit of Elton like outspokenness in Lee, and oh Lee's written a stage show too, and a novel or three. How long before we see the snivelling 'I was wrong about MM' doc. I wonder. And what other comedians are constantly doing shows about comedians and comedy itself?!
Quote: swerytd @ July 20 2011, 10:59 AM BSTIt does worry me that people don't see the 'on-stage character', especially if that people is a stand-up himself. Entertainment would be very boring if the actual person was up there himself.
It worries me that people think Clarkson is a bloke with all those opinions genuinely and is not just a character created to make a lot of money for himself.
Dan
Maybe it's a testament to how well the characters are 'played'? And/or how little they actually differ from the performer?
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ July 20 2011, 10:49 AM BSTWell Elton has made himself look an idiot by being so outspoken on so many things, and then changing his mind. I loved his spikiness when he first appeared on TV, but did wonder if he really meant half of it. Wasn't surprised when he did the Benny Hill pennance show, because he was constantly reminded that he'd helped shorten Hill's career and blacken/cheapen his reputation, when any genuine comedian could see what an inspired original Hill was. Back to Lee-MM, I see a bit of Elton like outspokenness in Lee, and oh Lee's written a stage show too, and a novel or three. How long before we see the snivelling 'I was wrong about MM' doc. I wonder. And what other comedians are constantly doing shows about comedians and comedy itself?! McIntyre may be a bit floppy and inane but his material is at least about life in general, not just 'my own stand up saturated life'.
Look on the bright side, Alfred, you've got a new "Daily Mail recomended" hate figure now!
What shows are we talking about with Ben Elton doing Benny Hill material?
Benny Elton
That clip doesn't show him using Benny Hill material though does it.