Quote: Nogget @ July 10 2011, 2:50 PM BSTI don't see them as being that similar, I think Jones is more of a surrealist.
Agreed.
They are quite different in style, apart from generally being one or two line comedians.
Tim Vine or Milton Jones? Page 3
Caught the second half of Tim Vine last night on ITV4, must say never been that impressed with his comedy but found it brilliant. Flag hippo literally had me in tears and the car blackbox joke was brilliant even though in theory the punch didn't really add up.
As for the question, Tim Vine after seeing his act last night.
Given the choice of being bludgeoned or stabbed to death with bad jokes ... I think I'll pass.
Quote: Tim Walker @ May 8 2011, 8:42 PM BSTWhy does one particularly need to choose between the two? I don't ever remember Meryl Streep standing on a freezing railway platform being asked which of her two gag specialist funnymen she wishes to keep.
You MUST choose, Tim.......they're having a cull of one-line gagsters.
Quote: another40winks @ August 24 2011, 6:07 PM BSTCaught the second half of Tim Vine last night on ITV4, must say never been that impressed with his comedy but found it brilliant. Flag hippo literally had me in tears and the car blackbox joke was brilliant even though in theory the punch didn't really add up.
Can you remember it word for word? May be a strange twist.
Have you heard the joke Chappers? If not just type in "Tim Vine black box joke" and see if you agree.
OK - it's quite funny but not his best. I liked the other one they published.
"Crime in multi-storey car parks. That's wrong on so many levels."
I'd definitely have to say Tim Vine. I like the way he takes a lot of things literally. Milton J's quite good though.
Been listening to a lot of The Very World of Milton Jones. I think I laugh out loud once per episode. Chuckle about three times. Smile quite a bit throughout.
It's not hilarious, but I do enjoy listening and appreciating the jokes.
I prefer Milton stand-up to radio. But out of the two I think Tim is just that bit easier to watch than Mil'.
Quote: Chappers @ August 26 2011, 4:01 PM BSTOK - it's quite funny but not his best. I liked the other one they published.
"Crime in multi-storey car parks. That's wrong on so many levels."
Very similar to a Stewart Francis joke: "I passed wind on a lift the other day, which was wrong on so many levels".
Have to say that Francis is my favourite one-liner, followed by Tim Vine and then Milton Jones. Lee Mack also does some great one-liners in his sets, my favourite being: "I was shocked to find Wacky Backy under my nan's bed. Not the drug, the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper".
I watched the Vine show on ITV Player last night. The pen behind the ear bit cracked me up something rotten. And I'm pretty certain I've seen it before.
Watching Milton Jones on telly the other night, I finally twigged who his act/persona reminds me of: Kramer from Seinfeld, plus slightly of that bloke from Taxi (who was in Back to the Future). It's that constantly bemused/dishevelled thing they do, I suppose.
I'm currently watching Tim Vine on Countdown and noticed he did a gag about watching three films back-to-back, and being the lucky one facing the screen. Interestingly Milton Jones did a very similar gag on Mock the Week a little while back.
Bought both the DVDs a couple of weeks back and whilst Milton (pretend I know them for ease of writing) made me laugh out loud quite a few times, Tim's cracked me up the whole way through. Even the poor ones, you groan but in a good way. Pound for pound one of the best comedy DVDs I've seen and an improvement from last year's Punslinger, which I also loved.
Interestingly, on the topic of copied jokes, Milton used the "what's your name?" "Chantelle" "Oh go on" gag, that I heard Tim use for the first time in 2006.
These sort of jokes are becoming a veritable craze on Twitter.