I miss Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show. He was always hilarious and off-the-cuff and did something different from the late night formula. One of the few talk shows I watched religiously.
Rich Hall Rich Hall also inspired the character Moe The Bartender on.The Simpsons. Does reviews of movies like this;
Hey! you stole my list. . Mel and Rodney were the first two names I thought of... However, John Cleese is also a good one to add.
François Perusse. He is a French-Canadian comedian that does small sketches on radio all by himself. It is called “deux minutes due peuple”. I find it fantastically awesome and usually listen to it on a daily basis, I have a collection of over 1000 of his sketched that I listen to in my car, on my way to work or if I have troubles sleeping. I know most of these by heart now. He obviously does all of his in French, so unless you speak French I can’t recommend him. If you do and don’t know him, it is well worth it in my opinion.
George Carlin, Bill Hicks, and Dylan Moran are my big three. Dylan is probably my favorite of the lot, and I find it baffling that he's not more popular. I'm not extremely well versed beyond that, but there are a few others I like. Steven Wright and Dave Chappelle are certainly funny. I really enjoyed Joe Rogan's stand up specials. Dag Sørås is the best (and only, but still great) Norwegian comic I know. Outside of stand up, I just love Stephen Fry. To bits. He's particularly brilliant next to Hugh Laurie in their Bits of [them], though he is often just as good in Blackadder. Speaking of, Rowan Atkinson, obviously. Obviously. In anything other than Mr. Bean, for preference. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the whole Monthy Python crew. And for a different flavor of madcap comedy, there are none better than the lunatics from Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And now I'll stop before I get carried away, though I fear that happened some sentences ago. I realize I was just naming shows there at the end.
I relate to Shappi Khorsandi since we both seem to be from the same city. I love Rich Hall's shows, how he interacts with his audience and he even comes out with a parlor guitar too, and him being the real life Moe The Bartender from The Simpsons only sweetens that deal. They make me laugh, as well as Dana Carvey a.k.a Love me some Redd Fox too/Redd Fox is funny too;
Reading Jeremy Clarkson is an insight to Jeremy Clarkson. He's a columnist. and reviews cars, and, to be frank, is entertaining. I've never met him or have anything to do with him, so I don't know, but his stuff is un scripted and, his books; Non fictional anecdotes and stories and opinions of life. The World According To Jeremy Clarkson Volume 3: For Crying Out Loud! Only Jeremy Clarkson publication I've ever read. I remember Top Gear and I've seen The Grand Tour and enjoyed them both, and I even found something called Meet The Neighbours where they sent him and a Jag' to Europe. I read this book years ago - still have the copy I bought in Tesco for about £8.00, I've read non fictional story by non fictional story, not in order, read a lot of this book, probably not all of it. It's funny me, but it's unscripted.
Norm Macdonald, Daniel Tosh, Colin Quinn and Patrice O'Neal. There's a few more but that's good enough.
Steve Martin in The Jerk. Ricky Gervais in The Office. (but that was bordering on tragicomedy or cringe comedy)
I agree with you on Tosh. He's hilarious and spares no sacred cows. And that he blames the Amish people for Climate Change makes him okay in my book. I love the Impractical Jokers. Only tv show I've ever been addicted to.
I watch this show too; It comes on in the UK too... I wonder how real is it, like, do the public think they're doing something else to catch them off guard? Like, are they given alcohol first under the ruse of product testing, and then be on TV a lil tipsy? I've been cut / not used for TV so much in London without even trying, right, so I know how 'reality entertainment' works, and, this show has me wondering.
Also, how does the public not recognize them in Impractical Jokers? South Park should write an episode with Impractical Jokers coming to South Park only the town already watch the show, and so, are already in on the practical joke, unaware of what the joke is, but automatically willing to be on TV /play along, and Cartman can try and get them to take it too far, but then they end up making Cartman do stupid things for their TV show, and Cartman can be all like WTF you doing? and one of them, Cartman again or Stan or Kyle or Butters might have not heard of them? Impracticable Jokers then wise to South Park knowing, playing a long, not being real, and learn of this one kid in town, (Stan or Cartman or Butters or Kyle) who hasn't heard of them and so focus their hi-jinks with each other with that kid just wanting service or whatever not knowing what's going on and who these people are who seem to be everywhere all of a sudden acting stupid/strange and all of that.
I like Matt Groening Mike Judge Trey Parker & Matt Stone Seth MacFarlane Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland Loren Bouchard
I suspect that for the first few seasons they were pretty much unknowns, even in New York. But yeah, it's season eight and most people must have at least a passing knowledge of the show.
I've never seen this aired in the UK, which is a shame, I only know of it from YouTube, from Australia; Chaser's War On Everything.
Haha, I totally agree, that's one of the main reasons I'm a fan of him myself. It's how comedy should be in my opinion.
