Saturday, 2 October 2010

Thoughts on Vertical Funnies

As I cannot be arsed to construct a structured post of any sort I will just post some rambling thoughts on the nature of stand-up comedy.


  • I am a fan a surrealism (Ross Noble, Dylan Moran, all that lot) and yet so often it comes off as so pretentious. Noel Fielding's stand-up is cleverly nonsensical and yet when he tries and be popularist (such as occasionally on his twitter) it comes odd as "I'm so random".
  • I hate Michael McIntyre. I don't care if he knows it, he's super-popular and super-rich. I hate the way he ponces about with that voice. If you look at his old stuff he's fine.
  • I get into a quandary about comedians like Shappi Khorsandi or Omid Djalili, they only talk about their race and upbringing. Boring bordetring on slightly racist. The quandary comes becomes because I find them quite funny.
  • A comedians are foreign (Scottish/Welsh) /northern and unnervingly young these days.
  • Another reason I hate Michael McIntrye is that he's trying to do the whole observationalist thing but I hate him so...
  • Mark Watson's like the good Hitler.
  • I like stand-up.
  • It looks like it's all easy and stuff but I bet it's really kind of not and is not actually just being funny in front of people.
  • I've had a little too much wine to think past the first few points.
  • Trains.
Oh... I posted.


  • Why is it fine to make jokes about a thing just because you are that thing?

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