Ayatollah Hermione 13590 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Who give this man a show? As bad as Michael McIntyre is, this bloke is ten times worse. The whole thing is totally bland as well; crap jokes about the news, crap guests, The Pet Shop Boys. I assumed it was ITV but it's Channel 4. Makes you wish for Peep Show back tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6822 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 He should stick to being a stand up. His tooth fairy show was really good but his talk shows are a bit crap. I thought his new series was going to be in the style of the advert where hes got his head on a little kids body. Would have been funnier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10429 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 He's just a drag act that's not in drag. He's pretty .. meh iyam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14000 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I seen him live at Leeds festival he was class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10429 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 being drunk and stoned can make carpet patterns funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14000 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I wasn't drunk, it was early He was decent as a one off but I think he regurgitates the same material too often for television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Alan CarrNot dead. The one who wrote the stop smoking book is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41318 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Alan CarrNot dead. The one who wrote the stop smoking book is. of lung cancer I believe...... oh the irony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15114 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 A face you'd never tire of punching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 The editing last night was horrendous. But it was positively excellent when compared to his cringeworthy interview technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4255 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Sames as Russell Brand for me - in chat/quiz type situations they both come across as unfunny twats but their standup is quality imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10429 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I think he appeals to the same folk who like Graham Norton. His "material" relies on raising an eyebrow and pursing his lips after saying the most banal innuendo. It's easy and boring and only possible to pull off (ooer missus) if delivered with an exuberance of camp. It's not particularly clever and it's not particularly new, it's just digestable for the mass-idiot-market. People who like either of them, think that they're being risqué, but they're not, they're being twats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I think he appeals to the same folk who like Graham Norton. His "material" relies on raising an eyebrow and pursing his lips after saying the most banal innuendo. It's easy and boring and only possible to pull off (ooer missus) if delivered with an exuberance of camp. It's not particularly clever and it's not particularly new, it's just digestable for the mass-idiot-market. People who like either of them, think that they're being risqué, but they're not, they're being twats. His stand up (which i'm a fan of) has little to do with innuendo and he doesn't rely on that at all. Its more about his life, his childhood and observations on current culture and the like. Obviously delivered in a camp style because that's who he is, but you could do most of his stand up material straight as it were. Anyway there's nothing wrong with people doing innuendos and being risque, doesn't mean you're a twat! And Norton on his chat shows has got big stars saying and doing things they wouldn't dream of on other chat shows, some of the biggest U.S celebs have really come out their shells on his show and revealled their true senses of humour and personality rather than the usual, come across as pretty dull and safe in other formats which is refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6822 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Have you actually seen his standup Fish? Cos as Lazaru says hes fuck all like Norton and theres very little innuendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10429 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Course I've seen it. Perhaps I've over-stated his predeliction to double entendre, but you have to see that he does use it alot. Certainly more than I find funny. fwiw I didn't mean he's got exactly the same delivery as Norton, just that a lot of their humour is innuendo. Norton excells as an interviewer, He does bring stars out of their shell with his dissarming charm and unabashed michief. However, I am talking about Nortons stand-up, which is about bums, tits and willies. If you like it, fair does, I just find it staid, obvious and juvenile. The odd bit of smut is fine and fair enough, I just couldn't sit through an hour of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I think Fish meant that Carr's talkshow is pretty much exactly the same template as Norton's was/still is over on BBC. Seems like Channel 4 want Graham Norton back so gave Carr this talkshow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Course I've seen it. Perhaps I've over-stated his predeliction to double entendre, but you have to see that he does use it alot. Certainly more than I find funny. fwiw I didn't mean he's got exactly the same delivery as Norton, just that a lot of their humour is innuendo. Norton excells as an interviewer, He does bring stars out of their shell with his dissarming charm and unabashed michief. However, I am talking about Nortons stand-up, which is about bums, tits and willies. If you like it, fair does, I just find it staid, obvious and juvenile. The odd bit of smut is fine and fair enough, I just couldn't sit through an hour of it. To be honest i haven't really seen Norton's stand up, i've seen the odd bit here and there and suspect i wouldn't be a big fan to be fair, but he works well on the chat show and of course turned in a top performance as Father Noel Furlong in Father Ted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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