Cian
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Strike said:
He was a bit, err, crass is a bad term, but his jokes were just crude a lot of the time. Not in an insulting way in modern terms, but maybe in the 1960's. My mother liked him.
Chaplin wasn't funny AT ALL.
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He was a bit, err, crass is a bad term, but his jokes were just crude a lot of the time. Not in an insulting way in modern terms, but maybe in the 1960's. My mother liked him.
Chaplin wasn't funny AT ALL.
Beach Hut
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MYOB said:
I think Monkhouse was considered "smarmy".
Totally disagree on Chaplin, very funny and bear in mind the era when made.
Cian
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Beach Hut said:
Smarmy! Thats one of the terms I wanted
My granny is funnier than Chaplin ever was. She died in 1979.
Chaplin always appeared to me as a sad, sad man doing something he hated doing. I always felt it would have been better to shoot the fecker than keep watching him.
The Large One
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Chaplin wasn't funny at all.
Although I agree with the choice of No.1, how come Spike Milligan - the real genius of the Goon Show, and the grandfather of alternative comedy - was only at No.28? If Peter Sellers could be at No.14, there surely should have been a space for Milligan in the top ten.
The ungrateful gits.
Although I agree with the choice of No.1, how come Spike Milligan - the real genius of the Goon Show, and the grandfather of alternative comedy - was only at No.28? If Peter Sellers could be at No.14, there surely should have been a space for Milligan in the top ten.
The ungrateful gits.
Beach Hut
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Sorry guys but Chaplin was a total genius at comedy.
Cian
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How was Chaplin funny? It was about as funny as watching a disabled person fall out of a wheelchair (e.g. you have to be sick minded to find it funny)
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
It portrayed a chronically sad era with a touch of lightness.
You need to see it to understand it. I have to say it took a long time for me to appreciate how funny / tragic genius Chaplin was.
I thank my Dad for introducing me to Chaplin.
You need to see it to understand it. I have to say it took a long time for me to appreciate how funny / tragic genius Chaplin was.
I thank my Dad for introducing me to Chaplin.
Cian
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Beach Hut said:
I have seen it. LOTS of it. RTE showed little 'comedy' but Chaplin and Laurel&Hardy in the late 80's early 1990's
Which wasn't the best of eras in Ireland either, financially, socially, etc. Bit like depression era USA actually.
He still came across as a wimpish pathetic git
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Oh well, let's agree to disagree as they say 
I still find Chaplin fundamentally brilliant on the comedy front.
I still find Chaplin fundamentally brilliant on the comedy front.
Cian
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Oh, and this was when RTE were one of the massive whopping 9 channels my Cable company had, and the only non-BBC one to broadcast before 2PM, so I saw way way too much "mid morning comedy matinees" as they called them then.
It was either that or wait till 2PM till the local public access station (now long gone) came on. That was a laugh a minute, literally.The local attempt at a soap was f***ing hilarious, filmed in someones kitchen on a camcorder.
It was either that or wait till 2PM till the local public access station (now long gone) came on. That was a laugh a minute, literally.The local attempt at a soap was f***ing hilarious, filmed in someones kitchen on a camcorder.
dougdeep
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Spike.
Looks a fair enough poll to me: I reckon Peter Cook is the funniest man I've ever seen on TV. I think his take on the summin-up of the Thorpe trial is the most brilliant individual comedy sketch ever.
Like others though, I'm baffled by Spike Milligan's low rating. Perhaps it was a personal vote as, by all accounts, he was a pretty unpleasant human being but then, many of the people above him are/were difficult (to say the least).
I'm pleased that Laurel and Hardy scored so highly - they still make me laugh, even though their stuff is 70 years old and I've seen them umpteen times already.
Like others though, I'm baffled by Spike Milligan's low rating. Perhaps it was a personal vote as, by all accounts, he was a pretty unpleasant human being but then, many of the people above him are/were difficult (to say the least).
I'm pleased that Laurel and Hardy scored so highly - they still make me laugh, even though their stuff is 70 years old and I've seen them umpteen times already.
bhaexpress
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Was surprised at Robin Williams has such a low placing. Personally I find his standup routines hilarious.
Odder still is that SPike Millligan isn't placed higher also. The man was a comic genious and was the role model for the Pytons. His one problem was that sometimes his convept of humour judt wasn't funny and in later life he made some really poor efforts. Mind you, his books about his efforts in Worled War 2 are probably the funniest I've ever read.
Odder still is that SPike Millligan isn't placed higher also. The man was a comic genious and was the role model for the Pytons. His one problem was that sometimes his convept of humour judt wasn't funny and in later life he made some really poor efforts. Mind you, his books about his efforts in Worled War 2 are probably the funniest I've ever read.
the full harris
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I find the presenter of the show last night, Jimmy Carr, a funnier stand up than a lot of the stand ups mentioned in the list.
smudge
Up the Albion!
Tommy Cooper could make you laugh just by looking at him!!
the full harris
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where was Frankie Howard on that list?
smudge
Up the Albion!
The Goons were there. Complete & utter shite!
Ying tong yiddle crap!
Ying tong yiddle crap!
How did Reeves & Mortimer get into a comedy poll, let alone the top 10.
Bob has occasional moments, enough to sustain 15 mins of fame, not 15 years.
But Vic, he's a 1 trick pony without the trick.
Bob has occasional moments, enough to sustain 15 mins of fame, not 15 years.
But Vic, he's a 1 trick pony without the trick.
Alfie Noakes
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Peter Cook knows no jokes
dougdeep
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Alfie Noakes said:
That might be because he's dead. It does tend to have that effect.