Stan Boardman’s Fokker joke - comedy genius?

[Pavilionaire]

Very good gag, very funny. It's his ONLY gag mind, but it's a good 'un.

 

[Frutos]

Vaguely funny for its time, but nowhere near any kind of genius.

 

[brakespear]

The worst of the 'working mens club' comedians imo - have to admit I did give a slight smile at the punchline although I had already guessed it.

 

[Skaville]

Surprisingly good

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Even Scousers don't regard Boardman as funny - just a tragic waste of oxygen and lebensraum.

 

[BadFish]

Even Scousers don't regard Boardman as funny - just a tragic waste of oxygen and lebensraum.

What none of them? Some must of at some point surely otherwise he wouldn't have got an audience.

 

[BadFish]

Not genius, not not funny....just okay

 

[Cheshire Cat]

What none of them? Some must of at some point surely otherwise he wouldn't have got an audience.

Definitely none. Generally regarded as complete embarassment.

 

[BadFish]

Definitely none. Generally regarded as complete embarassment.

In retrospect i suppose that is hardly surprising, his gags are horribly dated. But they must have liked him at some point.

 

[dazzer6666]

It's not so much the joke, it's Des shitting himself at the thought of his show being canned. Look at his face.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Utter shit of highest order.

 

[Pevenseagull]

6.5/10 ........................ what exactly does Stan Boardman do?

 

[Pevenseagull]

is he still pissed off about the Geeeeeeeeermans bombing his chippy?



dull ........ but better than "The Lord Of The Rings" films

 

[BN9 BHA]

It's not so much the joke, it's Des shitting himself at the thought of his show being canned. Look at his face.

That is funny and Stan carrying on like a naughty schoolboy!

 

[Kumquat]

I thought that was my dad's joke. Not Stan Boardman's

My dad told me that one too as a kid. Made me laugh.

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

The Albion are flying up in a fokker to Hull!

 

[Jbanged]

Probably funny then, now not so funny

 

[METALMICKY]

Quite amusing if only for Does crapping himself..

And let's not forget that Robert De Niro and Hollywood thought the concept of the joke was good enough!

 

[Wozza]

Borderline genius, then. I guess that's fair.

 

[Buzzer]

I'd like to think there's an equivalent excruciatingly unfunny racist German comedian who has built a career on the joke about telling British tourists "Hey. You chipped my grandad's bomber."