Cuprabob Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Watched this last week and now watching this weeks - absolutely brilliant+++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 One of our guys went to see him live in Glasgow last night. I can't stand the bloke myself but I'll be interested to hear what he thought of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Caught about a minute of it earlier after watching something we'd recorded, and just before turning the TV off. They seem obsessed with ****ing, some bloke was ****ing in a wheelchair, then someone else was apparently ****ing jesus whilst he was nailed to the cross. Shock humour for the sake of it is rarely very funny, and I cant say I found that even vaguely amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I love his standup stuff (am going to see him in Newcastle next week along with Milo) but the sketches on Tramadol Nights do nothing for me. As said, it seems shocking for the sake of shocking without the humour element. The cartoon sketches are really dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Tend to agree. As a stand up he has that perfect delivery for the really dark stuff, but the sketches don't give you that. It would be interesting to see his new set to see if his new material is as good or it's just a rehash of his first set ... most of which we've all seen on Mock The Week. Shock humour can be very, very funny, but by its nature it's a one time hit and a comedian with nothing else to offer soon disappears. (Or turns into a slightly sad parody of himself, like Chubby Brown). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 One of our guys went to see him live in Glasgow last night. I can't stand the bloke myself but I'll be interested to hear what he thought of him. causing a bit of a fracas up here that gig as it went ahead when the majority of people weren't able to get to it due to travel issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I saw him live a few months ago and was really disappointed. Lots of the same jokes I'd already heard, same interaction style with the audience (basically just swearing at them) and so on. Thought the warm-up act was much better. I used to really like Frankie Boyle but the last 12-18 months he has just lost it and imho seems like he is just on the gravy train not giving a complete sh1t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 (edited) Our guy said he was brilliant. However, he also said that a lot of people walked out. I asked him how many and he said he reckoned about 30-40 people across the course of the show, most when he started joking about Baby P, Madelaine McCann etc. Must admit that if I'd been there I'd have walked from what he has told me. He also mentioned something PingPongPo has - and that was that he savaged a good number of people in the audience and was constantly F'ing and calling them 'C****s' p.s. on the weather, he said they struggled but that the venue was still packed out and he reckons most got to it. Edited December 8, 2010 by MrMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I don't understand people walking out of a Frankie Boyle gig. Surely they know what to expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I don't understand people walking out of a Frankie Boyle gig. Surely they know what to expect? Even our guy said he was surprised by just how far he went but that it was obvious some people had no idea. One couple walked out within 5 minutes of him coming on and he apparently shouted 'Go on, f*ck off, ugly fat b*stards' at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxyboy Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 So were they ugly fat b's then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Probably. It was in Glasgow after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 The only reason I can imagine Glaswegians walking out is that they just followed the queue assuming there was cheap booze at the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 The only reason I can imagine Glaswegians walking out is that they just followed the queue assuming there was cheap booze at the end of it. We're not in the dark ages you know, we have mobility scooters to help us out so no need to walk at all. Not seen the old Irn Bru advert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I quite enjoyed Tramadol nights the other day and nearly got tickets to see him Live this year. I think it's nuts that people would walk out of Frankie Boyle's show due to severity. Maybe they just thought it was weak? I nearly walked out of Jerry Sadowitz when I saw him at Edinburgh Festival. That guy was boring. Every other work was f*ck or c*nt so the show was 2 hours when it could have been 45 minutes if he'd just told the jokes without swearing. But then everyone would have realised how cr4p his material was. I guess some people just think the act of swearing is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Theres no need to see him live, watch Tramadol nights as all of last nights routine was in this years show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I've steered clear of Tramadol Nights for that exact reason - I'm going to see him next Wednesday and I don't want to sit there thinking I've just seen it all on TV. I'll watch Tramadol Nights via 4OD afterwards. Talking of comedians, I guess a fair few people have seen Peter Kaye recently on his tour. Am I the only one who thought he was a bit disappointing? It was just like watching a highly polished DVD performance, everything appeared to perfectly scripted. It was funny, but the same old style of material i.e. "can you remember when......". It's funny to recall things from your childhood but for 90 minutes? It was hilarious the first time 'round hearing about little boys at weddings sliding across the dance floor on their knees but to be using the same approach 5+ years later is a bit flat. 4 days after Peter Kaye I went to see Jason Manford (the day the BBC sacked him) and in many respects, he was funnier, with a lot of random stories and ad-libbing. I prefer to see comedians feed off an audience and go with them rather than turn up and run through their script. Re Frankie Boyle, I know what to expect and can't wait. Hopefully we'll be next to people who get offended which will be even funnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 IMO, there haven't been enough Baby P or Madeleine McCann jokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I wouldn't have any problem with the content of any joke, as far as I'm concerned, nothing is off limits, as a joke is just a joke. But even jokes that are meant to shock, still need to actually be funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Peter Kaye recently on his tour. Am I the only one who thought he was a bit disappointing? I forgot you'd gone to see his show. The same guy who went to see Frankie Boyle went to see him too - probably on the same night you did by the sounds of it, a good few weeks ago now. He told everyone in the office: "If you ever get the chance to see Peter Kaye live....<cue us all waiting for the hilarity and plaudits to ensue>.....don't waste your money, he's crap." He said it was stale, rehearsed and dull. He also said a good few of the people around him weren't impressed and that he could feel a general air of disappointment at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I quite enjoyed Tramadol nights the other day and nearly got tickets to see him Live this year. I think it's nuts that people would walk out of Frankie Boyle's show due to severity. Maybe they just thought it was weak?I nearly walked out of Jerry Sadowitz when I saw him at Edinburgh Festival. That guy was boring. Every other work was f*ck or c*nt so the show was 2 hours when it could have been 45 minutes if he'd just told the jokes without swearing. But then everyone would have realised how cr4p his material was. I guess some people just think the act of swearing is funny. Funny enough i can't stand Jerry Sadowitz, nothing to do with his "edgy" routine just the fact he was an @rsehole when i happened to be in the same pub as him just around the time he became famous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Of the new breed that have recently hit television, John Bishop is head and shoulders the funniest. And his live act includes a whole load of stuff you simply couldn't put into a prime time tv slot! Jason Manford I like too, though haven't seen him live. I think it was one of his first 'Live at the Apollo' sets I saw - the whole thing about arriving at Liverpool Lime St had me literally crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Of the new breed that have recently hit television, John Bishop is head and shoulders the funniest. And his live act includes a whole load of stuff you simply couldn't put into a prime time tv slot!Jason Manford I like too, though haven't seen him live. I think it was one of his first 'Live at the Apollo' sets I saw - the whole thing about arriving at Liverpool Lime St had me literally crying. Agree with you on both accounts+++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxyboy Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I've for tickets for John bishop in February, secc I think. Mr boyles new series is pretty poor, disappointed in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I liked John Bishop until I watched him on the first of the new Live at the Apollo shows when his full sketch was about his first gig in London as a comedian. I thought it was very poor and didn't raise a laugh throughout it. Manford is funny but for me the funniest of the lot of them right now is Sean Lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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