Where are all the Funny People?

[NibblyPig]

Jimmy Carr is amazing. He looks like an arrogant prat until you realise most of his humour is self-deprecating and he's not afraid to put himself down for a laugh.

[Gumbo Robot]

Punt & Dennis - The Now Show.

That's it.

Been going years - they used to do a stint on Jasper Carrott's show in the 80s IIRC.

[Chuck]

Punt & Dennis - The Now Show.

Now that is tulipe. Right-on lefties, laughing at jokes other right-on lefties tell. Truly hideous.

As for "9 out of 10 Cats", at least it has Rachael Riley.

[WTFH]

There's another R4 comedy then that features a disproportionate amount of Brigstocke. It also has Punt and Dennis who, oddly enough, I don't mind.

Punt & Dennis - The Now Show.

[Gumbo Robot]

Not really. Last series the guests were Susan Calman (Sheffield), Omid Djalili (St Albans) and Miles Jupp (Hastings). I don't think Marcus Brigstocke has been on it for 4 years.

There's another R4 comedy then that features a disproportionate amount of Brigstocke. It also has Punt and Dennis who, oddly enough, I don't mind.

[WTFH]

Doesn't that feature rather a lot of Marcus Brigstocke?

Not really. Last series the guests were Susan Calman (Sheffield), Omid Djalili (St Albans) and Miles Jupp (Hastings). I don't think Marcus Brigstocke has been on it for 4 years.

[rl4engc]

I was stretched out on the settee last night typing up some dreadfully dull document [...]

More to the point, why are you working OOH?

[Gumbo Robot]

I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue.

Doesn't that feature rather a lot of Marcus Brigstocke?

[WTFH]

I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue.

[Martin Scroatman]

I was stretched out on the settee last night typing up some dreadfully dull document for a meeting later this week so I thought I'd have one eye on Top Gear on Dave whilst I was banging away on the keyboard.

Once that was over, the next offering was 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown; normally a cue to pick up the remote and flick channels but as I was busy I thought hey-ho, why not? I'll give it a chance.

I lasted less than 5 minutes.

Enough time to realise that I was going to have to suffer a smug love-in involving all the usual suspects; Jimmy Carr, Russell Howard, that ubiquitous Geordie woman whose name I can't remember, Phil Jupitus (Gaarrgh!!)and somebody by the name of Romesh Ranganathan who made much of being a Sri Lankan rapper.

Indeed, it was during the show's opening skit where said rapper perfomed a comedy rap about buggering an elderly female member of the cast of Eastenders when my thumb very firmly met the off button.

Infantile is the word.