I Would Happily Punch Every One of You in the Face...

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Gonzo replied

12 April 2010, 23:05
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

...The Frankie Boyle tour.

I went last night and to say some of his gags were a bit risqué would be a colossal understatement, I enjoyed it but there were plenty of moments when I couldn't quite believe what I was hearing.

Race, religion, rape, child abuse, disabilities, it's got the lot! He's only just started the 113 date tour so expect plenty of 'outrage' in the papers over the next few months:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...downs-syndrome

Comedians have got to find their niche in a crowded market place and it is not easy.

I would never in a million years go and watch Roy "Chubby" Brown and always thought that he must be an odious human being. But if you hear him talking as a real person and about why he took his career down the route that he did he is a thoroughly reasonable chap.
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shaunbhoy replied

12 April 2010, 16:56
Originally posted by AngelOfTheNorth View Post

Frankie Boyle reminds me of a journeyman fighter.

Sometimes he gets the odd good blow in, but generally he's just flailing away hoping some of the punches stick.

Not a bad analogy. He does seem to overplay the offensive card a tad. I blame it on his insecurity. Does some funny stuff mind you, but can't hold a candle to Connolly, Gervais, or Izzard IMHO.
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AngelOfTheNorth replied

12 April 2010, 15:57
Frankie Boyle reminds me of a journeyman fighter.

Sometimes he gets the odd good blow in, but generally he's just flailing away hoping some of the punches stick.
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MaryPoppins replied

12 April 2010, 14:44
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

...The Frankie Boyle tour.

I went last night and to say some of his gags were a bit risqué would be a colossal understatement, I enjoyed it but there were plenty of moments when I couldn't quite believe what I was hearing.

Race, religion, rape, child abuse, disabilities, it's got the lot! He's only just started the 113 date tour so expect plenty of 'outrage' in the papers over the next few months:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...downs-syndrome

His autobiography is as bad. Some of it is genuinely funny, but some of it is actually just OTT for the sake of it.
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cojak replied

12 April 2010, 14:30
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MarillionFan replied

12 April 2010, 14:29
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

I don't care who started it. Sort it out among yourselves, or I'll finish it. And neither of you want that...

Oh do behave Nat.

Cojaks already told us about the arse kicking contest you lost with a one legged midget last month and the loss to a paper bag the previous one.
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cojak replied

12 April 2010, 14:25
Originally posted by shoes View Post

I don't care what you think either, smelly poo pants.

<scribbles in insults notebook for future use>
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NotAllThere replied

12 April 2010, 14:10
I don't care who started it. Sort it out among yourselves, or I'll finish it. And neither of you want that...

Originally posted by d000hg View Post

I want to complain to someone about that. You're picking on me!

Don't sit near the front then.
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shoes replied

12 April 2010, 14:07
He started it
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NotAllThere replied

12 April 2010, 14:05
Right - that's it. You're both barred. Gerroutofmypub.
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d000hg replied

12 April 2010, 13:58
Originally posted by shoes View Post

I don't care what you think either, smelly poo pants.

I want to complain to someone about that. You're picking on me!
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shoes replied

12 April 2010, 13:25
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

You're entitled to your opinion, but nobody really cares what you find funny.

I don't care what you think either, smelly poo pants.
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d000hg replied

12 April 2010, 13:03
Originally posted by shoes View Post

It's not that I don't find him funny because it causes offence, it's because he isn't funny.

You're entitled to your opinion, but nobody really cares what you find funny.
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shoes replied

12 April 2010, 12:57
Being offensive is not the same as being funny. He's not all that bad a comedian, but he relies on causing offence to get a reaction. It's lazy, anyone can say the 'wrong thing'. In this PC world we have at the moment someone like him gets more press than they deserve, his style of standup will always have a very limited shelf life. Stand ups far more worthy of note are Stewart Lee, Bill Bailey, Frank Skinner, Eddie Izzard etc.

It's not that I don't find him funny because it causes offence, it's because he isn't funny.
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Churchill replied

12 April 2010, 12:48
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

Amen to that.

My mum and a group of her work friends 4 of which are asian and 1 black went to see Bernard Manning quite a few years back... work that one out

Can hardly have any sympathy when everyone was moaning afterwards can you.

Actually I don't have any sympathy on that one.

For a start, why would a bunch of women 4 of which are Asian and 1 black even want to go and see Bernard Manning?

The thing about BM was that he was a Gentleman - I would wager that he wouldn't have said anything at all to the women, least of all that it would have been offensive.

Your mother and her friends would have been better seeing "Fu Fu Lamarr"!
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