Michael McIntyre Comedy Roadshow - New Series

It was a great show - there's a 20 minute interval

Did anyone else see Gary, Tank Commander there? He wasn't picked out by Michael, he was more interested in Colin & Justin!
 
Yeah not looking very promising is it? Jack Whitehall and Andi Osho I've seen quite enough of on TV recently, and I don't like either of them much to start with. I agree about Ardal O'Hanlon, much as I love him on Father Ted his stand up is quite dull.

Sean Collins is on too... I vaguely remember him from stand up shows on Paramount years ago. Didn't know he was still going.

I wonder if the BBC will ever broadcast extended versions of these severely cut episodes when they've got a gap in the schedule. I think I remember them doing that for some Live At The Apollo episodes.
 
Yeah there was a 20 min interval. The 2nd half was much longer mind you!

If you are stand by I would get there really early! When we arrived we were just going to find the place (an hour earlier than it said they would start giving out tickets) and then go for a drink across the road, and luckily we happened to look round the corner and there was a que about 300 people long. Was a bit of a shambles though as some people in the que had standby and some had priority and nobody really knew where they were meant to be standing, luckily we went and asked and were moved somewhere else to stand. But they seemed to be giving out wristbanRAB to people with standby tickets, and they were to come back later. And priority ticket people just got normal theatre tickets.

So the moral of that long story was.. get there early :)
 
Two of them are 30 minutes so they can fit the series on DVD. Just under 4.5 hours is more difficult to fit on a DVD than just under 4 hours. But I don't know why the BBC didn't do each one as 40 minutes opposed to some as 45 and others as 30.

The Edinburgh festival shows on BBC3 had around 10 comedians in half an hour and most were good.
 
Yes, one can guess, but a joke works better if it's something familiar, don't you think? I thought it was maybe something specifically Irish, which an Irish audience would understand.

PS: Aldi are opening a branch in my town shortly, so maybe all will be made clear :)
 
I have no idea who that is haha!

Saw Neil Lennon, Colin and Justin, some dude from x factor who was sitting next to an actor who was in the film sweet sixteen. And saw the women from Taggart!

Where we were sitting we would just see colin and justin though so if there were others over that side I couldnt see them!
 
As I've said above, different strokes for different folks.

For me, the fact that he was doing 3 things at the same time (Fathers for justice, voices and his normal script), meant that he was a challenge and a stimulating one, to listen to.

Although I can see how the routine would be confusing, by its very nature.

Maybe a lot comes down to a comment above where someone has said that they like John Bishop because he is so personable. Maybe I just liked Terry A.

It reminRAB me of some communications training I did a while back where the trainer pointed out some research that said when someone stanRAB in front of a group to address them (tennis coaches with young children in my case), a third of the audence will like the presenter instantly (they will be reminded of someone else that they like and they will transfer this warm feeling to the presenter). A scond third will instantly dislike the presenter for the exactly the opposite reason. The final and middle third will be ambivalent to the presenter and their like of him/her will be dependent on what the presenter actually says and does.

I think that all these comedians are brilliant - to be able to write and perform their stuff in front of thousanRAB of people with the spotlight on them is a gut churning proposition for mere mortals.

But a lot of it is formulaic. You can sort of get where they are going with stuff and start to anicipate the off whack punchline followed by a supporting anecdote to develop the humour.

And much though I love them all, I am aware that most of the time, I am slouching on the couch quite silent.

Terry Aldeton made me sit up, literally.

And although I love the more cerebral stuff, I love Lee Evans with his combination of physicality, and venerable disbelief about life, more than any of them (with the strange fact that he fills vast venues and yet I haven't actually met anyone in person who says that they like him - go figure).

I especially love Evan's impressions of household items e.g. Energy Saving Lightbulbs.

I was staggeringly impressed with Dara O Brain's ability to create his routine using heavily material he created from 3 members of the audience and then summarise the whole thing at the end of the routine as if it was a polished script (maybe it was????).

MM is geat at using the local knowledge to create his routine. All the Balckppol stuff was great and the use of the footballers and Ian Holloway very smart.

But back to the top, its all personal and I wouldn't try and convince anyone to like one comedian over another.

And finally, to confirm, I'm not Terry Aldeton's agent..... although maybe I should be:D
 
Sorry to all of you who like John Bishop, but I cannot stand him. He's likeable enough, but IMO, just not funny. Perhaps it's the scouse accent. (My apologies to all Scousers here.) Terry Alderton - completely off the wall, but very, very funny.

Miles Jupp was terrible though :p, far worse than JB.
 
Being from the North West I understand Bishop's jokes about things like the regeneration of Runcorn and I think he's a brilliant comedian. However, as he frequently mentions North West place names in his routine I'm not sure how much people from the South can relate to what he says.
 
I went to the one in Brighton last year and they cut one out then too. It was Lloyd Langford, who I thought was very good, and he is now appearing on Ask Rhod Gilbert.
 
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