Michael McIntyre - Where has this annoying cretin suddenly come from ?

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I think the biggest problem comes down to overexposure, and there is definitely a bit of that at the moment.

I would guess the advice MM is getting from his agent is to make hay while the sun shines. For now he is very popular and getting offered slots on very high profile TV shows which no doubt pay well. Even if he is worried about overexposure for all he knows next year he might be out of favour anyway and left stuggling to find decent paying gigs (think of comedians like Hugh Dennis who had years in the wilderness after being hugely popular, before being picked up by tv again. Where is Steve Punt now?).

The guy has a family to support so it is going to be very difficult to turn these jobs down.
 
Agree with your sentiments entirely - not sure Punt and Dennis are best example to compare to though, they spent most of their time on Going Live didn't they? Or am i getting them mixed up? NOt sayin gthey are not funny but i don't think they ever hit the heights of MM.

Anyway - MM is no cretin, if he just toned down the shouting 5% he'd be perfect.
 
Part of the point of the show, both for me and for them, is to identify upcoming comedians. For example, I'd never heard of any of the 3 minor acts this week. We need to find people to fill panels on MtW etc. It's more than money, it's the BBC investing in their future.

OK. I do like McIntyre. Also, what I think makes him suitable for this kind of show is his consistency. He has to churn out a huge amount of material for this series, some pre-prepared, some invented for the location or the celebrities who happen to be present. Not everyone is capable of shouldering a show like that, and when you find someone who can, you use them.
 
I don't like him either. He seems to have the potential to be funny, with his persona etc. but he's never raised a laugh from me. So far though, he's been a wasted guest on panel shows I've seen him on.
 
Where's he suddenly come from? Well, he's now everywhere because people like him. His success at Prince Charles's birthday show and the Royal Variety gave him huge exposure.

He's good. Most comedians have strengths and weaknesses, as has previously been mentioned. While he's not always brilliant on panel shows, his prepared material featuring observations of daily life is currently unrivaled.

His finest hour so far is the Man Drawer. It worked its way into the public consciousness, I wouldn't be surprised if it officially became one of the most used 'new' phrases of 2008/9.
 
I didn't like him originally when he was on panel shows, then saw his first appearance on Live At The Apollo. Booked tickets to see him on the strength of it. Saw him last October & he was on for over 2 hours & was brilliant. The 'man drawer' is a classic. When I saw him live he told a teenager to stop filming him on his moby. He carried on with his act, but kept going back to the lad asking if he'd deleted the footage, as "I've got a dvd coming out & you're taking food out of my kid's mouths" in a funny not pompous way. He asked the audience "who believes he has deleted it?" 99% thought he hadn't including his dad! Eventually he got the lad to come up to the stage & prove he'd deleted the footage. The lad had deleted it, so Michael very apologetically asked the lad to record a very groveling apology, it was very funny.
 
Oh right, so the fact his DVD was the highest selling comedy DVD last year and one of the highest selling of all time was due to the media?

And the hundreRAB of thousanRAB of people going to see him on his arena tour are just sheep believing what the media tell them?
 
Initially, that's whose style he reminded me of too, but probably not so much now, but I would happily watch either of them and find their material laugh-out-loud funny.

I can't wait for MM to tour again.
 
Of course you are entitled to dislike him. However, what possible criteria can you use to measure whether anyone is "good" other than popularity ? There is no quantitative measurement for talent in the entertainment world, it's all subjective.
I cannot stand Alan Carr..millions love him. It doesn't make me right or wrong, but presumably I have to consider Alan Carr is "good" at his chosen profession solely on the basis of his popularity.
 
Hubby and I love him. We went to see him live last year and he was fantastic... senRAB himself up non stop. We were given his DVD at Christmas and it is no surprise that it is one of the fastest selling DVD's ever.
 
McIntyre is a hugely over-rated comedian.

He comes across as smug and annoying. What's with that stupid rapid head-nodding? Apparently a blowjob is known as a McIntyre in some towns.

He's a comedian for people who don't like comedy as the material is bland and he laughs at his own jokes so the audience knows when to laugh as well.

Any comparison to Eddie Izzard is a gross insult to Izzard.
 
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