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The Comedy Appreciation Thread (formerly The Shirley Ghostman Thread)

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    It really pays to be persistent:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited June 2024 Posts: 18,976
    Is Alf Garnett the Pipe Smoker of the Year 1968?

    https://youtube.com/shorts/WwJ-sTF6zsc?si=cQbX5Dm3v_FCDbWt
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    This character from the Irish sketch show My Bad Self is genius:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited June 2024 Posts: 18,976
    If they were American clips I'm sure they were fine, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns. I've expanded the thread title.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    If they were American clips I'm sure they were fine, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns. I've expanded the thread title.

    They were clips from Black Books and Only Fools and Horses, I read your post title then only after I posted did I read the thread description. :)
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    If they were American clips I'm sure they were fine, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns. I've expanded the thread title.

    They were clips from Black Books and Only Fools and Horses, I read your post title then only after I posted did I read the thread description. :)

    You can put them back up if you like. I'm sure they were fine. This thread started out life as being about Shirley Ghostman but I expanded it over the years to a general comedy thread as I don't think we have one. So anything goes really.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Paul Whitehouse is always great:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited July 2024 Posts: 18,976
    Mick Miller doing his Noddy routine. He's one of the greats of British stand-up comedy:



    And one of his sets as a stand-up:

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Michael Parkinson interviews Bulla:

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    Father Ted - Accidental Racism:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    The great Barry from Watford (played by Alex Lowe):





  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Father Ted - Father Seamus Fitzpatrick's War Memorabilia:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    In Memory of Geoff Capes (1949-2024):

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    This is still one of the silliest and funniest sketches I've ever seen on British TV:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Spike Milligan interrupts an Australian live radio news bulletin and makes it much more colourful:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    This sums up today's weather in the UK:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    John Cooper Clarke - Kung Fu International (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1978):

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Billy Connolly at his brilliant best:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Alan Partridge - Arena:



    Alan Partridge RIP:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Look around You 2 - Synthesiser Patel:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Jamaican Countdown - Famalam (BBC Three):



    I haven't laughed this hard for a while.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited June 21 Posts: 18,976
    Two quality bomb disposal comedy sketches:



  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    A classic Jasper Carrott stand-up piece - The Nutter on the Bus:

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    This is great for British comedy fans, a deep dive into tracing the history of the joke
    'Fill this beaker for me'
    'From here?'
    in NSNA (spoiler: it goes back further than Porridge!):

    https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/07/from-here/

    goldenyears3.jpg
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    A bit of Jim Jeffries new special... :))

    https://youtube.com/shorts/krfwGFYLfzE?si=eZJ0FGY_z2sP_gok
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 24 Posts: 18,976
    My favourite stand-up comedian is Stewart Lee who I first discovered one night on BBC2 with the first episode of his stand-up series, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. back in 2009.

    Stewart Lee's greatest inspiration (from Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 1, 2009):



    Stewart Lee on the harry Potter Books (Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 1, 2009):



    Stewart Lee - Content Provider - Dr Who Museum



    Stewart Lee on Social Media (Content Provider)

  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    My favourite stand-up comedian is Stewart Lee who I first discovered one night on BBC2 withy the first episode of his stand-up series Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle back in 2009.

    Stewart Lee's greatest inspiration (from Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 1, 2009):



    Stewart Lee on the harry Potter Books (Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 1, 2009):



    Stewart Lee - Content Provider - Dr Who Museum



    Stewart Lee on Social Media (Content Provider)


    Not a huge fan of his, but that last 'social media' post made me chuckle.

    I once saw him do a scathing sketch about William Wallace (Braveheart) in front of a Scottish audience, which was brilliant.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    My favourite stand-up comedian is Stewart Lee who I first discovered one night on BBC2 withy the first episode of his stand-up series Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle back in 2009.

    Stewart Lee's greatest inspiration (from Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 1, 2009):



    Stewart Lee on the harry Potter Books (Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Series 1, 2009):



    Stewart Lee - Content Provider - Dr Who Museum



    Stewart Lee on Social Media (Content Provider)


    Not a huge fan of his, but that last 'social media' post made me chuckle.

    I once saw him do a scathing sketch about William Wallace (Braveheart) in front of a Scottish audience, which was brilliant.

    Yes, Stewart Lee tends to deconstruct comedy and to treat stand-up comedy as an artform, as that last social media piece shows very well.

    I think I have seen that sketch about William Wallace but the details of it escape me.
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