Who's made you laugh?

We’ve seen many of the above, and also the fantastic Peter Kay (twice), who was our favourite, Ross Noble and Dara O’Brain, who was surprisingly fond of the F word.

I’d agree with WW010 about Sarah Millican - she was very crude and had completely misjudged her audience at our small venue (in fact she lost about a third of them at the interval ).

We love live comedy and it’s often very cheap, if you can spot the good ones before they get well known.

I never rated Ken Dodd with his TV shows. However, his live act was a revelation. He would never leave the stage until he had the whole audience completely under his spell.

Dave Allen - being a Catholic, some of his sketches had me in stitches
Peter Kay - especially Car Share
Billy Conolly - in his younger days, not so much in recent years

Sorry Billy, that should be Connolly!

as well as liking to watch victoria wood repeats on tv I also watch her on the You Tube. also all sorts of funny clips including bloopers on news and game shows......

this is an american one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcWzdX1e41g

Jon Richsrdson
Sean Locke
Micky Flanagan
Sarah Pascoe
Jimmy Carr.
I like comedy panel shows where they all bounce off each other.

Oh, how I loved Dave Allen with his dry wit.

Peter Kay and Lee Evans were hilarious, a great night out.
John Bishop was also very entertaining.

Monty Python. The best.

Michael MacIntyre in a small venue on his warm up tour. I cried laughing.
Rhod Gilbert
Dave Gorman
Russell Kane we were probably the eldest there but loved him.

We saw Paul Foot at a comedy night who was simply not funny and insulted the audience for not laughing. When he suggested that he finished his act early a well spoken lady at the back shouted "Thank god for that" to the applause of everyone else.

John Bishop - very good
Micky Flanagan - hilarious
Rob Brydon - good
Sarah Millican - crude and not very funny
French and Saunders - who knew they had such a large gay following, we didn't! Very funny though
Lenny Henry - good
Milton Jones - terrible
Reginald D Hunter - boring
Rich Hall - seen him twice, first time was very funny. However second time a lot of repeated material.

The one who made me laugh the most was Micky Flanagan. Also although not strictly a comedian but very amusing and interesting was Bill Bryson.

Jethro and Peter Kaye...?

WW010 I agree about Ivan Brackenbury, saw him at Edinburgh Fringe twice and again here in Yorkshire. He does tour so you can catch him at smaller venues. His hospital radio DJ is fantastic
My list would also include:
Kevin Bridges (saw one of his first ever gigs)
Jimeoin
Tim Vine
Andy Parsons
Bill Bailey
Billy Connolly
Sarah Millican
Victoria Wood
If you ever want a comedy overload I recommend the Edinburgh Fringe when it is back up and running. You can see several gigs a day and will never stop laughing for a week.

Thanks for the happy memories, nothing like a good laugh to cheer us all up

Jasper Carrott
Max Boyce
Sarah Millican
Barry Cryer with Willie Rushton
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Jimmy Edwards & Eric Sykes adlibbing in Big Bad Mouse(1974 I think)
Frankie Howerd - 1968(?) in 'Way Out in Piccadilly', laughed so much I missed half of the jokes.

We don't go to concerts much these days, but while on holiday we booked to see Ken Dodd at the London Palladium. He was absolutely hilarious! Never laughed so much!

Also saw Morecambe & Wise in Blackpool, who were amazing.

On TV, I enjoy watching 'Would I Lie to You?' Lee Mack & Co have me laughing throughout the show.

My all time favourite was Bob Monkhouse. In the 60s people would queue for hours to see him on the local nightclubs. I know he could appear smarmy on TV but on stage he was very very witty. He loved having hecklers in the audience and always had an answer, no one could ever get the better of him. I also loved Dave Allen another very witty comedian.
These days I enjoy Would I lie to You? and Peter Kay

One of the funniest comedians I saw live was Mike Harding. I laughed so much my stomach hurt. ?

Saw Billy Connolly live years ago & he was brilliant. You just have to get used to every second word being a 4 letter one! Also saw Jasper Carrott who was great.
I loved Victoria Wood- such a shame she is no longer with us.
I like Jack Whitehall too

I can't believe that no one has yet mentioned Ken Dodd. I can remember, many years ago, being grateful when the interval came in his show because I'd laughed so much that it hurt.

Dave Allen aways made me laugh. He was in tune with my sense of humour

I saw Billy Connelly in Dublin a few years ago. I dont think he was very well as he referred to his script a few times. I've seen Brendan Oscar O'Carrol before he became Mrs Brown. His stand up show was the best ever. I'd love to have seen Peter Kay.

The name Oscar shouldn't be in my post. It appeared from nowhere!

Ken Dodd. Saw him a few years ago as he was one of the ‘old school’ whom I was determined to get to see before he turned up his toes. He was very funny and did a very clever performance that went on for ever. We actually left the theatre about 12.30 which was long before he finished as it was so hot in there!

I also saw Ken Dodd at our theatre in Torquay a few years ago and he was brilliantly funny. Although elderly by then, he had so much energy and went on for hours.
Quite a few years back I saw Tommy Cooper at a Butlins holiday camp and absolutely loved him, he was hilarious.

Mickey Flanagan Sarah Millican Peter Kay, Dave Allen, Jimmy Carr, Lee Evans