Who's made you laugh?

Emu’s ‘interview’ with Michael Parkinson was one of the funniest things I have seen on tv (and not forgetting Emu’s pal Rod Hull of course)

Watching David Armand has cheered me up immensely. OK it’s not for everyone but this really made me laugh. m.youtube.com/watch?v=AaT2sQs_g9o

The great ken dodd was the best comedian ever.saw him several times never stopped laughing .

I’ve just read through this thread and there are very few women mentioned. Victoria Wood. Sarah Millican who seems to be disliked.
Do women find it hard to break into standup? I must admit at the little comedy club we used to go to there were few women comedians but the one who did appear were received on merit and not given an extra hard, or easy, time. I wonder why? I must admit to generally finding men funnier.

Oh my goodness, I can watch Cannon and Ball vids for hours and roar with laughter the whole time. Went to see them once in Coventry, wonderful comics, took my kids. There was no swearing, no smut, none of the talk about bodily functions..just simple good humour. Morecambe and Wise and Laurel and Hardy were their predecessors. Just good old fashioned fun, as was Victoria Wood.

Billy Connolly - saw him live, brilliant
Loved Dave Allen

Rufus2

^a stage performance of The Goons^
Muse If you mean what I think you mean, then "No Way"
The magic of the Goons lay essentially with "steam radio" and resided entirely within your own imagination.
Your "Eccles" would look nothing like mine, but they did exactly the same job.
I can think of several radio (and TV) shows that never made it successfully to live stage.
OoRoo

I can remember so many years ago, them doing a performance somewhere with an audience. Did a google search and found it. It was a recording they did to celebrate the BBC 50th birthday.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF745ywyvVY

I agree totally that it is a show for the radio but I've just had a brilliant 40 mins watching this.

In the 60s we saw Billy Connolly live when he was in a folk duo called the Stumblebums. He was very funny but it was a folk club and those who were there for the singing were very put out and shouted for him to stop talking ?

my favourite is Peter Kay, he always makes me laugh and Morecambe and Wise, and Ken Dodd, notice none of them are the current ones, they just dont do anything for me at all, especially Alan Carr

Have seen quite a few but Peter Kay for me was the funniest of all !

Ken Dodd was brilliant, I saw him quite a few times, never stopped laughing & you daren't move . Jim Davidson was very good & one of my other favourites was Mike Reid (Frank Butcher in Eastenders). I have most of Mike Reid's DVDs, must get them out to watch again.

Richard Ayowade
Bob Mortimer
John Shuttleworth

All acquired tastes I know but that's me ?

Would you count Pam Ayres? I see her every time she comes to a local theatre. She's just so natural. Seen several others including Jack Dee, Paul Merton, Milton Jones and Bill Bailey but always been a bit disappointed because I'd already seen a lot of the material on TV and the tickets are so expensive.

Yes, I’d forgotten about Pam Ayers. She’s great.
Any more women?

I saw Jasper Carrott once but the woman behind me kept saying ‘oh this ones good, I heard it at...’. etc. etc. I shook my head once or twice and she said ‘someone doesn’t appreciate him’. That’s when I should have turned and punched her.

I saw Ben Elton live once and was crying with laughter most of the show. I was worn out by the end.

Another Dave Allan fan here also
Angus Deayton
Victoria Wood
The Two Ronnies