might do an "Occasions when you need a Scotsman" poll as a spin-off
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:31 (six years ago) link
if you go to see the bootleg beatles or whoever at least you get to hear songs that have stood the test of time that you will never hear the original lineup which produced them play live ever againbut jokes don’t usually work that way, right? generally they lose their ability to surprise and amuse you with repetition, so (imo) there are only a very few standups i could stand to watch do their sets more than a couple of times, no matter how much i enjoyed themso why would you go and see a standup tribute tell jokes you already know? I DON’T UNDERSTAAAAAAND
― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:38 (six years ago) link
(this is also why i fucking hate ‘funny’ songs - no matter how beautiful the melody or whatever you’re still listening to the same punchlines over and over, which is like rubbing your exposed brain against a cheesegrater to me)
― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:40 (six years ago) link
itt: bg becomes the lex
― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:41 (six years ago) link
me and lex already share similar views on comedy
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:46 (six years ago) link
random thought: I might see paying a comedian to perform selected bits by other stand-up comics whom I can no longer stomach for reasons of sex crimes, politics, etc. But there’s plenty of decent new jokes every day so that just seems like throwing good money after bad
― El Tomboto, Friday, 9 February 2018 11:55 (six years ago) link
Original after dinner comedians might just be shit, at least they're not "Comedy Dining Shows" (see Only Fools, Father Ted etc. etc.)
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 9 February 2018 12:41 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 15 February 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 16 February 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
i guess this was inevitable, might even have voted for him myself, i can't remember tbh
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
leelard dallas multipass― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:18 (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:18 (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i feel like this post was unfairly slept on tbh
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:42 (six years ago) link
but yeah it was always gonna be the tribute act
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
i didn't get that tbh, just had to google it
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
too niche for ilx is an achievement in itself i guess
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
still interested in having an ilx fap with special guest brian blessed btw
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
yeah i did the math and you could probably only afford to do it a couple of hundred times if you won the lottery
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
i think if i won the lottery i'd be sorely tempted to employ brian blessed as a kind of full-time court jester
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
i’m trying to understand the personal circumstances and the mindset that would lead someone to get on stage and imitate not just a comic but a particular comic’s entire set and i just... can’t
let alone the thinking of a member of the public who sees an ad for a peter kay tribute act and thinks ‘that looks good, that does’ and pays actual money to go and see it
― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:28 (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
all this is otm and yet it's always seemed to me that comedy tribute acts are an untapped market. they probably scorned the first tribute band (Bootleg Beatles?) and now there are several ersatz Slipknots
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link
yeah but i would go and watch SlipNOT in a heartbeat whereas Lee Lard is sad man
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
as i said upthread tho, there are bands whose work i'll probably listen to until i die but just aren't around to see live anymore, because they've retired, split up or died, so i can see the appeal of going to see a tribute who have put a lot of work into recreating their sound
(hell, the bootleg beatles even play songs which the actual beatles never played live iirc)
but jokes just don't work like music! who in their right mind listens to the same jokes over and over again? who are these maniacs who would go to see someone who looks a bit like a comedian whose work they enjoy imitate their jokes? it's disgusting savagery of the highest order
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
Missed this thread :(
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
for shame
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:29 (six years ago) link
A flat I lived in we found a couple of directories of variety acts, 80s probably, simultaneously two of the most hilarious and heartbreaking publications I've ever seen.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link
Some of the acts looked so terrible you were in fits of laughter while, at the back of your mind, was the realization that they'd probably already hung themselves from a curtain rail in a motel outside Giggleswick.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
it's a shit business
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfionMmCGoU
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
jinx!
one of those catchphrases that's truth means you end up quoting it on the reg
― "oh no my cheds" man had dark to black packet (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
Keep thinking, "Your Dandy, Milord" when I see this thread title.
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 16 February 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
Just for Les McQueen I can almost forgive Mark Gatiss for... no can't do it.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
ha i was just about to make the same post
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
les mcqueen is real as fuck, even that 11-second clip is hard to watch
― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 February 2018 11:41 (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
idnr fping u so n
― rum dmc (darraghmac), Monday, 19 February 2018 09:57 (six years ago) link
must try harder
― Occupation Propaganda dog (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 19 February 2018 10:24 (six years ago) link
can we count on you chipping in for the ilx fap w/ brian blessed btw
― Occupation Propaganda dog (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 19 February 2018 10:30 (six years ago) link
Yeah sure
― rum dmc (darraghmac), Monday, 19 February 2018 10:31 (six years ago) link
if everyone who's posted itt chips in it'll only be £1250 each (plus travel)
― Occupation Propaganda dog (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 19 February 2018 10:34 (six years ago) link