Ah yeah. Ha ha. Didn't have a clue what you meant at first then I re read what I typed.
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Rich Hall was hilarious live. He did the first half of the show as himself and the second as Otis Lee Crenshaw who is on a Country and Western Prison Release Scheme, basically funny songs with a country band. Speaking of musical comedy the Doug Anthony Allstars from Australia are funny to.
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Rich Hall is hilarious, both in and out of character. He's also a genuinely nice bloke (at least according to my parents who got chatting to him at an airport during delays!) off stage, rather than an egomaniac like Carr, Mackintyre and (even though I defended him) Gervais.
Surprised nobody else has mentioned Jim Jefferies though, he's fairly high-profile these days without being "mainstream" (that is if you can have a weekly TV show on Comedy Central and NOT be mainstream!).
Rich Hall was amazing. He was chatting to as at the bar in the interval at the Neptune Theatre in Liverpool. Norm from Cheers was in the audience. He signed my mate Norms beer mat "To Norm from Norm". That was a really good night.
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Seeing that post made me think of a Simpsons episode where Homer dressed up as a cow and thought a cattle truck he had been loaded on to had taken him to the Laughter House.
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Peter Kay is one of my favourites. David Jason is officially an actor not a comedian but I think he is a comedy genius- his work as Del Boy is hilarious.
I also find John Cleese and Prunella Scales funny on Fawlty Towers.
I also find John Cleese and Prunella Scales funny on Fawlty Towers.
You raise an interesting point there. I just assumed we were talking about stand up. People have also mentioned some amazing comedy actors.
I believe the OP said any form of comedian was acceptable.
Also another bloke I would recommend is the multi talented Rick Wakeman, he is easily as talented as a comedian as he as a keyboard player/pianist. His anecdotes from his years on tour are hilarious.
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I love that man, like you say for both for his unrivalled work with Yes (and solo!) and his sense of humour; his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech earlier this year was legendary. He seems like a really lovely bloke too.
For anyone with a spare couple of minutes, this is well worth viewing. Not suitable for young or sensitive ears!
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I have a lot of time for Les Dawson as a performer, and it when he plays the piano. He had a radio series Listen to Les, which had absolutely dire scripts.
There was a documentary on Ken Dodd on BBC4 yesterday evening. It is on iPlayer here https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05xgvgv/talking-comedy-ken-dodd
He seems like a nice guy, and has a great work ethic, and comic technique. However, I didn't laugh.
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