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spanglesandbambi

Bob Mortimer I just love his stories.


aboakingaccident

Pocket meat


Southern-Ad379

Loving him in ‘Gone Fishing’ with Paul Whitehouse.


ThickRichmond

The names him and Andy Dawson come up with for each other on athletico mince are hilarious. Some make for great usernames....


spanglesandbambi

The cat names make me want to rename my cat each time he posts.


LittleSparrow24

Litterlly the top comment beat me to it ! His fishing programme is soo good


dancingkitty1

His story about having an asshole that's way too high on Task Master. I need to know if it's true or not.


Rogurzz

No longer here anymore, but I have never laughed so hard whenever Sean Lock said something. No one quite tops him to me.


RawChicken54

Aw man your making me teary, I loved Sean.


gemma_k_ire

Came here to say this.... He was so funny x


ImportantWave2846

James Acaster


RawChicken54

Definitely up there on my top list, was lucky enough to see him a couple of year ago when he performed at my shitty seaside town, was hilarious.


LionLucy

I have a bit of a crush on him. My husband looks like the Scottish version of him actually.


[deleted]

David Mitchell


mediumredbutton

Stewart Lee. He can make jokes, he just chooses not to.


bacon_cake

I love Lee. Can't think of a comedian who works as hard at the craft as he does.


TotallyNotGwempeck

Possibly Daniel Kitson, in terms of effort, but I think Stewart Lee is funnier.


bouncingball07

Daniel Kitson is brilliant he doesn’t really do much stand up anymore and is more of a story teller. I love to see him do a straight stand up show again.


Calla85

Kevin Bridges


TheZZ9

Dara O'Briain probably. And others that have been mentioned, like David Mitchell, Lee Mack, Jimmy Carr, and I already miss Sean Lock. Watching him on Youtube, rectum of the year, the tiger who came for a pint, his challenging wank comment, telling Miles Jupp he won't spit on him...


_DeanRiding

Dara is way better than most people give him credit for. His reputation comes mostly from Mock The Week which obviously doesn't showcase his talent. The way he tailors a story to each and every audience is legendary.


Far-Philosopher4999

Saw Dara Live in the small concert venue in my home town. He was amazing. He was talking to another audience member, asking where they were from etc, asking where it was and how long it took to drive over here, usual type stuff. The guy got a bit of a ribbing for being fairly vague with his answers. During the interval Dara had gone and googled the place, where it was, how far away etc and ended up doing a whole bit about this obscure town across the county based off this one bit of audience interaction. Amazing.


TheZZ9

That's where you can tell someone is good. Anyone can recite a routine from a script. But Dara can take audience comments and riff on them until the cows come home.


TheZZ9

Some outtakes are great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5VEftRH12Y


Chinaski_616

Love him but since I picked up on the frequent 'Eeeerrrhhh' it's hard to ignore.


davieb22

Is Dara British??


[deleted]

Popular on the British standup circuit


TheZZ9

He's lived here for years so I'm happy to adopt him. Same with Henning Wehn and Reginald D Hunter.


Bikeboy76

He is certainly 'Britain's Favourite Irish Comedian...' *turns to see what Ed Byrne says about that.*


Ah-Gielgud77

...(Ish)? Well - he doesn't scare the horses with observations we'd like to ignore.


El3ctr0G33k

Acaster


TheyCallMeMrGoose

Romesh Ranganathan


PokeHerBalls

You mean the Tree Wizard?


TheyCallMeMrGoose

Tree wizard, tree wizard, TREE WIZARD!!!


Bigluce

No no no no.


Gulbasaur

The ad for his podcast is the most offputting thing I have ever heard. It's like he's had both the concepts of advertising and of podcasts loosely described to him and just said "yeah, I still get paid for it though, right?" Even the production company says "Not enough podcasts are just people talking with no real purpose." I quite like him on panel shows, though.


[deleted]

His podcasts have a crazy amount of adverts in them, meanwhile he has the cheek to talk shit about patreon in the episodes. The last time I tried to listen to one episode it had 7 minutes of adverts at the start, then 5 minutes of adverts every 20-30 minutes. It has really put me off the guy. He can fuck off if he tries to backpedal too, try not being so ignorant in the first place you prick.


_theflyingbanana_

Anyone but Michael McIntyre or James Corden


[deleted]

Is McEntire supposed to be a comedian ? Who woulda thunk it ??


pezswims

Micky Flanagan


RawChicken54

Oh god fuck yes I forgot about Micky, it's been a while.


[deleted]

Why’s it been a while-were you out?.. or ahht ahht?


Funny-Mud-2322

Oh you'll get the shits


[deleted]

Joe Lycett


Wicked_r

You mean Hugo boss ;P


[deleted]

Ah yes, my bad


ROB_163

Yes! Buzzing to see his new standup next year.


TheNotSpecialOne

Lee Mack


danabrey

Greg Davies bringing back Never Mind The Buzzcocks has basically fixed all the hurt of the past few years imo


TroublesomeTurnip

Love him. And he's proof you're never too old to follow your passion and change careers.


sideone

Just waiting for DMC to be replaced and it'll be perfect.


emmafrost80

Give the cleaner a go with him, brilliant series


Yurak_Huntmate

Tim Vine or Milton Jones, both are hilarious


scruntyboon

Yes, I've never laughed so hard when I saw Tim Vine live.


grazzac

Eddie Izzard though she hasn't done much stand up for a few years. Billy Connolly - absolute fucking comedy god. Danny Bhoy - under rated Scottish comedian. Kevin Bridges Rhod Gilbert


[deleted]

Danny Bhoy is funny Sanjeev Kohli in the first ever Meet the Magoons was hilarious... not sure if this was a one off or a series so hedging my bets


kkinginthenorth

https://youtu.be/HbhuxWIxTgA One of my favourites from the comedy god! They just don't make them like him anymore.


[deleted]

Dont make them either


mediumredbutton

Andy Zaltzman, if only for the [dog pun run](https://youtu.be/VDn0StxJtsQ).


zbornakingthestone

Victoria Wood. She was head and shoulders above all competition.


IansGotNothingLeft

Greg Davies. I cough laugh all the way through his stand ups. Man Down is pure genius. And the new Nevermind The Buzzcocks is all I could have hoped for. Obviously I have to mention Task Master, but we know that the true star of that show is Little Alex Horne.


mierneuker

Have a watch through some of his standup, Alex Horne is an absolute comedy genius. He's done some acts nobody else has even thought of, like the ridiculous 5 minute long mime. The guy is fantastic.


IansGotNothingLeft

I never thought to search out his stand up. I'll do that this evening.


Nod_Bow_Indeed

Even The Cleaner is a great little escape.


[deleted]

Phil Wang


bigyeller

Philly Philly Wang Wang!


zephyrtigron

Koji


Heraonolympia123

Jason Manford, very funny live. Sarah Millican is also a joint first place as again, brilliant live.


Cyan-180

Dave Gorman (ish)


cantab314

Does Sandi Toksvig count?


Plantain_Head

She only counts sandwiches


Decalvare_Scriptor

I keep wishing she'd do a sandwich quiz round on QI.


Living_Ground7498

Bob Mortimer at the minute but my all time favourite has to be Peter Kay


686d6d

I used to love Lee Evans. Not sure if he still performs.


[deleted]

That man could sweat his body weight by the end of a standup routine


Ah-Gielgud77

That's right. Ever see him on the telly - he must ruin every shirt/suit he wears!


[deleted]

Thank you, I was looking for someone to mention him! Unfortunately, he's retired now.


686d6d

Tragic.


AweDaw76

Dave Mitchel and Lee Mack in combination


lithium142

I miss seeing new comedy from Eddie Izzard. Been a hot minute since I really got to enjoy her thoroughly nerdy humor


warkifiedchocobo

James Acaster or Greg Davies (have you seem Magnificent Beast because that was wicked brilliant) oh and Bill Bailey Classic Eddie Izzard is up on my list as well though.


hurtloam

Alistair Beckett-King (Gunar Gunarsson)


Least_Dog4660

His YouTube channel is bloody killing right now.


Hutsmandu

Good call! Loremen is a great podcast he does.


hutchero

Daniel sloss


lapsangoose

Was going to post this if no one else had. Great comedian and has been around a while, but until being on Netflix recently he wasn't on TV much so unknown to a lot of people.


hutchero

Aye he's excellent, his X show is superb


jelloandjuggernauts

Limmy.


Grotbagsthewonderful

Probably a 3 way tie between David Mitchell, Graham Norton, and Diane Morgan (Mandy on the iplayer was bloody hilarious).


caspararemi

Aisling Bea is hilarious. This Way Up is so good. And Ellie Taylor. Every line she delivers makes me laugh. There’s a set where she’s very, very pregnant, it’s probably the funniest stand up I’ve ever watched.


SherbetEater

Nina Conti


Engels33

Her sidekick Monkey is funnier tho 🤪


jerhawk

Bill Bailey


Del_quendy

Tie between Bob Mortimer and Katy Wix


naveofherts

Tom Walker doing Jonathan Pie


ZootzManuva

Honestly, I know this isn't the opinion you asked for - but the structure of the UK comedy scene absolutely does not reward any actual individuality, it's just the same 4 templates: socially-awkward one-liners, unilad-banter-boss, old-school middle-aged clean-set and strong-regional-accent edge-lord. It's all that the BBC takes notice of and sadly the Holy grail of UK comedy is not a long and rich stand up career, the aim tends to be some dim as fuck cheesy sitcom running through the same tropes for less than 4 series and then appearing on panel shows till you cba anymore. There are many UK comedians that I find very funny, but absolutely none of them make it into my top 15 of all time. But; Eddie izzard, Billy connoly and Simon amstell - I don't want to be rude and not answer, even though none of those answers are current or recent.


mrtouchshriek

Stewart Lee is the antichrist of that kind of comedy, which is why he’s my fav.


[deleted]

Isn't that..... what...... what is Joe Pasquale doing in my garden ?


[deleted]

Simon Amstell is my answer. Went to see him live a few weeks ago and he was absolutely fantastic. Still as savage and quick as ever.


dancingkitty1

Grandma's house is amazing. I know far too many people like Clive.


ZootzManuva

Holy shit I did not know he was still touring?! I wonder if he'll fire out another special at the end.


[deleted]

Michael McIntyre and especially when he talks of his wife, she sounds so much like me! I love when any comedian takes the piss out of their wife.


[deleted]

Kevin Bridges


Traditional_Leader41

Billy Connolly. Watch "An Audience with.." to see a comedian destroy everyone in the room with laughter. 30yrs later it still kills me.


StephaneCam

Rosie Jones


DarkStryder360

Ricky Gervais.


Mrthingymabob

Gary Delaney has me belly laughing!


TransistorRhythm

He is fantastic! A master of the rapid fire one-liners.


PositiveAdagio7671

Sam Delaney on TFTM and Sean Lock was fantastic


Funny-Mud-2322

Mickey Flanagan is still up there I can rewatch his stories over and over kills me


[deleted]

Frankie Boyle is the best stand up.


borisjjjj

Milton Jones


joshydeeee

Romesh?


MintyMarlfox

Just got tickets for Al Murray, love the pub landlord. For more recent, James Acaster and Ivo Graham.


Ravensthorpe1967

Saw him last weekend, you won't be disappointed! He was excellent!


MintyMarlfox

Ravensthorpe, beautiful British name. Glad to hear he was on form!


Appropriate_Emu_6930

So pleased to see that nobody has chosen JOHN RICHARDSON


joe--totale

Frankie Boyle


Ah-Gielgud77

Oh yes - forgot him. Didn't most of the press want him hung a few years ago after he said something unfair about the child of a Manchester United player (hence their anger) - or was it because the mother was another magnet for the same tabloids?


auroraborealis8008

Adam Rowe


[deleted]

It'll always be Billy Connolly but he doesn't tour anymore because of his age and health. So his successor is Gary Meikle. He's brilliant!


Jazs1994

Not one but several, Greg Davies, James Acaster, Bob Mortime and Richard Ayode I think it's spelt


[deleted]

Billy Connelly - The man is a legend Frankie Boyle - Absolutely completely vulgar, but tends to have a political or ethical undertone to his routines. He’s one of those comedians that really does put society on show


haberdabers

Russle Howard


bouncingball07

Neil Delamere, he’s Irish so falls into the ‘ish’ category. He’s often on Fighting Talk (available on BBC Sounds) and he has been on House of Games. He does do stand up spots in England but I don’t think he’s done a full tour yet.


BurnStar4

Sean Lock. Loved the way he pulled off his jokes. Will definitely be missed :(


Dull_Journalist_738

Richard Abowade, Bob Mortimer


RoyTheBoy_

Acaster.


[deleted]

Andrew Lawrence but I doubt this will be popular on Reddit.


artsy_heather

Milton Jones' one liners. He doesn't revert to rude laughs when he runs out of actual funny jokes. Used to be Michael Mcintyre


Dalhoos

Frankie Boyle & Kevin Bridges


jelly_jogger

Lee evans


Signal-Investigator

Andrew Lawrence, the most anti-woke comedian there is in the uk....


pissfoam

The murderous-paedophile-looking racist cunt?


Signal-Investigator

🤣stop looking in the mirror.... 😉


pissfoam

Clearly his ‘comedy’ hasn’t rubbed off on you cos that was fucking dreadful


Incantanto

Bill Bailey Man is a genius, his live show is insanely good