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Does anyone else find this man a comedy genius? he is razor sharp even though i do cringe a little at some of his 'close to the bone' jokes. He is the best thing on mock the week. I have to remember not to eat or drink when i watch it as he always makes laugh and spray it over the dog, or worse still, my girlfriend!

Random quotes...........

"It's good they're holding the Olympics in the East End of London. Means the athletes will have to use extra skill to work out which gunshot is the starting pistol."

I would have loved to have a gay dad. Do you remember at school, there were always kids saying "My dad's bigger than your dad, my dad will batter your dad!" "So what? My dad will shag your dad. And your dad will enjoy it."

Nobody thought Mel Gibson could play a Scot but look at him now! Alcoholic and a racist!

In reply to climberjamie:

Funniest bloke around at the moment - going to see him live in a few weeks.

In reply to trevor simpson: I'm thinking about getting a ticket too.

In reply to trevor simpson:

Agreed, one sick puppy

Going to see him this weekend in Edinburgh.

In reply to climberjamie:

Apparently they're going to bring in Super Asbos. But Asbos already sound too cool. Teenagers see them as a badge of honour. They should call them Gaybos or Bender Badges!

In reply to climberjamie: he's mint!

"Do you think George Bush actually knows who Gordon Brown is? He probably just thinks Tony Blair's put on weight and had a mild stroke."

In reply to climberjamie:

I saw him live a couple of months ago...not all that.

There was a warm up act beforehand, who I thought was funnier. Frankie did seem to repeat a lot of stuff he used on TV before, and didn't seem to connect with the audience.

Sean Lock on the other hand, best comedian I've seen for years, is at the top of my list with Mark Lamarr (who I saw in the mid-90's....)

Further quotes

Recent surveys show 3 out of 10 men have a problem with premature ejaculation. The rest just didn't really think it was a problem!

Having a gang-bang in Scotland in the winter is like playing Pass The Parcel: there's that many layers!

[If this is the answer, what is the question: Up To 18 Months] How long is a Scottish winter?

[If this is the answer, what is the question: Up To 18 Months] What is Stephen Hawking's personal best for the London marathon?

[In scenes we'd like to see: what a television announcer is unlikely to say] The following episode of Songs of Praise contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature.

The English are worried about the Euro being brought in because of loss of national identity and rising prices. In Scotland, people are just worried in case they have to close Poundstretcher.

In reply to grynneman:

Oh, and Stewart Lee.

In reply to grynneman: If you're a Stewart Lee fan FOF and TMWRNJ along with loads of other stuff seem to have been uploaded through his site.

I've only seen Frankie Boyle on Mock the Week, but he does seem to be one of the sharpest on there.

In reply to climberjamie:

He had me in tears on last weeks mock the week. Didnt manage to get a ticket for his inverness show

In reply to climberjamie: I think it was FB who said something on the lines of "Glasgow is the only city in the UK where one of the locals can be relied on to punch a burning man".

In reply to climberjamie:
The other people on that show are so awful I'm not surprised you all think Frankie Boyle is sharp and I can't believe someone who is truly sharp like Bremner ever agreed to being on it but then again the quality of the comedy that Britain is producing at the moment is all pretty lame well the stuff they keep churning out on the BBC especially BB3.

In reply to climberjamie:

The best Frankie quote was in a Scotland On Sunday column after the Glasgow Airport terrorist attack.

"I like the naivety of Al Qaeda, thinking they can bring religious war to Glasgow."

Superb.

In reply to grynneman:

I saw him live too and was disappointed, he's much better on MTW than on stage.

In reply to superfurrymonkey:
IMHO Mock the week is by far the funniest thing on TV at the moment, and Frankie Boyle is just about the best of a very good bunch

In reply to climberjamie:
My wife is scottish and hates him. I'm mostly english and think he's sometimes very funny.

In reply to graeme jackson:

Aye, the ones with no sense of humour we send to live in Embru.

In reply to Jim Fraser:

Or make sure they're all up morth.

In reply to grynneman:

Saw Sean Lock in Leeds a while back, very good. Ross Noble is in Aberdeen again early next year, will probably go see him for the 3rd time.

In reply to grynneman:

I agree, I saw a couple of months ago and he was crap. He comes out with some funny lines on mock the week, but then he produces the show so has plenty of time to prepare for the content!

In reply to climberjamie:

Oh he is just wrong!! Some of his stuff is really funny, but generally, everything is turned into a not even funny innuendo. Love Mock the Week though.

In reply to climberjamie:

he had a fantastic one about the diana memorial concert, I am paraphrasing but it was something like...why have a concert for her, its not as if she was musical or contributed to music, they really should have had something more in keeping with her mermory...a gangbang in a minefield perhaps

In reply to Chris F:
Sean Lock is a good writer I'd recommend 11 stories high a sitcom set in a tower block in London is very clever and Ross Noble is fantastic, Mock the Week is just the same old drivel with the same old tired unfunny "Comediens" week in week out trying to be a broad version of Have I got News for you.

In reply to superfurrymonkey:

Didn't see it last week then and FB's Rebecca Adlington stuff?

In reply to superfurrymonkey:

It was 15 Stories High wasn't it? Yep, it was brilliant - I thought it was better on the radio than it was on the telly though, seems to be the way with a lot of BBC comedies.

In reply to climberjamie:

Does nobody think that Mock the Week always seems incredibly scripted? Sure it's funny, but I swear 99% of the jokes are written a week beforehand and rehearsed. I know a lot of panel shows are like that, but you get the feeling with Buzzcocks and Have I Got News For You and the like that at least some of it is made up on the spot.

He might write funny jokes, but I wouldn't say he was 'razor sharp', certainly not compared to, say, Paul Merton.

In reply to climberjamie:

I remember a routine about what they should build at ground zero that wouldn't be susceptible to another terrorist attack-

a runway perhaps, or a mosque?

In reply to deepsoup:
Yes my mistake 15 stories high http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtF10-Ka88g&feature=related

In reply to dave4001:

No it's not rehearsed, just regurgitated. I have seen some of the stuff russel howard uses in his live shows before.

In reply to Chris F:
Russel Howard that's the one I loathe the most then the midget, they do rehearse these shows and It's painfully obvious they do on Mock the Week Russel Howard looks like he's going to have an embolism trying to remember his lame jokes and he looks like that thing that sits on Jabba the huts shoulder except fifty time more annoying.

In reply to climberjamie:

Absolutely love him. Going to see him at Colchester next month. When I was going through a rough stage recently, and couldn't sleep, I used to sit in front of my PC watching clips of him on You Tube. Sorted me out in no time!

In reply to climberjamie:

Thought he was particularly surreal last night...ICE FISHING ! However,I wish he would leave poor Kerry Katona alone and go for Davina McCall instead.

Here's one for you Frankie....'Last night I had a terrible nightmare. I dreamt I was having wild sex with Davina McCall. Then the panic subsided when I realised it was actually Stuart McCall !'...

In reply to climberjamie:

hes quick , insightfull and brave in his subject matter

i think hes very funny

In reply to climberjamie: His line about 'my dad might be gay but he'd shag your dad up the arse and your dad would love it' was inspired genious.

In reply to tatty112: Im going to see him live next month

In reply to climberjamie:

The most handsome man....in the Burns unit!

You know, they might find some interesting things about protons but I don't give a f*ck....

I love him and want his (ginger) children

In reply to climberjamie: Funniest man on TV.

In reply to climberjamie:

he's hilarious

In reply to sebf:

Yeah I've enjoyed his stuff the last few times I caught him on telly.

In reply to grynneman:

I went to see the other guy, the bald one on the other team, whose name I've now forgotton....

Same problem, most of the things he said I had heard before on Mock the Week

"I watched the footage of Saddam being executed, and it really made me think... It made me think 'is there nothing on the internet, that I won't masterbate to?'"

In reply to sebf: I saw Ben Elton a few years ago and his 90 minute show was essentially the best stuff from his last TV series. Maybe there's too much exposure for some modern comics and they don't have the breadth of say someone like Barry Cryer or Bob Monkhouse?

However, most of the time they are still very funny.

In reply to climberjamie:

Things you wouldn't hear in the queens christmas speech:

"I've had some terrible health problems this year, I'm now so old, my pussy is haunted."

Ill advised things to say in court:

"And I put it to you m'lord: that child is sexy."

In reply to grumpybearpantsclimbinggoat:

Wasn't it PJ O'Rouke who said "Excuse me? Premature for WHO exactly?"