Have you ever?

[cupid04]

I have been a fan Of Reginald D hunter for a few years now. But I recently went to
see him live in a show and was deeply disappointed. He was very vulgar and
explicit and got more so as the evening wore on as he was sinking vodka like it was
going out of fashion.I don't mind the occasional swear word [and I'm not a prude] but
he was using vulgar language for the sake of it. I think he could be a very funny man
without all the endless swearing. Have you ever liked someone on the telly, but felt
let down when you went to see them in a live show.

[237SJ]

I saw Reg a few years ago and he wasn`t crude. OK, he talked about a few funny risque things but it wasn`t toilet humour or bad language for the sake of it. Maybe he`s just getting up himself.
I`ve seen a few comedians live as we have a good comedy club here - Jo Brand, Lee Nelson, Omid whatsit (funny Iranian guy) and what surprised me when I saw them on the TV at a later date is what a very small repertoire they have. They just use the same jokes over and over again. We saw Al Murrey there and my mate said he had been touting the same old stuff for about 9 years.

[cazzz1975]

I think that with jo brand, I watch a few of her shows that were spanned over about 15 years and it was all the same jokes over and over

[carrust]

I was given a ticket to see Andy Parsons....A freebie was too much to pay to see him..Abusive, foul language & not very funny.

[Count-A-Strong]

237SJ - I was surprised at Jimmy Carr's repertoir. Saw him at an awards do where he did a routine and then on TV afew weeks later where it was exactly the same routine. Went to see Peter Kaye a few weeks back and it was supposed to be an 'all new' show but parts of it were exactly what i'd seen him do in a small venue about 15 years ago.

[craft1948]

I've seen Jo Brand live a few years ago, and I preferred the support act and I can't even remember their name.

The daughter went to see Reginald D a few weeks ago, he can't have been that good 'cos she never mentioned it afterwards.

[sara3]

I saw Harry Hill headlining at a charity do in a comedy club.. seriously unfunny.

[naomi24]

Never heard of him.

[unrulyjulie]

That's a shame cause i've always liked him on the telly. I'm pleased to say that i have never seen a comedian who failed to make me laugh or shocked me to such a point that i found them offensive. Michael Macintyre is worth seeing if you get the chance.

[Seafarer1966]

Saw Bernard Manning years ago (it was a works paid for 'gentlemans evening'). He was repeating stuff I'd heard on a cassette tape from 20 years before. Rubbish. He got booed off.

[237SJ]

We have a pantomine staged every year by colleagues and they are funny with lots of `in house` material and manage to come up with something fresh every year. I`m surprised professional comedians can`t do the same. I don`t think they all write their own material either.

[saxy_jag]

Can't say that I have. I have experienced it the other way round, though, where I didn't like someone, then saw them live or met them and found them lovely.

I never used to like Arthur Smith, for instance. Even 'as himself' on TV he always came across as a coarse, ignorant bigot. Then I was introduced to him and someone asked if I could give him a lift back to his hotel. I said OK, as long as he didn't mind slumming it in my dog-smelling, rust-bucket of a motor. He said he didn't mind at all. He asked questions about the city all the way back to his hotel, then when we got there and he got out, he reached back in, shook hands and thanked me most profusely for the lift.

What a nice man!