Comedians and repetition of Jokes

[funkyg]

Or when they just rip off another comedian's jokes... Dennis Leary's "No cure for cancer" - 75% was ripped directly from Bill Hicks!

Really? I'll have to get some Bill Hicks stuff then. I really liked No Cure For Cancer.

[russbeer]

I think you're all being a bit harsh. We don't expect musicians to have a completely new set each time they perform.

We don't expect musicians to come up with new songs for each tour/show but you can hear a good song several dozen times before you get start to tire of it, where as a joke is never funnier than its first time around.

[big man]

As has been mentioned, the best for this is Jimmy Carr. When he tours, he does a different set to whatever is out on his latest DVD.

I think Frankie Boyle is great, but I watched his DVD and I don't think there was a single joke that i hadn't heard him do before, recently

Best place for comedy is to get yourself to somewhere like a comedy store. A couple of hours and usually 3 or 4 comedians, plus the compere. You'll see some stuff that would never make tv or dvd, plus loads of great people that you might have never seen (eg. Paul Zerdin. He's a ventriloquist ffs, and i'd never had seen him out of choice, but check out some of his stuff on YouTube) Human Dummy

(note: if you live near london, don't waste time with Jongleurs, get yourself straight to The Comedy Store, Leicester Square - cried with laughter evey time i've been there, and go to the late night showing)

[hoponbaby]

You can get the same thing at the comedy clubs as well though. Went to Jongleurs twice a year apart (m8's birthday) and one of the 3 comedians was there both times and doing the same routine. Worst thing is some of his jokes weren't even fresh the first time

[Soulassassin]

Went to see Frankie Boyle this year and was very disappointed, as has been said just about everything Id heard him say before. The plus point for his show however was his warm up act, forgot his name but I thought he was actually funnier than Frankie. Been to see Jimmy Carr twice aswell (different tours), the second time we saw him he did say a joke that he said the previous tour to which a heckler told him soon after. His reply was something like 'Its ok for you to wear the same suit to work so why cant I use the same material to work'. Id have replied 'yeah but I only paid for my suit once'.

[Argyll]

Personally I thought the Frankie Boyle DVD was utter mince. I hardly laughed at all throughout the show. The only guy I know who has personally given totally different shows over a full tour is Billy Connolly. I think the guy's a genius but I must admit over the last few years I've sort of gone off him, but still an incredibly funny guy.

[Over Carl]

We don't expect musicians to come up with new songs for each tour/show but you can hear a good song several dozen times before you get start to tire of it, where as a joke is never funnier than its first time around.

Sorry to digress but imo one of the traits of a good song is that it doesn't get old.

[dibbler]

Ive seen Billy Connerly a couple of times and he always seems to have new jokes.

[Argyll]

Ive seen Billy Connerly a couple of times and he always seems to have new jokes.

He doesn't really tell jokes per se just observations about life