Just be nice to each other.
It was going to be the scariest, but LouzieO turned it down.
So we thought stuff it, give it to Jon Crofts. Blame him for everything from now on.
Congratulations Jon, is this a joke 😉
Not as good as the old moderators.they're not quite Bickster.
Not as good as the old moderators.
Just be nice to each other.
Just be nice to each other.
Is it a case of smile and grin at the change all around or a case of meet the new boss same as the old boss?
Personally I am a longtime big fan of the JC and his body of work.
Is it a case of smile and grin at the change all around or a case of meet the new boss same as the old boss?
Personally I am a longtime big fan of the JC and his body of work.
He is not Jesus though he has the same initials.
Jon Crofts, Jesus Christ, John Cleese, Jasper Carrott. Spot the connection.
Jon Crofts, Jesus Christ, John Cleese, Jasper Carrott. Spot the connection.
none of them are funny ? :)
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Was Carrot the first truly TV age observational comic or did Billy Connolly beat him to the punch? Or were there others before them?
In the realms of comedy, Carrott is under-rated. He was highly influential in his day.
Don't forget Julian Cleary. Re the chicken and egg thing with Jasper Carrot and Billy Connolly, I'm almost certain I'd heard of Billy Connolly in the late eighties whereas Jasper Carrot was much later. I been lucky enough to see both and both are incredibly funny men.
When British television began its slow, not entirely successful repudiation of racial stereotyping and mother-in-law jokes in the mid-1970s, approaching a more personal, anecdotal style of stand-up comedy, producers initially overlooked the emerging Billy Connolly, even after his seminal 1975 appearance on Parkinson.
“Billy was doing his stuff, obviously. But he couldn’t get on television much because of the swearing,” Jasper Carrott points out. “So in those days, into the late Seventies and early Eighties, I had the raconteur field largely to myself”.
Don't forget Julian Cleary. Re the chicken and egg thing with Jasper Carrot and Billy Connolly, I'm almost certain I'd heard of Billy Connolly in the late eighties whereas Jasper Carrot was much later. I been lucky enough to see both and both are incredibly funny men.I bought "Carrott in Notts" in 1976, Dave. He was at the height of his powers then.
Don't forget Julian Cleary. Re the chicken and egg thing with Jasper Carrot and Billy Connolly, I'm almost certain I'd heard of Billy Connolly in the late eighties whereas Jasper Carrot was much later. I been lucky enough to see both and both are incredibly funny men.
Billy Connolly late 80s and Carrott after that? Were you living in a cave for most of the 1970s and 80s Dave?!
What about Dave Allen?Was Carrot the first truly TV age observational comic or did Billy Connolly beat him to the punch? Or were there others before them?Connolly was around first but from what I remember he was better known as a singer than a comic. They were certainly the pub rock to the early alternative comedians punk.
What about Dave Allen?Was Carrot the first truly TV age observational comic or did Billy Connolly beat him to the punch? Or were there others before them?Connolly was around first but from what I remember he was better known as a singer than a comic. They were certainly the pub rock to the early alternative comedians punk.
I used to have the deep misfortune to do the accounts for Bernard Manning, the fat, racist, unfunny twat.
When I was a student in the 80s and visiting a mate who went to Salford, I had the misfortune to spend a Saturday night in the "World Famous" Embassy Club.
A smarter man than me would have extrapolated the various acts' material and the make up of the audience and concluded that the world of Brexit and Trump was simply matter of time.
Jon Crofts, Jesus Christ, John Cleese, Jasper Carrott. Spot the connection.
I think it’s safe to say Carrot and Connolly are considerably funnier than Croft.
I think it’s safe to say Carrot and Connolly are considerably funnier than Croft.
As is Jimmy Carr and so was John Candy, however our JC is funnier than Jimmy Cricket.
John Carew has made appearances on Nytt på nytt. (Norways version of Have I Got News for You)
In the realms of comedy, Carrott is under-rated. He was highly influential in his day.
Regarding Bernard Manning, racist, absolutely. Unpleasant person, I don’t know but I assume he might well have been. That aside, some of his Irish jokes were hilarious. Had the same come out of any of the other mainstream comedians of the time I would have been offended. Don’t know why that is, it just is.
There were some similarities. "Peter, you are my rock". FFS. Atrocious.
Just be nice to each other.
Just be nice to each other.
Mr and Mrs.....
Can I ask if appointment of Jon on the Moderation Board address the heavy leftie bias as I have heard he is slightly right of Attila the Hun?
did he have to roll his trouser leg up and bare his left breast when he was inducted into the mod squad
or is it even more weird and secretive than that
did he have to roll his trouser leg up and bare his left breast when he was inducted into the mod squad
or is it even more weird and secretive than that
There's no secret - he was the highest bidder.
did he have to roll his trouser leg up and bare his left breast when he was inducted into the mod squad
or is it even more weird and secretive than that
There's no secret - he was the highest bidder.
The cheque still hasn’t cleared according to my statement.