Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Sexual Ealing]

Me, because she is.

[Risso]

U2, Sarah Millican? Is this a cry for help?

[pauliewalnuts]

Me, because she is.

Firstly, are you OK?

[Dogtanian]

I do find it funny that the anti-footy posts often outnumber the footy posts, yet footyvill is the bad egg!

I’m not trying to have a go at anyone or start an argument, but Footy’s posts are pretty harmless really, can’t we let them enjoy the site like the rest of us?

It must be horrible to have everything you say greeted with animosity, I don’t think anyone really deserves that just for being a bit different.

[pauliewalnuts]

I do find it funny that the anti-footy posts often outnumber the footy posts

You're kidding?

He's chinese click farm levels of prolific.

[edgysatsuma89]

Me, because she is.

Firstly, are you OK?

This is significantly worse than anything Footy could conjure up.

[Brazilian Villain]

Me, because she is.

Firstly, are you OK?

This is significantly worse than anything Footy could conjure up.

It certainly puts Harry Styles / Hairspray revlations in perspective.

[Sexual Ealing]

U2, Sarah Millican? Is this a cry for help?

Stand-up comedy is a live art. It doesn't necessarily transfer well to TV. If you haven't seen someone live, you have no idea whether they're any good. There are obviously exceptions to that, like Billy Connolly, Joan Rivers, Les Dawson, Richard Pryor etc.

I've seen Sarah Millican and (along with 400 or so others) can confirm that she's a brilliant stand-up. I wouldn't want to insult anyone here personally (maybe one or two), but if I did, I might suggest some latent, unconscious bias against a woman who isn't conventionally attractive. I don't know.

But if you haven't been in a room with them, you don't know what they're like.

Unless they're Peter Kay.

[pauliewalnuts]

No offence, SE, but what a load of nonsense.

"You're not allowed to judge any comic unless you've seen them live, been in a room with them, except for these ones I've decided are immune from that rule".

You like her, lots of people like her, some people don't like her. That's comedy, it's subjective. One man's Stewart Lee is another man's Michael McIntyre.

It's not anything more complicated than that. Your view isn't any more or less valid because you've seen her in a room.

[Brazilian Villain]

No offence, SE, but what a load of nonsense.

Yep, your brief summary of her act in OT was funnier than her. 

[Sexual Ealing]

No offence, SE, but what a load of nonsense.

"You're not allowed to judge any comic unless you've seen them live, been in a room with them, except for these ones I've decided are immune from that rule".

That's not what I meant, but I can see why it comes across that way.

Having been a stand-up, you see so many different rooms and so many different comics. The upshot is that you simply can't say that someone 'isn't funny' when they're selling out theatres and getting TV work etc. Especially with female comedians. I'm pretty sure I've read on this very forum that some people 'just don't find women funny'. I mean, what the fuck is that?

In the comedy industry, people obviously get rich from TV work, but nobody respects the opinions of people who only see stand-up on TV.

I'm obviously no longer in that industry, so I have no axe to grind, but that's how it is.

Edit: but Peter Kay is shit.

[kippaxvilla2]

Absolutely and he totally missed out Russ Abbott from his list of immunes.

[kippaxvilla2]

I liked Janet Brown.

[edgysatsuma89]

I have actually seen her at The Glee Club, I wasn't impressed but most were enjoying it.

GARLIC BREAD! Now that's comedy.

[Sexual Ealing]

Absolutely and he totally missed out Russ Abbott from his list of immunes.

There are two good reasons for that.