historian said:
If Brand is rated as a "comedian" then what were the likes of Morcombe and Wise, Tommy Cooper,Frankie Howard ect,etc branded as?
historian
Dead
Sorry, couldn't resist
This got me to thinking, which current comedians are good?
I was raised to Morecombe and Wise et al, they were good, but there some real bad ones about too, I'm thinking Jimmy Tarbuck and Bob Monkhouse for a start.
I liked The Young Ones, French & Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, Lenny Henry and I think Ricky Gervais is very funny.
And I knew malcolm Hardee who died a few years back, he championed live Comedy and the club he started just down the road from me - Up The Creek - is still going strong.
I have seen some very risque and politically uncorrect comedians in my time, Jimmy Jones springs to mind, but they made me laugh. There is one who falls in that category, however, who I can't stand - Jim Davidson.
I remember him from round here when he was young, mate of mine had a fight with him once and gave him a good beating
He did deserve it though, but that's another story