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He seems to be concentrating more on the political side than anything recently. Obviously loves performing though.

Yeah. He was an actor but he could really steal a scene and he did rely on the crude. Having said that some of the asides between him and Ade Edmondson in the first Bottom Live I found extremely funny, but they became extremely repetitive. Tim Minchin has some really funny songs but never...

In the past I really enjoyed Jasper Carrott. Dara O'Briain has some excellent routines (maybe because I relate to it quite well) and is good with audience interaction but my god he talks fast and it can be hard to keep up. Sarah Millican is a really good performer and can make even big spaces...

Yep. Somehow we need to get off this total obsession with economic performance and growth. News channels and outlets will cover inflation rates, interest rate changes, growth rates and how they compare to forecasts and go nuts over potential negative growth and will it result in recession. Even...

"We send the EU £350m a week. Let's fund the DUP instead"

Think it'll be very tight, but when push comes to shove most MP's bottle it and vote with the whip regardless of what they've said before. Far too concerned about their own political career.

Translated: Big difference is that Paul Merton has actually been a professional improv comic for nearly 40 years. He has done one (not very) stand-up show in over 20 years. Don't recall seeing Paul Telfer competing for the Claret Jug..... does Paul Telfer claim to be more of a professional...

Not much of one (certainly in the short term) Future trade deals will reduce the impact but IMO will not fill the gap entirely. However, when new deals are signed leavers will post them and say "see, told you so" without factoring in the difference between that deal and any deal we could have...

Put through the GrendelFish translator: I do admire that you're trying to claim you know more about what Paul Merton is than Paul Merton himself.

He has done one 'stand up' show (which wasn't a true stand up show as I said - it was more of a play/sketch show) in over 20 years. His inspiration was clowns and silent comedy like Chaplin and Keaton - hardly stand-up comedy. His recent output has him as more of a railway historian than...

So you're originally argument was that he IS a stand up comedian, now it's he STARTED as one (even though it was actually him finding his feet and trying a few different things to see which he enjoyed/was best at). He did improv from the start. I've heard from his own mouth in a show about his...

That is correct. But a bad O-line can make a good QB look bad as he's got no protection and gets sacked loads. As can poor wide receivers. Not having a decent RB can make it easier for a defence to guard against a QB and increase the chances of interceptions and turnovers because the QB is...

Changing the narrative again I see. Just to remind you your previous post Now it's Ed Sheeran has done a few cameos on TV including Game of Thrones. If you met someone who'd never heard of him would you're immediate thought be to describe him as an actor? My mate will be really pleased as...

Although he has done some traditional stand-up he spent much of his time in his early years doing improv at the Comedy Store and has largely concentrated on that ever since, including his staples like JAM and WLIIA alongside HIGNFY and his time presenting Room 101 (which aren't standup). If...

1. It talked about a return after 13 years. 2. That show was over 8 years ago. Since then he hasn't done another - he's just done his improv show with the group. 3. In the headline it mentions him doing the show with his improv friends. 4. I actually went to that show. It was not a traditional...

Paul Merton isn't a stand-up. He's an improv comedian. Geoff Norcott has also been a writer on the show recently.

Should probably put thins in the Things That Annoy You Thread but Lewis Hamilton really boiled my piss the other day having the barefaced cheek to lecture people on going vegan to prevent climate change. I will not be lectured to by someone who until recently owned (in practice) a private jet...

Were greater than the sum of our parts. I actually find this encouraging because it shows we're a decent team, not reliant on one or two individuals and thus at the mercy of injuries and suspensions that could derail our season. This is the fault I find in US sports - they can focus heavily on...

The things was first time I saw it I was wondering what John Parrott was doing on the show.