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who is the funniest panel show comedian?

its a tough one. I kinda like Sean Locke.



  • maybe

    it's definitely not that that tubby pound shop version of peter kay on 8/10 cats though.

  • Frankie Boyle

    I would love to see this guy on QI.

    • he's incredibly funny.

      but it's all just saying something that he shouldn't say. shock value comedy really.

      • this

        but he is really funny. has he done stand-up?

    • Pretty much

      he's very, very funny.
      Hoping to see him when he plays P'boro this year.

    • ^seconded

      I love him.

      Gone right off David Mitchell though,series 5 of Peep Show has killed the love for me.

      • ive gone off paul merton lately

        he just goes for the cheap laughs by saying something random. Same with bill bailey.

        • I get the impression Paul Merton can't be arsed any more.

      • who are you seconding?

        Frankie Boyle?

    • I hate him!!

  • i'd agree with Sean Locke.

    I think Russell Howard is pretty funny though. As he gets a bit older, he'll get funnier.
    I'm incredibly glad that Dave Spikey is off 8 out of 10 cats though. He would always say something that wasn't funny, then make a rubbish link to some story that couldn't be more obviously pre-written and from a stand-up he has done.

    • Saw Russell Howard in Cambs the other week

      as part of a comedy festival, seemed to be preparing stuff for Edinburgh. Alot funnier than I was expecting.

  • frankie boyle

    no question

  • Rich Hall

    even though its not full time, when hes on QI or similar he kills!

    • I've never seen someone make Stephen Fry laugh so much.

      So he must be the funniest.

  • also unfunniest

    is definitely Phil Jupitus. He also does the worst fucking laugh ever at other peoples not very funny jokes.

  • another vote for Frankie Boyle

  • Rob Brydon.

    all the way.

    • good choice

      his stand up is also very funny

      • and

        Marion and Geoff is perfect.
        "If those sleeping policemen only save one childs life.....then they're probably not very cost effective".

        Lovely stuff.

  • me

    (i was on QI once)

    failing that, David Mitchell or, hmm, Boris Johnson? those were the days...

  • i'm going on a limb

    and saying paul merton.

    • He hasn't said anything funny for at least five years.

  • I'd say Sean Locke too.

    Definitely not that annoying little moleface Boyle.

  • Gina Yahsere, easily.

    Apparently Eavis is already in negotiations to get her to headline the Pyramid Stage next year.

    • ^Misunderstood the question.

      .

    • ^

      sweet lord! are you insane?!

  • also...

    that fat-michael owen lookalike on eat out of tin cans is actually pretty funny. Mainly because he looks like a fat Michael Owen.

    • eat out of tin cans :D

      Vic Reeves.
      How tall is a bison?

  • I vote David Mitchell

    or as I like to call him Dmitchy!

  • Dara O'Briaineeen

    or whatever his name is.

    Definitely not Russell Howard though. Or Russell Brand after that abomination that was his effort on HIGNFY.

  • Frankie Boyle and Dave Spikey

    are both on my list of bad people who shoehorn bits of their stand-up act into almost completely irrelevant conversations.

    • david mitchell all the way

      and although he isn't incredibly funny i'm a little bit in love with adam hills

      • I love Adam Hills!

        :D

        • i think it's his leg

          and the fact that he's the only australian in existence that actually pulls off the accent

  • Barry Cryer

    • David Mitchell I think

      the worst is that little bald west country guy

  • graeme garden, tim brook-taylor, barry cryer

  • Sean Locke is a good call

    Also Alan Davies.
    Do presenters count? Simon Amstell rocks my comedy world.

    • "I'm only here 'cos you told me that you fancied me!"

      "No,you're here because we have dificulty booking people"

      • ^ amstell is genius.

        i loved the episode where he absolutely ripped the shit out of donny tourette, without him even realising

      • Ha ha

        brilliant. He'd be at my fantasy dinner party.

  • 1. Sean Locke

    2. Paul Merton
    3. Frankie Boyle
    4. Jimmy Carr
    5. Ross Noble

  • Merton on Just A Minute

    but not HIGNFY anymore

  • RICH HALL!

    He made a great joke about running from a polar bear on QI once, I can't remember the exact quote, but it was fucking hilarious.

  • does Simon Amstell count?

    as he's a host?

    least funny is Vic reeves