To wonder why Romesh Ranganathan…

Well we like him .Find him funny and witty .His Mum I also like .the whole show is good

Yep.

God it’s absolutely fine to not find a comedian funny but dirty and scruffy? Really? Is that necessary?

Oh I won’t hear a word against Miranda I absolutely love her 😆

Then they went bankrupt

I disagree with everything you've said. Which comedians make you laugh ? How would you describe your sense of humour ?
I have never understood how Miranda Hart has made a career out of making people laugh. I just do not find her funny, at all.

I don't really 'get' him either. It's the always grumpy look and slightly awkward nature of him. I don't find him easy to watch. There are plenty of others I'd put in the same category - Katherine Ryan, Ricky Gervais, James Acaster etc - they're just not my cup of tea at all. But I appreciate they must appeal to a lot of others.

Give me David Mitchell, Alan Carr, Micheal McIntyre, Maisie Adam, Jack Whitehall any day of the week.

To each their own I guess!

He has what used to be called a sardonic sense of humour. I really like him on the radio. It’s sort of the opposite of slapstick, which I tend to dislike - I did not get Miranda at all for example.

I think he went to private school until he was 12. That has nothing to do with poverty mindset.

What bollocks!

He's sold out multiple tours, added extra dates to the O2 this year, and touring america.

Everyone finds different honour funny, actually seen him live and thought he was hilarious.

I think he’s brilliant I love listening to him on radio 2, he has me laughing out loud. He plays good music too, he seems more real than a lot of presenters and isn’t scared of looking ridiculous

Also fears of poverty aren't necessarily driven by any likelihood of actual poverty.

Even some billionaires seem to spend an awful lot of their time worrying about how to hold on to and increase their money, in spite of the fact that the numbers are now just academic.

Entertainers and TV personalities aren't biologically restricted to lucrative but relatively short careers in the way that professional sportspeople and athletes often are, but they know very well that they can fall out of favour and become unloved old chestnuts quickly, so why wouldn't they eagerly grab all of the opportunities that are offered to them whilst they're still in high demand, to set themselves up comfortably both for now and the likely several decades of their lives when they're no longer much in demand?

As this thread clearly proves, there are plenty of people already who really don't like to watch Romesh on TV (like most celebrities); so why would he turn down lots of lucrative offers now, at the top of his game, only to potentially find in however many years' time that even his current fans also find him hackneyed and no longer 'fresh', and he can only get work on the end of Cromer pier?

I'm no fan of Mrs Brown's Boys whatsoever, nor of the Love Island/reality TV lot; but again, I don't blame them for grabbing whatever they can get whilst it's still there for the taking.

He didn't go to elite private schools. Elite private schools are your likes of Eton and such. He went to an independent prep school that went up to 12.

They lost everything and he joined state sector. He talked about it on desert island discs. I find this kind of thread ever so odd. I don’t find Michael mcyintyre funny in the slightest but it’s not a mystery. People find different things funny.

Couldn't disagree more. He's actually a very good presenter and very funny. Love seeing him on things.

Totally agree with you OP, just not funny and seems full of himself

Pretty sure the box ticking comment was a joke. I can think of several other comedians who have said similar- Zoe Lyons for example.

And I suspect Ramesh works so much for the same reason that Rob Beckett (and my DP, although he’s not a comedian!) do. Poverty mindset.

Well supposing you were well-known by all your colleagues for being utterly useless at your job, but you knew you'd only been given it (and hadn't ever been sacked) because you had a protected characteristic and the boss thought it gave them some kudos having you there as a token to make up the diversity numbers... would YOU keep reminding your colleagues that you only got the job because of your race/disability/sexuality or whatever?

I like him, he’s great live, but agree he’s overexposed now.

I quite like him, he’s got a dry humour which I usually enjoy

That s not what he looks at when presenting his latest shows, but if you're desperate for him to be a grubby little man, then so be it

I find him very funny.

I love his Mum and I think she fits in perfectly to the format of Parents' Evening.

Neither of them are trying to sell her as an amazing superstar - she just nicely balances the fact that all the celeb contestants are in parent/adult child couples and occasionally makes witty observations or acts as a foil for Romesh's gentle teasing at appropriate times.

And not that she is there just 'ticking boxes' any more than he is - after all, it's hardly surprising that Sri Lankan Romesh will have a mother who is also Sri Lankan and a generation older than him - but elderly Asian women are hardly over-represented on TV, are they?