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Victoria Wood - a comic for the ages

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WarOnWomen · 20/04/2021 20:56

I don't know about you, but I don't think there are very many funny comedians out there, and very few female comedians. Humour is so subjective but most people can probably agree that Victoria Wood was a fantastic writer and stand-up. I can't think of anyone on tele recently who made me laugh as much. If you have, please recommend.

Here's a piece from Andrew Doyle on Spiked all about Victoria Wood.

www.spiked-online.com/2021/04/20/victoria-wood-a-comic-for-the-ages/

And here's a clip of a sketch that Doyle talks about in the piece:

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Aprilshowersandhail · 21/04/2021 15:07

My dc have all been raised to appreciate Victoria Wood!!
Dinner Ladies is the best series I have ever seen..
'Not unless sperm can get through a sash window' is priceless..

wombatgoeswild · 21/04/2021 15:04

I have few regrets in life but not seeing Victoria Wood live would be one. I was living near London when I first left home & could have gone but it was pre-internet & I just wasn't brave enough to go on my own.

BlueDahlia69 · 21/04/2021 15:04

@Datun

I have to say, her death really shook me. She seems so permanent.

‘If a man dies in India, the widow flings herself on to the funeral pyre. If a man dies in England, the woman just drags herself into the kitchen and says “Seventy-two baps, Connie. You slice, I’ll spread”.’

Genius.

🤣😂

so true

deydododatdodontdeydo · 21/04/2021 14:58

There are a lot of good female comedians out there at the minute, but sadly the nature of TV comedy at least has changed and instead of sketch shows and stand ups, it's mostly panel shows.
I like a lot of the ones who get on shows such as the News Quiz or QI, but that's not really their act as such.
Victoria Wood was a giant, but I think French and Saunders have been also.

Datun · 21/04/2021 14:35

I have to say, her death really shook me. She seems so permanent.

‘If a man dies in India, the widow flings herself on to the funeral pyre. If a man dies in England, the woman just drags herself into the kitchen and says “Seventy-two baps, Connie. You slice, I’ll spread”.’

Genius.

KellyanneConway · 21/04/2021 14:01

Actually, thinking about more recent/ alive comics, I do really like Diane Morgan. Northern women do the best comedy.

KellyanneConway · 21/04/2021 13:59

i can't think of anyone recently but Caroline Aherne was another one of the greats, I was so sad when she died. The Royle Family is a work of genius and my old DVDs never fail to make me cry with laughter or cry at the poignancy of the writing and topics covered.

UppityPuppity · 20/04/2021 21:31

Two words when people say women can’t be funny: Victoria Wood. Nuff said.

FannyCann · 20/04/2021 21:29

Maybe it's a sign of my age but I find myself noticing/respecting and enjoying comedians who are able to be incredibly funny and clever without ever giving offence/being obscene etc

Sadly this series from Sarah Kendall is no longer available on BBC sounds. Absolutely brilliant, so clever, funny and yet actually moved me to tears at certain points. I loved it.

Also loved Victoria Wood.

Victoria Wood - a comic for the ages
Deliriumoftheendless · 20/04/2021 21:12

Incredibly talented.

persistentwoman · 20/04/2021 21:08

I loved her. She was sublimely funny.

MissyB1 · 20/04/2021 21:01

Yes there’s never been anyone else quite like her. She made it seem so easy and natural (which obviously it wasn’t she had to work extremely hard). And that to me showed how incredibly talented she was.
I can’t think of another comic that can make me laugh the way she did.