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I cant stand tom allan and he is on EVERYTHING !!!!!

189 replies

coffeelover3 · 19/11/2020 22:55

His jokes are just all one really - camp. AND he's on extra slice now, so I cant watch that lol. Just watched Mock the Week one of my favs, and nearly turned it off cos of him. Am I alone...??!!

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 20/11/2020 14:37

I'm not interested in cookery/baking programmes, so haven't seen him on there, but I find Tom very funny. At first, he did seem to have 'being gay' as his main joke, but now he's gained more confidence, he's branched out a lot. Don't they always tell comedians who are starting out to focus on what they know and their own lives first, to find their feet?

I also thought he was great on The Apprentice. They could do with him replacing Evan Davies on Dragon's Den - Evan is so boring and just repeats what's been said, with the odd cliche thrown in, but with no humour or interest added at all.

Larry Dean is another who can be extremely funny, but he really does seem to obsess about being gay - and often the physical mechanics of it - in every joke; worse, he always tried to spring it on the audience and wait for.... I don't know: laughter, shock, applause?!?!

Angela Barnes can be genuinely funny, but she just seems so angry all the time and is obsessed with genitals and the mechanics of sex.

Ed Gamble is brilliant too, except when he tries a little too hard at a pun and keeps mentioning that he has type 1 diabetes at every single opportunity (so do I).

Milton Jones is always amazing value for money - he doesn't so much do comedy as embody comedy!

Mrs Brown's Boys is vexatious to humanity.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 20/11/2020 14:41

I miss James Acaster on MTW, now that he's busy with his podcast and radio work. He is fantastic. We saw him when he was starting out at our little local theatre as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival On Tour and, unsurprisingly, he hit the big time very soon after that.

I will never tire of this ridiculously silly but hilarious clip:

CaptainMyCaptain · 20/11/2020 14:42

@BecomeStronger

Apparently he went to the same school as Rob Beckett, so which one is faking it? Grin

I quite like the cuttingness of his humour but Rob Beckett is far funnier

Tom Allen is faking the poshness if that's what you mean. He's quite open about the fact he came from an ordinary family in Bromley While his peers were listening to garage, he was swooning to Noël Coward, shopping for tableware and inviting school chums over for luncheon. The one time he did show his face at a boozy adolescent party, he took it upon himself to wipe down all the surfaces before leaving. Even his voice set him apart: he spoke as though he’d been born with a silver spoon in his mouth rather than a stick of Juicy Fruit. All of which baffled his working-class family who are, as he puts it on stage, “quite ordinary. Almost too ordinary.”

From the Guardian article about his book:

LadyR77 · 20/11/2020 14:54

@FudgeDrudge

Tom Allen is funny and intelligent, as is Alex Horne.

Mrs Browns Boys is the worst type of 1970's style offensive horseshit, and anyone who actively enjoys it has something seriously wrong with them.

Totally agree!
Samcro · 20/11/2020 15:49

@garlictwist

See, I think that about Nish Kumar. Very unfunny and irritating!

I am Romesh Ranganathan's biggest fan, I watch everything he's in but OH can't bear him. I guess it's quite hard to be universally liked if you're a comedian as it's a quite a personal thing.

how can anyone not like Romesh(((shocked)))
BackforGood · 20/11/2020 16:10

Interested in the PP who seems to find female comedians disproportionately annoying.

How odd.....

Really @trixiebelden77 ????

Not sure if you were referring to @Smallsteps88 or me, but the fact I don't find either Rosie Jones or Angie Barnes funny is nothing to do with what sex they are.
Talk about bringing your own agenda.

I don't like either of the people I mentioned simply because they don't make me laugh. Hmm

I do like Kerri Goldiman, Katherine Ryan, Rachel Parrish, Sandi Toksvig, Sue Perkins, Sarah Pascoe, Susan Calman, Zoe Lyons, and several of the 'new and upcoming' folk recently been on a couple of programmes I've been watching in lockdown.

If it helps, I don't like Frankie Boyle, Ricky Jervais (as a stand up - I like his sit coms), Jimmy Carr.

Also love Rosie Jones who a few people seem to have it in for.

Not finding someone the slightest bit funny, doesn't mean people "have it in for" them @everybodysang

5foot5 · 20/11/2020 16:23

Tom Allen is funny and intelligent, as is Alex Horne.

Mrs Browns Boys is the worst type of 1970's style offensive horseshit, and anyone who actively enjoys it has something seriously wrong with them.

@FudgeDrudge You could be me! I agree with this (almost) wholeheartedly. My only reservation is that Tom Allen is not quite right for GBBO IMO because I don't think his slightly barbed style is really in keeping with the fluffy loveliness of the show.

Alex Horne is very good - what is not to like about him.

And Mrs Browns Boys - I mean how could anyone watch that crap? There are not enough words....

Costacoffeeplease · 20/11/2020 16:37

I can’t bear Romesh, have never heard him say anything funny

Mrsjayy · 20/11/2020 16:43

Ah I like him he said he used to dress In Victorian costume as a teenager to distract from being gay Grin I know he is on every thing I reckon he would go to an opening of an envelope but nothing. Lasts forever I don't think he will be around as much in a few years.

WitchesSpelleas · 20/11/2020 16:49

He ruined 'The Apprentice - You're Fired'. I'd watched every series since it began. I tried three episodes of Tom Allen in the hope it might get better, but gave up.

What went wrong was that he turned it into The Tom Allen Show. People watch a spin off show like that because they are interested in the show, the contestants, what happened. The presenter is a vehicle for the show, but Tom Allen seemed to think it was the other way round.

If there's a series of The Apprentice next year ... please bring back Adrian Chiles or Dara O Briain!

Feministicon · 20/11/2020 17:21

I really like him

Maireas · 20/11/2020 17:26

I think he's hilarious! Just shows. Humour is subjective!

Feministicon · 20/11/2020 17:27

@5foot5

Tom Allen is funny and intelligent, as is Alex Horne.

Mrs Browns Boys is the worst type of 1970's style offensive horseshit, and anyone who actively enjoys it has something seriously wrong with them.

@FudgeDrudge You could be me! I agree with this (almost) wholeheartedly. My only reservation is that Tom Allen is not quite right for GBBO IMO because I don't think his slightly barbed style is really in keeping with the fluffy loveliness of the show.

Alex Horne is very good - what is not to like about him.

And Mrs Browns Boys - I mean how could anyone watch that crap? There are not enough words....

Mrs Browns boys is worse than shite.
Confrontayshunme · 20/11/2020 17:31

I went with a friend to a taping of extra slice, and he was SO rude to this Polish woman and her husband who baked a gorgeous cake, bu they spoke very little English. His jokes were pretty racist and mean, and thankfully, they cut it from the final programme, but I have gone off him since then.

Maireas · 20/11/2020 17:34

I thought there was no audience for extra slice at the moment, apart from the cake bakers?

Feministicon · 20/11/2020 17:36

@Maireas

I thought there was no audience for extra slice at the moment, apart from the cake bakers?
There used to be.
Mrsjayy · 20/11/2020 17:38

They have a few guests/audience sitting at tables all socially distance there isn't many maybe 8 or so

Maireas · 20/11/2020 17:38

No, the Polish couple were on the week before last.

PammieDooveOrangeJoof · 20/11/2020 17:41

Ah I love him and think he’s very funny and also seems like a nice guy. He comes from round my way too which also makes me root for him.
I think Mock the week has jumped the shark now though. Watched it last night and thought it was awful and Ed Byrne now just seems really angry.

Feministicon · 20/11/2020 17:41

@Maireas

No, the Polish couple were on the week before last.
Maybe it was a different polish couple 😁
EggysMom · 20/11/2020 17:44

The problem is that Tom Allen is all over everything at the moment - he's good, but I'm bored of him. Last year, Katherine Ryan was all over everything and I got fed up of her face too.

Feministicon · 20/11/2020 17:45

What else is he in? Except Mock the Week and extra slice? I watch more Netflix than anything else

PammieDooveOrangeJoof · 20/11/2020 17:46

[quote WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll]I miss James Acaster on MTW, now that he's busy with his podcast and radio work. He is fantastic. We saw him when he was starting out at our little local theatre as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival On Tour and, unsurprisingly, he hit the big time very soon after that.

I will never tire of this ridiculously silly but hilarious clip:

[/quote] Love Janes Acaster and love this so thanks!
Maireas · 20/11/2020 17:46

Indeed, feminist icon

Ginfordinner · 20/11/2020 17:53

@EggysMom

The problem is that Tom Allen is all over everything at the moment - he's good, but I'm bored of him. Last year, Katherine Ryan was all over everything and I got fed up of her face too.
And years ago it was Terry Wogan, then about 10 years ago it was John Barrowman.

And on R2 it is Paloma Faith.