Where the jiggery is Hugh Dennis?

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He doesn't seem to be on the Now Show any more. I miss him.

Is he maybe just off filming something else? Can't imagine he's given up for good. I guess with TNS they have to put up with the odd clash as they can't record months in advance.

I liked that woman the other week, though. Name and good jokes escape me.

I'm not a huge fan of his. I like the fact that he is a bishop's son, though. Not many comedians are.

Is he really? They always took the piss out of Tim Westwood for being a vicar's son - and other things.

I'd like to sart a thread asking (a) which stand-up comedian would you most like to resemble, and (b) which stand-up comedian are you most like?

I'd like to be a mixture of Eddie Izzard and Frankie Boyle, but I fear I'm more of a Woody Allen.

In looks or comic stylings?

comic stylings. I don't look like any of those -- or want to.

Mmm. Maybe would like to be like Ross Noble/Noel Fielding, but am more like Dylan Moran. But not drunk.

I like Dylan Moran, but can't really imagine him sober. Are you really like him? V v rude to people and hating them all?

I like Ross Noble. Nice hair, nice accent, good improvisation. Can't place N. fielding though.

No, actually, but saw him once at edinburgh, and the pedantry and bewilderment struck a chord. Am more of a misanthrope in real life than here!
Mitchell and Webb also - love the Boy Literally Dying of Embarrassment, etc.

Noel Fielding - Might Boosh and genuinely surreal stand-up.

Really? You don't like him thready?

I like that woman they had on recently - young sounding, was talking about the Boat Race - can't remember name. Can't think straight. Haven't slept properly for a week.

I don't think I'm like any stand-ups, really. Maybe really bad ones. Can't deliver a punchline to save my life - I get all needy and pleading as I approach the end of a joke.

I saw Dylan Moran live, he was Not Good.

Best comedy show I've ever seen was the Doug Anthony Allstars, way back in the day. Really cried with laughter.

Doug Anthony Allstars? Sounds like music hall... What was wrong with DM?

Yes, yes - boat race lady. Will try to find out.

Saw Armstrong and Miller live too - cried laughing. But I do that easily.

Well, I'm not really like any stand-up in terms of being actually able to do stand-up -- but more in general attitude to life, etc.

Lol at pedantry and bewilderment. So really, Habbibu, you are David Mitchell with a wodge of added misanthropy?

I wish. I can be quite acid tongued, but I never mean it, which is why I never do it on here, as you can't hear tone/see expression, and I hate emoticons.

What was wrong with DM - I think he was genuinely pissed and not quite able to deliver his act properly. I also don't like the misanthropy. It was like being cornered at a New Year's Eve party by a drunk single man in his forties, possibly embittered at his ex-wife.

Prefer Izzard-style benevolence and silliness.

I like the idea of Eddie Izzard, but don't really enjoy his delivery. My weakness is Milton Jones - have a soft spot for shameless puns. Do you like Forty Nights in the Wildebeest?

Have an idea Milton Jones is on R4, but can't place him.

I quite like Milton Jones. Spins bad puns into whole sketches.

Wildebeest even better at that, though, threadie - huge set-ups for terrible puns.

I don't think I've heard wildebeest.

There is so much good comedy on R4 (and an amount of bad comedy too).

It's old-ish - you can still catch it on BBC7 from time to time. If I wasn't scared of torrents I'd download it.

Here is wiki page.

Also missing Hugh Dennis but as long as Marcus Brigstocke and Mitch Benn are on I can cope.
I wasn't keen on Dylan Moran either - overrated, I thought after seeing him. Same with Eddie Izzard, although I was suffering from hyperemesis when I saw him and just kept thinking "will you STOP wittering on about wearing a frock, I want to be SICK!" Milton Jones annoys me.

I would like to be Dara O'Briain or David Mitchell, intelligent, not needlessly unkind and pant-wettingly funny. Sadly I think I'm more of a Marcus Bridgestock, fairly funny but never quite reaching hilarious (although The Museum of Everything is very good) and a bit bitchy against an easy target.

R7 is my aural hot water bottle most nights, so I expect I'll catch it sooner or later.

I adore Round the Horne, btw, mentioned in that Wiki)

Also loved "The Consultants"