RIP : Victoria Wood

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Socoder -> RIP Threads -> RIP : Victoria Wood
Wed, 20 Apr 2016, 08:07
Jayenkai	RIP : Victoria Wood Linkage -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Wed, 20 Apr 2016, 08:07
Dabz	Fooook... Bless her... But bloody hell... If I was a celebrity I'd be locking myself in a room eating nowt but kale... It's getting serious innit!!! -=-=- Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB), 8Gig DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 64bit
Wed, 20 Apr 2016, 08:12
rockford	One of my fave comedians. R.I.P.
Wed, 20 Apr 2016, 09:00
GfK	Only female comedian I've ever found funny. The likes of Shapi Korsandi and all the others you only ever see on Mock the Week, aren't fit to shine Victoria Wood's shoes.
Wed, 20 Apr 2016, 19:29
steve_ancell	Fuck!, I never saw that coming... R.I.P
Thu, 21 Apr 2016, 15:23
therevillsgames	Only female comedian I've ever found funny Same here
Fri, 22 Apr 2016, 01:16
rockford	I disagree. There are hundreds of funny female comedians. Such as ... . .. ... Um. Ok. Well... Oh!
Fri, 22 Apr 2016, 02:01
Jayenkai	Susan Calman
Fri, 22 Apr 2016, 02:45
rockford	Of course there really are lots of female comedians that I could mention, stand-ups such as Sarah Millican, Jo Brand, Pauline McLynn, Sandi Toksvig, Jenni Eclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Odonnell etc. Then there are the drama and sit-com femmes such as Dawn French (& Saunders), Catherine Tate, Kathy Burke etc. to name just a few. There really are hundreds, the problem is, they don't always spring to mind, octen due to lack of exposure (ooh err!!).
Fri, 22 Apr 2016, 14:59
GfK	Most of the ones you've mentioned have trouble trying to be funny without swearing like a sailor. I've never heard of Pauline McLynn. They aren't in the same ballpark as Victoria Wood.
Fri, 22 Apr 2016, 15:16
Jayenkai	Pauline McLynn = Mrs Doyle. She's also in about a dozen episodes of Just a Minute, too! hurray! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 23 Apr 2016, 00:11
rockford	Most of the ones you've mentioned have trouble trying to be funny without swearing like a sailor. Well, some of them swear, but so do some/most of the best male comedians, and they are ALL funny without swearing. Craig Charles, Billy Connelly, Frank skinner, Frankie Boyle etc. all swear like troopers; it doesn't stop them being funny. I don't class a comedian bad just because they swear - male or female. Yeah, you can have comdey giants without swearing, but I wouldn't discount a comedian just because they swear. If you don't like it, that's fine, but it still doesn't make them not funny to those that do. Comedy, like everything else, is subjective. As for Mrs Doyle, go on. Go on, go on. Goooo oooon!!!
Sat, 23 Apr 2016, 01:35
GfK	I didn't say any of that. Simply pointing out that Victoria Wood managed to be funny without the colourful language.
Sat, 23 Apr 2016, 01:51
rockford	Only female comedian I've ever found funny. have trouble trying to be funny without swearing Whatever. Simply pointing out that Victoria Wood managed to be funny without the colourful language. Yes, she did. But that's irrelevant. They aren't in the same ball park Was that edited in later? Hmmm... And no, they are not. That's the point with good comedians - they all find their OWN ballpark.
Sat, 23 Apr 2016, 03:06
GfK	The fuck is up with everybody lately? Sorry, got enough shite going on without getting agro here over fuck all.
Sat, 23 Apr 2016, 03:29
Jayenkai	At the end of the day, it's less about there "not being any" and more about the fact that we just don't get to see them. Pram Ayres is a great example of this. Did you know.. She has her own annual 4-episode sketch/poetry series on BBC Radio Four? Bet you didn't! Susan Calman's just finished her third series on there. And recently there's been a fantastic sitcom called "To Hull and Back", which was great. But, DAMN, you really have to hunt this shit down!!! Meanwhile, male comedians get near-nightly exposure on panel shows, stand up shows and more. It's not about them not being there, or even that they're not any good. It's all about the fact that, traditionally, we just don't get them on telly. And that sucks. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 23 Apr 2016, 04:21
rockford	Pam Ayres! That's a name I've not seen in a long time. I don't have chance to listen to the radio anymore, other than while driving to/from work. Yeah, exactly as I said, it's a serious lack of exposure and yes, it really does suck. TBH, despite the number of channels on tv devoted to comedy, there is a real lack of actual stand up. When I was growing up, with just the three or four channels, we seemed to have an awful lot more late night stand-up comedy - peeps like Jim Davison, Dave Allen, Jimmy Jones, Frank Carson, Jimmy Tarbuck, Bob Monkhouse etc. etc. Then there were the Americans too, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy etc. Nowadays, we get pretty much just the one stand up show, the name of which escapes me right now (Jack Dee's used to introduce the show and it has the name in lights behind the comic) or Michael MacIntyre. Strange world.