Just like last year I've recently got home from a festival that had tonnes of comedians on. So I'll rattle through who I saw, just to give this thread a little jolt before someone inevitable joins and no one ever posts again.
Emo Philips:
Obviously he's a legend and he was amazing. He's a weird motherfucker but he's funny as hell.
Ardal O'Hanlon
(Dougal from Father Ted): Decent enough, nothing exceptional sadly, but its nice to have seen him.
Rich Hall:
Another headliner, one of the best acts I saw but despite me finding him very funny I don't find him as exciting as others.
Stephen K. Amos:
Similar to Rich but no way near that level. Same material I've heard so many times before.
The Early Edition with Marcus Brigstocke:
Phil Jupitus' Improv. Show:
Both of these were hour long openers in the morning, the first just going through the newspapers and Phil and Co improving scenarios in a variety of ways. Marcus' show is always a good laugh first thing in the morning. And Phil has a status as a rare legend of stand up and he definately delivered. Was very impressive and another highligh.
Kevin Eldon:
Sadly only 10 minutes of fairly bland comedy songs. But he's another legend of British TV so I enjoyed it plenty :).
Richard Herring:
I perhaps found it more funny than others as I love him. Mostly material I've heard before but he's someone I've wanted to see live for a while so I'm happy in that regard. He had a shitty joke where he just repeated the words 'Maaaarrs Bar' for a minute. I still laugh at that even though it made no sense.
Mark Watson:
100% Pear, 0% Disappointment. I like him from Fighting Talk and Mock the Week, etc and he was probably my second favourite comedian of the weekend after Emo.
Rufus Hound:
He was great with the Early Edition, nothing special on his own. Material I've mostly heard before, but I kind of like him anyway and I'm incredibly tolerant.
Andrew Lawrence:
One of the few comedians I didn't enjoy, he just tells anecdotes fast and in Irish which is quite impressive, but not funny, and his accent isn't the funny kind of Irish (which I didn't think existed).
Holly Walsh:
I was looking forward to seeing her and she wasn't really as good as I'd hoped. Only had a small set mind, but she's lovely on the eyes.
Seann Walsh:
Another I wasn't fond of. He talked way to slow and lethargically, which isn't great when you need to keep your audience entertained. Not unfunny though, just a bit boring.
Josie Long:
Another who I'd been wanting to see for a while and she was like the only one who actually lived up to and exceeded the hype. Came out doing this weird ignorant chav astronaut Q&A thing then turned normal torwards the end. I seriously love her now :).
Miles Jupp:
Spent the first half of his set bashing the area of the country where I live with all the middle class folk (ie, everyone else) laughing away, so I was quite offended at the start. Then he layed off us commoners and was very good.
Terry Alderton:
Kind of like a Posh Al Murray without the mock-racism. Never heard of him before but he was great. He pretty much made me laugh in every way possible.
Doc Brown:
A comedian meets rapper who was very impressive. Sort of like comedy Professor Green.
Joe Bor:
I saw him last year and fell in love with him. He was only compering one day this year so it was just him hyping others up and doing material I've heard before. But cause I love him I don't care.
Chris Ramsey:
A Geordie bloke we stumbled across in the Cabaret Tent who turned out to be one of the finds of the weekend. Talked about his time in the audience for a Jeremy Kyle show and was great.
Al Pitcher:
Another compere guy who I don't know and can't really remember which one he was.
Andi Osho:
Not a fan at all. Never liked her but Rich Hall was after so I had to sit through it. Probably wasn't as bad as Andrew Lawrence, but wasn't better either.
Abandonman:
Some musical/rapper comedy guys again. Only saw a bit of their set and it was alright.
Simon Evans:
Can't really describe him, I liked him though. He didn't really fit in with all the other enthusiastic comics. He was just sort of calm and almost-deadpan.
Ivo Graham:
Came runner up in the New Act of the Year contest. I agreed with that choice on the day of the competition but on the Sunday when he got another set his secondary material was far better than the guy who'd won. He'll definately go places. He's only like 18 too, the cunt!
Eric Lampert:
The guy who won. I liked his first set as used his ability to speak French and Dutch really well and was something a bit different. The second set you could tell he no way near enough back up material and basically just became Russel Brand. So he'll definately become huge. He's also the bloke with the weird face who goes 'WHATS YO VIVA!' on Viva, if anyone elses watches that shitty Freeview channel :P.
Daniel Kitson & Gavin Osbourne:
Saw two of their stories at 12am. Both had bits of Daniel's humour in (the second being the more comic) but they were mainly storytelling about love and friendship. Given they were told on a lake with massive fake flowers lit up and trees and stuff all round it was a beautiful place to have them read and was genuinely going through all the emotions. Beautiful stuff :).
Chris Morris:
Just a Q&A after his film Four Lions was shown. But he's another legend on comedy even if he wasn't being particularly comic. He's been my hero for half my life too, so I loved being in the same room as him.
