I still find Newman very very funny.

He's a much better novelist these days though - his first novel (forget the name) was bilge, but his most recent, The Fountain At The Centre Of The World is a class apart.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on March 20th 2007 at 15:45:22

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If everyone was the same there would be no comedy (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 20, 15:07:51
- To me, the best comedy should subvert (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 20, 17:30:48
- Comedy is a very selective taste (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 15:17:56
  - i am the latter (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 20, 15:50:58
  - Case in point (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 20, 15:24:08
    - oops... (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 20, 15:25:26
      - i can't see how gervais loves david (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 20, 15:51:40
        
        You do realise some of the comedy characters you've slagged off on here today are (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 15:58:12
        
        hey some of my stuff's actually my own! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 20, 16:06:00
        
        what's he like in the flesh then? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 20, 16:00:29
        
        That's exactly right, TH ... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 16:02:04
        
        ouch! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 20, 16:05:20
        
        You are very meek and mild-mannered though ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 16:10:41
        
        nah (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 20, 16:11:58
  - Which is the essence of the debate (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 20, 15:23:13
    - I fear you and OG have missed the point on that particular gag (apologies if not ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 15:28:55
      - John Thomson used to do a PC Bernard Manning stand up routine (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 20, 15:32:16
        
        I'm not saying the mother law is tight but (General Chat) - pants, Mar 20, 16:35:31
      - I see your point. Can you see mine? (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 20, 15:31:48
        
        Yes Alf Garnett was hilarious though... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 15:35:23
        
        Agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eed (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 20, 15:48:11
        
        Alf Garnett was presented as "the common man" in Til Death Do Us Part, though ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 15:35:07
        
        I once saw an interview with Warren Mitchell... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 15:49:12
        
        Horses for course (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 20, 15:47:48
        
        I like Stephen Fry a lot too, as it happens. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 15:48:44
        
        I was a bit gutted to miss that (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 15:50:29
        
        it's being repeated on BBC 2, though the 2nd (of 3) may have been last night (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Mar 20, 15:56:08
        
        I don't have a telly at the moment (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 15:58:49
        
        go to cash converters you could probably pick a small portable up for about a tenner... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Mar 20, 16:02:37
        
        Well, I'll give Hamburger a go and see what happens (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 20, 15:50:14
  - *In Curb Your Enthusiasm (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 15:19:56
- Neil Hamburger, to me, is so clearly a parody that I don't see too much grey area ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 15:14:51
  - Can't comment on Mr Hamburger having not experienced his show (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 20, 15:17:11
  - Ironic or not, Al Murray is proper wank (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 20, 15:16:43
    - I'm not actually a big fan either - I just agreed with Brandonio's take on him below. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 15:19:16
      - My favs are Bill Hicks, Dave Gorman, Richard Pryor and Paul Merton (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 15:27:02
        
        Newman and Baddiel (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 20, 15:43:25
        
        I still find Newman very very funny. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 20, 15:45:22
        
        I think he's a holier-than-thou lecturing hypocrite (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Mar 20, 15:51:42
        
        He *is* a holier-than-thou lecturing hyprocrite, but very very funny, I reckon. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 20, 15:56:25
        
        a wanker? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Mar 20, 15:44:05
        
        oh and don't bother reading Baddiel's debut novel "is that what love is" (or similar) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Mar 20, 15:46:08
        
        Whatever Love Means was his 2nd novel. His debut novel was Time For Bed (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 20, 15:51:34
        
        i sit corrected :-) (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Mar 20, 15:57:14
        
        I like Lee & Herring and Simon Munnery an awful lot, too. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 15:29:25
        
        Lee and Herring were very good. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 20, 15:33:24
  - al murray is shit (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 20, 15:15:44

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