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How the fuck has he managed to play the Hydro for all of October, he's funny but he's nae THAT funny.

 

In Scotland, reputations for being funny grow into myths which persist long after any talent for humour has long gone.

 

See: Billy Connolly (last seen being genuinely funny in the 1980s)

 

Plus stand up gigs create a hype all of their own - folk go along desperate to laugh and so you could tell "why did the chicken cross the road?" and folk would be absolutely pissing themselves laughing.

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In Scotland, reputations for being funny grow into myths which persist long after any talent for humour has long gone.

 

See: Billy Connolly (last seen being genuinely funny in the 1980s)

 

Plus stand up gigs create a hype all of their own - folk go along desperate to laugh and so you could tell "why did the chicken cross the road?" and folk would be absolutely pissing themselves laughing.

 

...an atmosphere and expectation which, lamentably, transmits itself to the queue at the bar or the queue for the bogs or whatever. Suddenly, every cunt thinks they're also a fucking comedian. News flash: you aren't.

 

Which is just one reason why 'comedy clubs' are about the worst places on earth.

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In Scotland, reputations for being funny grow into myths which persist long after any talent for humour has long gone.

 

See: Billy Connolly (last seen being genuinely funny in the 1980s)

 

Plus stand up gigs create a hype all of their own - folk go along desperate to laugh and so you could tell "why did the chicken cross the road?" and folk would be absolutely pissing themselves laughing.

Us Scots do love something to leech on to. I see plenty fascinating with the singer boy Gerry Cinnamon now.

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The problem, he explains, isn’t hecklers, but wildly drunken audience members who just roar at almost everything he says. “What people don’t realise sometimes is that, you know, in Glasgow, we done 16 nights and that’s 180,000 tickets. So if 1% of them are arseholes, that’s 1,800 arseholes. That’s a lot. It’s a vocal minority, but it gets a bit … when somebody’s just shouting ‘Kevin!’ or just shouting old fucking jokes – they just shout anything. It’s not even heckling. Aye, and it’s like they don’t realise that every single night there’s one of them, so maybe that’s where the frustration comes some nights. It gets a bit frustrating if somebody’s all about themselves.”

 

Said it himself

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^^^^. So true

Never been to a comedy club or stand up though.

Festivals are the same.

normal middle class suits turning into lefty wacky student types for a long weekend of prosecco in reusable cups

Weren’t you a fan of the Fringe? Late night boozing and plenty of shows to choose from? Admittedly a huge influx of wanks too

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The problem, he explains, isn’t hecklers, but wildly drunken audience members who just roar at almost everything he says. “What people don’t realise sometimes is that, you know, in Glasgow, we done 16 nights and that’s 180,000 tickets. So if 1% of them are arseholes, that’s 1,800 arseholes. That’s a lot. It’s a vocal minority, but it gets a bit … when somebody’s just shouting ‘Kevin!’ or just shouting old fucking jokes – they just shout anything. It’s not even heckling. Aye, and it’s like they don’t realise that every single night there’s one of them, so maybe that’s where the frustration comes some nights. It gets a bit frustrating if somebody’s all about themselves.”

 

Said it himself

 

I'd set the bar a bit higher than that.

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