Dara O'Briain Live at the Theatre Royal • Non-Gaming • Humour • Eurogamer.net

Der_tolle_Emil 13 Sep 2008 23:27:54 7,308 posts
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I'm a big fan of stand up comedy and I have just seen his performance on BBC2 - I just recently discovered that I actually get BBC on cable (don't live in the UK obviously) and I only knew him from mock the week which I was watching only for the second time today; I didn't know he did stand up comedy as well.

Anyway, it was brilliant. I highly recommend watching it (out on DVD and on youtube) if you haven't seen this. I'm definitely impressed!

absolutezero 13 Sep 2008 23:36:33 7,952 posts
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I was planning to watch that when it came on but I forgot about it.

Theres only a Sheloof Beloof movie on 2 now. Blargedskjdsfg

MrWonderstuff 13 Sep 2008 23:47:11 3,617 posts
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Dara makes me giggle like girl. Would be cool to see him live in London...doesnt seem to be on his roster.

coastal 13 Sep 2008 23:52:17 5,432 posts
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laugh out loud stuff.

BartonFink 13 Sep 2008 23:59:36 35,268 posts
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Yup he's a real Irish national treasure. Seen him quite a few times and he's hilarious.
Really clever guy to boot.

monkeynuts 14 Sep 2008 00:09:19 90 posts
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It's available on iPlayer as well for us folk in the UK.

absolutezero 14 Sep 2008 00:11:36 7,952 posts
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monkeynuts wrote:
It's available on iPlayer as well for us folk in the UK.

Nice! Ill go stick it on now then.

Jeepers 14 Sep 2008 11:33:56 16,616 posts
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HybridR wrote:
Dara is the only thing about Mock the Week which is even remotely funny. He's ace

Frankie Boyle? I think he's got funnier as the show has gone on.

Deleted user 14 September 2008 11:56:41

wtf, hybrid, how can you not like frankie boyle but like me?

Vroom 14 Sep 2008 12:17:43 4,643 posts
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Watched this last night.

Top of the range stuff.

Deleted user 14 September 2008 12:18:02

Aspic wrote:

rodpad wrote:
Frankie Boyle makes that show.

He does, but chatting to a few people who have seen him live, and looking at the reviews over at Chortle, it appears though that you see his material on one, you've seen it on the other.

To be fair, you can level that accusation at a lot of people. Bill Bailey's only done 1 and a half standup routines, for example.

Deleted user 14 September 2008 12:36:10

I really liked that Stewart Francis, his style really appealed to me.

Shame that last week they had reverted to "this show is a showcase for stand ups to publicise themselves" rather than the messing about that they were doing the last few weeks before that.

Deleted user 14 September 2008 12:49:40

I enjoyed the Canadian guy as well actually on that episode. Didn't he do the routine about family???

Dant 14 Sep 2008 12:51:42 894 posts
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"I was the youngest of 3.....my parents were both older"

:-)

Deleted user 14 September 2008 12:56:38

My father was a roofer, so dad if you're up there...

Tomo 14 Sep 2008 13:01:01 19,565 posts
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Frankie Boyle is an absolute legend. The others are good too, but he makes the show. Mock The Week is easily the best thing on television at the moment.

Tomo 14 Sep 2008 13:05:44 19,565 posts
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QI is great but I don't find myself laughing quite as much at that.

MrWonderstuff 14 Sep 2008 13:06:15 3,617 posts
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monkeynuts wrote:
It's available on iPlayer as well for us folk in the UK.

Fab fab fab.

Vice.Destroyer 14 Sep 2008 16:34:02 7,437 posts
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Glad to see a few Frankie Boyle fans on here. The dude is warped, but very, very funny. The canadian was surprisingly funny as well. But I really hate that young fella on there, the one from Bristol, blond hair, T-shirt. Just. Not. Funny.

Deleted user 14 September 2008 17:09:35

I find Dara O'Briain the least funny part of Mock the Week. I've always thought it could benefit alot from a different, funnier host.

Der_tolle_Emil 14 Sep 2008 17:48:55 7,308 posts
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I have only seen Mock the Week two times but I thought it was excellent. I guess some of the charm comes from all kinds of accents there because I am not used to anything but American English at all. Yesterday's family story (I don't know who told it, I was in the kitchen) was fantastic. "I was raised by my father, my mother left before I was born". Brilliant

FutureDave 14 Oct 2010 00:00:49 535 posts
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Just saw Dara at the Bristol Hippodrome. The guy is lightening quick, and can work wonders with anything he gets from the audience. One of the best 'celeb' stand-ups I've seen in a while. His video game skit had me in stitches.

mal 14 Oct 2010 00:22:15 29,326 posts
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Dara O'Briain or Dylan Moran? Hmm, not really comparable. Ignore this. Carry on.