favourite words of comedians

[bollocks]

in this thread we will have a nice chat about certain words or phrases that certain comedians can't seem to resist using.

examples include -

greg davies: 'genuinely'
gervais: 'brilliant'
coogan: 'giant'

[rasta-spouse]

stewart lee : "now"

Although maybe many people do this, and the pause after it always elicits a pavlovian laugh.

[iamcoop]

Always love hearing Bob Mortimer saying the word "shoes"

[Sebastian Cobb]

Dara O Briain - 'eeeeh'

[Utter Shit]

Josh Widdicombe: "No..."

[DrGreggles]

Josh Widdicombe: "No..."

He doesn't say that enough when being offered work...

Anyway, a genuine one:
Barry Cryer - plinth

[St_Eddie]

Michael Richards - "n**ger"

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Rowan Atkinson - "Bob"

[the science eel]

Always love hearing Bob Mortimer saying the word "shoes"

or 'Vic...'

[Ornlu]

Bill Burr - "LAY-DEEZ"

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Rowan Atkinson - "Bob"

I can remember, just after that ep of Blackadder, fellow student wankers repeating that as if it were somehow massively hilarious.  I've never got it myself.

[DrGreggles]

Barry Dodds - cubbyhole

[NoOffenceLynn]

And this is absolutely true - 90% of unfunny comedians before they tell an anecdote that is absolutely untrue.

[Brundle-Fly]

Ten old faves:

Ninja
Getting purchase
Monkey
Narnia
Clearly
Orpheon
Hob-Nob
Leisure centre
South Mimms Motorway Services
Lard (or bacon)

One for luck:

Elf

[Delete Delete Delete]

Eddie Izzard - Jam and Errrr, often together.

[petril]

Stewart Lee: wool

[ersatz99]

"so basically what you're telling me is..." - Anon.

[Sin Agog]

Barry Dodds - cubbyhole

Also fillum.

[Bennett Brauer]

Rowan Atkinson - "Bob"

Or "Habib", which he probably says more.

[grassbath]

Norm Macdonald: Good Christ! / By God!

[Bennett Brauer]

Bill Burr - "LAY-DEEZ"

He seems to say it less now for some reason. (In case you didn't know, it's him imitating Jerry Lewis who used to say it in the same way.)

[Ornlu]

Oh I didn't, fair enough.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

or 'Vic...'

Or 'Andrew...'

[Dusty Substance]

Jon Wurster: "exsanguinated"

[TheMonk]

Jimmy Carr - "Mum"

[chveik]

Jon Wurster: "exsanguinated"

also: "handburgers"

[Cuellar]

Armando Iannucci: Fannies

[Cold Meat Platter]

Armando Iannucci: Fannies

And "rubbish".

[Twed]

I was going to make a similar thread to this, about sitcoms/comedy shows and words that suit them a lot (e.g. "bogey's bum" for The Young Ones). I had a perfect one for Frasier and forgot what it was...

[bigfatheart]

I was going to make a similar thread to this, about sitcoms/comedy shows and words that suit them a lot (e.g. "bogey's bum" for The Young Ones). I had a perfect one for Frasier and forgot what it was...

I think a pre-insanity Graham Linehan points out on one of the Father Ted commentaries that they liked to describe things as big, e.g. 'I burned it all in a big fire', 'you big eejit', etc. In cases like the former it definitely adds a weird, childlike glee to a sentence, which suits the show well.