#1

So the best comedian in the country is on tour from tomorrow. Going? I will be seeing him at Sheffield University on the 9th of June.

#2

I know the name, but canā€™t place the face, hold onā€¦

Oh HIM. Heā€™s great. Not coming near here though :frowning_face: :trumpet:

#3

Iā€™m definitely considering flying back to the UK for one of these showsā€¦ havenā€™t seen one of his shows since, I think, Masterslut in 2014 or so.

#4

Itā€™s a really, really great show, I think itā€™s the first one that hasnā€™t been better than the one that came before though.

He has a TV show thing for it also:

#5

Iā€™ve written a sitcom with the lead being Tim Key. This is from about 5 years ago so he probably wouldnā€™t be interested now but he definitely would have been a few years ago and would love it and think it was an honour

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#6

Probably a bit spoilery for the stand-up show itself btw for those of you going

#7

You know those acts which everyone else seems to like and you feel like youā€™re not watching the same thing, like you donā€™t get it at all? Thatā€™s Tim Key for me :frowning:

#8

I totally get that. Iā€™ve seen him so many times now and occasionally been in the company of people who just donā€™t get him and it is entirely understandable. Thereā€™s no way Iā€™d be able to explain to someone why itā€™s funny it just is. I think he has the perfect sweet spot where the exact amount of people who would be into him are into him and he has no danger of tipping over to any more.

#9

Iā€™m sure loads of things I like are like that, you either get it or you donā€™t and the more you try and explain it the less funny it seems. One that springs to mind is something like the League of Gentlemen, I know a lot of people absolutely hate it and canā€™t even see whatā€™s supposed to be funny about it.

#10

80% of it is me laughing at certain facial expressions he pulls

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#11

For me it is very specific word choice. The verb selection he uses just makes me laugh every time. That video up there features the line ā€œIā€™m not cramming a load of Brylcreem inā€ and the use of ā€œcrammingā€ there is hilarious to me.

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#12

Tried listening to one of his poetry collections as an audiobook, read by him, and it didnā€™t do anything for me, despite almost dying Every time I see him. The act is such an integral part of it

#13

See, obviously nothing is the same as the live act but I love the album, his books, his radio shows, the lot.

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#14

i enjoyed the last one with the bed but preferred the one before that with the bath (i forget the names). saw the bath one at the Fringe and it was one of the best stand up shows iā€™d ever seen, still regret not going to see it a second time when he toured it

#15

Masterslut was the bath one.

Single White Slut was the bed.

The Slutcracker was the earliest one of the three and I think thatā€™s the one that culminated in a game of donā€™t-touch-the-floor which my mate put his back out during by giving Tim Key a piggy back.

#16

That was really very good

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#17

Everybody listened to the Key/Adam Buxton podcast? Best one from Buckles in ages Iā€™d say. Just genuinely lovely and brilliant.

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#18

Always quite liked Tim Key but on the strength of this thread, Iā€™m buying tickets to see him at the fringe.

If you lot have let me down, I will hunt every one of you down.

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#19

I saw this show (for free!!!) at the Brighton Fringe

was nice and good and quite funny

#20

Yeah, was good. The Tim Key episode of the Horne Section Podcast is amazing though.

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