LOL.

I'm always up for fun, Tim, as you well know from the PMs I sent you last week.

You could have let me down more gently, you bounder.

Tim Vine is my favourite but Milton Jones comes a very close second.

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Stewart Francis does some fine one liners.

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Yes, this Canadian one-liner artist is VERY funny. The first thing I thought when I saw his concert DVD was how much he resembled a young Harrison Ford -- and then Stewart Francis used that very line in his routine!

Quote: TopBanana @ May 8 2011, 4:11 PM BST

This 'one-liner' comedy is pretty damn good (in small doses).

Vine & Jones are my favourites exponents of the style, with Jones just shading it as I'm currently enjoying his R4 Extra show.

Who do you prefer?

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Both are great on stage, but count me as a Milton Jones guy. His delivery just tickles my sense of humour a little more consistently. And his radio work is every bit as good as the stand-up routines. Silly, innovative, and outrageously pun-ny.

I haven't seen a whole Milton Jones show, but I did enjoy a recent Tim Vine one I saw, he wisely broke the act up & kept it fresh with a few songs and lots of silly visual stuff.
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My favourite MJ joke is one about him waking up, thinking he was in the middle of a forest, only to find he'd fallen asleep at his dinner table, with his face in a plate of broccoli

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ July 10 2011, 2:18 AM BST

I haven't seen a whole Milton Jones show, but I did enjoy a recent Tim Vine one I saw, he wisely broke the act up & kept it fresh with a few songs and lot's of silly visual stuff.
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I saw a full Milton Jones show live, it was a bit much really. Pretty one note. He had some funny gags but it was just one liner after one liner for an hour or more, many of them, purposefully I imagine, groaners. I left feeling very unsatisfied, it didn't feel like a proper full show; I'm sure in a twenty minute set I would have liked it much more, but over that length he needs more variety, for me at least; other people there were wetting themselves throughout. (Considering the advanced age of many of those in attendance, probably literally in some cases)

Does anyone remember a really poor sitcom that was set in space, that featured Milton Jones? I think it was on ITV and it used to come on at about 2 AM.

Planet Mirth? I think it was sketches rather than sitcom.

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Planet Mirth? I think it was sketches rather than sitcom.

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That was excellent! (What I remember of it. It was a loong time ago.)

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My favourite MJ joke is one about him waking up, thinking he was in the middle of a forest, only to find he'd fallen asleep at his dinner table, with his face in a plate of broccoly

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I wonder if that was before or after Harry Hill recreated the Emmerdale opening with a close-up of a tray of broccoli? (Couldn't find the video on YouTube)

I can't believe I spelled Broccoli with a 'y' on the end. Must've been tiredness messing with my brain.

You disgust me...

I don't see them as being that similar, I think Jones is more of a surrealist.

Tim Vine for me. Very Funny Man.

Tim Vine, for some reason Milton Jones just grates and annoys me.