Is Bill Bailey the greatest comedian?

23 comments

1. No.

   Like his stuff though.

2. I’ve seen him on TV a few times, I genuinely didn’t realise he was trying to be funny.

3. No, Daniel Kitson is.

   Bill Bailey is good though.

4. Not by a long way.

5. I find it so odd I didn’t learn about BB until I moved to the UK. He deserves much broader appreciation, honestly. He’s kind of a renaissance man.

6. Definitely up there.

7. No

8. Bill Bailey is Brilliant…he had me in stitches when he went on Have I Got News For You a few months ago and started playing “Flower of Scotlsnd” on the bagpipes badly and then fell off his chair!

9. Not even close. I like him, but let’s not kid ourselves here.

10. No. He’s become progressively less funny overtime too.

11. No.

12. Not really.
    Sean Hughes, Sean Lock, Jeff Green. All funnier.
    Granted, Bailey is a more versatile funnyman, but he’s not a funnier man than any of the above.

13. Maybe not the greatest, but certainly one of the most talented.

14. No.

15. I love his obscure sense of humour and his intelligence. And he lives locally and is a QPR fan so 🤷🏻‍♀️

16. You took a bad sample.

17. No

18. I’ll go with no too, he’s funny, but of his generation Sean Lock and Bob Mortimer both had him beat. From previous generations Peter Cook and Peter Seller’s are funnier.

19. Honestly he’s alright but far from my favourite, like I wouldn’t be disappointed if my misses got me tickets as a gift but I wouldn’t go out and buy them myself.

20. Not his best performance but he’s a good laugh

21. He’s good in the way that Eddie Izzard is good. Slightly interesting musical observations but not really something I’d go to twice.

22. No, I saw him live a couple of years ago and it was wank. Multiple people on the way out were complaining about how disappointed they were.

    Maybe he was just having an off night, as he seems pretty good on YouTube.

23. Seen him a few times. Funny chap and genuinely nice to talk to after the show. Not the greatest though.