I'm only here because Stewart Lee recommended him: 'Few serious fans of the form will deny that Kitson is the world's greatest living stand-up... & the fact that you have never heard of him is irrelevant.'
I once told James Acaster, before he was a household name, that his set was the best I’d seen since Kitson (it was) and he said “oh wow!” And looked pleased to bits. I loved him even a bit more for that :)
I went to see Kitson live and he was alright, nowhere near as good as Stewart Lee. Kitson also seemed like a bit of a jerk, like really full of himself.
Only 34 'thumbs-up' in 4 years suggests that you ARE as bad at this as they were thinking! I'm guessing I got 'first comment' because everyone else who started watching woke up half way through the next video!
@@garethtyson Bernard Manning was/is funny. He may have been a racist monster but he had impeccable comic timing and some of his non racist jokes are very funny. Much funnier than anything coming out of the mouth of this rambling shitsucker Kitson.
Wonder how many others will seek out Daniel Kitson videos after seeing Basic Lee. Which was hysterical. This guy is brilliant.
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Like an ambivalent diety, "Ra!" Is one of the smartest throwaway gags of all time.
I watch a lot of stand-up and this is my all-time favourite stand-up bit.
It has a real unique charm
I remember seeing this on TV back in the day and the pigeon bit had me in stitches. Still does!
Lee got some of his stand up techniques here
That’s a call back.
I'm only here because Stewart Lee recommended him:
'Few serious fans of the form will deny that Kitson is the world's greatest living stand-up... & the fact that you have never heard of him is irrelevant.'
@@G.Man- just been to see Basic Lee?
@@r0binho386 Nah. Have you just been to see Basic Lee?
:) Kitson and Lee are equally wonderful
Brilliant
Love this guy!! So hard to find material from him though
He has some audio recordings on his website. Worth the couple of bucks
Stewart Lee's let himself go
I love this guy. Pity not more stuff by him.
He has free clips and audio downloads via his website, well worth it
bandcamp has full audios of live shows up
He’s prolific, but you can really only see it *live*
nice
amazing, he's like Russell Howard's Stewart Lee
Glenn kitson was voted the funniest comedian in the world by other comedians
Just found him today. Wow how have missed him.🙄 Huge comedy fan.
What a funny man.
I think James Acaster is a poor copy of this man.
Through Russell Howard?
I once told James Acaster, before he was a household name, that his set was the best I’d seen since Kitson (it was) and he said “oh wow!” And looked pleased to bits. I loved him even a bit more for that :)
It is now 2023. I am in the UK. What happened to stand up comedy in this country? Comedy generally, in fact.
Millions of great comedy out there my guy ! Do you also say they don’t make music like they used to ?
@@Alpine_Joe yes, and they don't
Diversity..
He's no Russell Howard is he?
yeah he’s actually funny
The comments I've seen are all pretty much that they either love or hate this guy. I think he's pretty funny but not as good as Stewart Lee rates him.
This is just a little TV slot though, which many comedians have distain for. He's better telling stories in his actual set.
Looked the guy up after reading a rave review of the guy on some Quora question. Doesn't really live up to the hype the commenter built up.
he’s brilliant. you have too see the full shows, which are quite different
Agree with the other commenters that you have to see one of his shows in full. It’a quite a ride.
I went to see Kitson live and he was alright, nowhere near as good as Stewart Lee. Kitson also seemed like a bit of a jerk, like really full of himself.
Only 34 'thumbs-up' in 4 years suggests that you ARE as bad at this as they were thinking!
I'm guessing I got 'first comment' because everyone else who started watching woke up half way through the next video!
Alan Morgan has let himself go.
I agree with you.
This is shocking - offensively sentimental garbage.
Comedy is subjective.
People used think Bernard Manning was funny.
@@garethtyson Bernard Manning was/is funny. He may have been a racist monster but he had impeccable comic timing and some of his non racist jokes are very funny. Much funnier than anything coming out of the mouth of this rambling shitsucker Kitson.
There are terrible videos - and comments - on RUclips with thousands of thumbs up, thumbs up don't necessarily mean anything.
Comedy without anything funny. Well, it's certainly a different approach.
Boiling a turd would be funnier.