#Best comedy sketches on youtube tv
Having played the biggest comedy festivals around the world, as well as writing and starring in some great Irish TV and theatre productions over the past decade, it is in videos like this where her biggest strengths shine. For everyone else, just soak up the chaotic wholesomeness and infectious laughter of one of the most re-watchable videos on YouTube.Įleanor Tiernan: Before the Court Watch here If Eleanor Tiernan is not yet a household name, it's only a matter of time. For a whole generation of people this video is after-school nostalgia condensed. Nine out of 10 people report a marked increase of joy and comfort levels after as little as 30 seconds. The Den: What's Snots Watch here If you're having a rough day and need a little pick-me-up, we recommend immediate and repeated ocular absorption of the following video until symptoms improve. The dream of a new dawn for Irish comedy never materialised, but at least we'll always have beans spilling out of Maureen's mouth. Two women enjoy a perfectly banal conversation before things get very surreal and more than a little unsettling. People like Hugh Cooney were churning out stuff so purposely far from the mainstream you couldn't help but get excited. Hugh Cooney: Accesorize Accesorise Accesorize Watch here 2007 was an exciting time for Irish comedy it felt like we were witnessing a new dawn. The fact it has pervaded our social consciousness so deeply (is there anyone left who hasn't watched it at least twice?) is proof of how slapstick can speak to us on a universally spiritual level.
Some poor sap falling down has been making people laugh since the days of Vaudeville, and this is one of the most spectacularly perfect falls in televisual history. Man Falling on Ice Watch here Does this even count as comedy? Absolutely.
But yes, he is unquestionably the finest stand-up comedian of his (or any other) generation. Is he the best stand-up comedian this country has ever produced? Questions like this are pointless and only serve to start an argument that can't be won by either side. The idea itself isn't strange (we could all use more time for quiet reflection), but the execution most surely is and the unexpected choice of song here merely highlights it.ĭylan Moran: City vs Countryside Watch here A chain-smoking, drinking, hyper-literate raconteur Dylan Moran is the type of wild-haired local you expect tourists believe are ten-a-penny in Irish pubs. It's most likely something only Irish people could find funny (does the Angelus even exist in this TV format anywhere else?), but it works because of the inherent strangeness already present. Soon the mundane, uniquely Irish visuals and the wholly inappropriate music blend perfectly to create a mesmerising slice of Tim and Eric-esque surrealism. Get Lucky (Angelus Edition) Watch here The Angelus set to the feel-good Daft Punk hit Get Lucky. All of which proves once and for all that you should never, ever (not even if your life depends on it), listen to a critic. Although critics at the time were unimpressed, it has developed into something of a cult hit, with Jon Hamm and Sacha Baron Cohen among its many fans. Your Bad Self: Golf Club Watch here Filled with brilliant recurring characters, like this unnecessarily shifty wheeler-dealer (played to a tee by Peter McDonald), or a petty criminal forced to repeatedly admit he's from Bray, Your Bad Self was a short-lived RTÉ sketch show that was far funnier than anyone expected it to be. Below are 10 of the funniest Irish videos, carefully curated to help distract from the impending apocalypse raging outside.
Thanks to an army of armchair archivists, almost any stand-up set or ancient sketch is available at the click of a mouse. YouTube is the saviour of the Irish comedy connoisseur. Or meeting an emissary from the Chechen mafia at midnight down by the docks to procure a rare bootleg copy of Tommy Tiernan on the Late Late Show. Or struggling with the VCR to record the last episode of Father Ted. Gone be with the days of swapping Scrap Saturday tapes in the playground.
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