@jegga said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

@voodoo said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

@Virgil said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

@sparky said in Where are they now? (Past Ferners):

Max Bania (Barnya) had a career as a Cricket Journalist with TVNZ and Al Jazeera. He now does the PR for Westpac and runs a lot:

and pretty much posted drunk around 75% of the time he was here..

As opposed to the rest of us???

I would never post drunk .

Ok , apart from right now and pretty much every test match involving the abs . Fortunately I’m also banned from Amazon when I drink after clicking on “ I’d you like this you might also be interested in this” and mystery packages turning up .

Barnya took posting drunk to heroic levels , 75% is a low estimate. I remember him councilling me through the ethics of Xmas work dos after I got hammered and ended up getting texts from the 21 year old receptionist the morning after and I couldn’t remember the lies I told her the night before.

If there’s a fern hall of fame he belongs there.

He was an angry young man and not someone to mess with. Recall him telling a story of how some yobos yelled at him when driving past. My recollection is that he happened across the same car a bit later and proceeded to let down the tires and piss all over it.

In terms of posting drunk, @NTA had some absolute pearlers.

@Frank said in US Politics:

@Rancid-Schnitzel She graduated cum laude from Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences in 2011, majoring in international relations and economics

So she's either a massive fraud or an economics degree from that particular institution is worth less than toilet paper.

Just on Joe Rogan, it wasn't his stand up brilliance (or complete lack of) that got him to where he is now. It was his UFC hosting/commentary. Without that, or even his Fear Factor gig, I doubt anyone here would have heard of him.

@Frank said in US Politics:

No doubt a lot of millennials love her....but overall I'd say she is a gift to the Republican party.

That is mind blowing. Didn't she also go to an elite school and university? They taught her this drivel?

How would anyone recognise her? She'd be wearing a burka the entire time.

@Duluth said in Favourite Comedians:

For stand up - Doug Stanhope

The whole stand up format is really tired though, most comics follow the same beat over and over. Particularly with the glut of netflix crap

There's funnier stuff happening on on podcasts. I'm amazed this thread has gone on this long with out @tim mentioning his love for Nick Mullen. I think Shane Gillis will get a similar following in a year or so

Special mention to Sam Hyde. Most people will find him vile. A personification of 4chan humour. The performances he was doing a few years ago, making the audience the target of the humour, were great

Totally agree that those informal podcasts where funny people talk shit are much funnier than stand-up comics doing their "bit". Most of the Netflix specials barely get a chuckle out of me. When the trailers are unfunny and shit then it doesn't exactly bode well for the entire set. There's some obese Latino dude on Netflix who is just utter pants.

@jegga said in Favourite Comedians:

@MN5 said in Favourite Comedians:

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Favourite Comedians:

@MN5 said in Favourite Comedians:

@Crucial out of interest who is funny in your opinion ?

Hannah Gadsby?

I just googled her.

I think I'd rather have an intimate night with Ursula Carlson than Hannah Gadsby....

They both like chicks so you’re sweet.

Hannah Gadsby is a self aggrandising narcissistic black hole , I must say I’m a bit surprised @booboo and @crucial are such huge fans .
Then again they don’t like Leigh Hart so their taste in comedy was already questionable.

Maybe Leigh Hart needs to up his game and talk about rape and domestic violence? That's of course what every audience wants to hear about when going to see stand up comedy.

@MN5 said in Favourite Comedians:

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Favourite Comedians:

@MN5 said in Favourite Comedians:

@Crucial out of interest who is funny in your opinion ?

Hannah Gadsby?

I just googled her.

I think I'd rather have an intimate night with Ursula Carlson than Hannah Gadsby....

Now I had to Google. Good christ! I feel sick.

@MN5 said in Favourite Comedians:

@Crucial out of interest who is funny in your opinion ?

Hannah Gadsby?

Bill Burr is brilliant. Pretty much any angry black comedian from the 70s and 80s was hilarious, including Red Fox:

I always found those Live at the Apollo comedians good value.

Pre-meltdown Dave Chappelle was next level.