Those who said right wingers can't do comedy would do well to watch his routine as it would change their opinion as he is to comedy as Liz Truss is to strong, stable and long lasting government
He should be happy that his “oh look at me I am a Tory comedian”
schtick has made him wealthy and ensured he gets countless “balance” bookings on bbc panel shows. I suppose he has to protect his particular niche
TBH I'd rather see him on #politicslive, than some DT hack, Tuition St activist, or a Reform who shout everybody else down. I don't endorse his views, but at least he feels sincere, and he often makes his points clearly. Not sure what he's on about on the football and curry in comedy, though...
By modern right wing standards he is fairly “soft” and reasonable, so in this case I agree. I never want to see Kate Andrews, Mark Littlewood etc on my TV screen ever again!
Is he really young enough to plausibly be unfamiliar with "Football's Coming Home"-era David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, whose whole careers at the time revolved around liking football and curry?
Him and Bren O'Forehead. We all lost our working class status when we snubbed the flat-roofed pub they hang out in all the time smoking tabs and drinking beer and watching boxing and calling other people names.
It's also stupid and most probably very wrong (as in, I'm sure that many comedians like football and curry...they just don't let form part of their identity...out of some insecurity, presumably).
I never realised that. But I need to know more. Is just football or just curry radical in comedy, or does it have to be combined. Does this just apply to comedy? What about other professions? Thai vs Indian, does it make a difference? I like rugby and tacos. Is that more or less radical? Questions!
"I'm an average comedian whose gambit of being the first centre right funny man isn't quite working out as hoped, so here is me pretending I'm not woke"
His politics are awful, but he does make a full time living from comedy and is therefore a comedian by any reasonable definition. I don't like the guy, or his material particularly, but he can actually write and deliver a joke
Elon Musk makes a living from business to the extent he's the world's richest man but he is objectively bad at it, as his company's values will attest to.
I mean you're not wrong - he's one of the few right wing comics that can be trusted not to come out and spout full on Great Replacement theory, so he gets way more bookings than his talent would merit from a BBC that needs to pander to govt to keep the licence fee
Very much in the "in comedy" in the same way Matte Forde gets to be in comedy because he would eat his own arse if a senior enough Labourwonk told him to.
Urgh also at Matt Forde tbf. I've been doing comedy a long time and there's a difference between the technical ability to work a crowd/write and tell a joke and whether something is funny for me personally. Norcott has former not latter. Forde has neither.
He's absolutely correct. If you ignore the unbroken wrist-thick iron chain of curry'n'football lad culture in comedy that goes back at least as far as the Likely Lads.
I think he's trying to say that most comedians arent as working class as him. As all working class people love football and curry - apparently. It's a Lee Anderson idea of the common man.
There’s nothing remotely radical in comedy about liking beer & football. In what remains a male dominated industry, it is in fact the norm. GN is a mate & a fine stand up. I despair of his politics, but they are an effective schtick.
But it does mean living with idiotic headlines like this.
It’s difficult to find a point of difference as a comedian. I feel (for obvious reasons) club comics don’t get their due. It’s hard to walk on every night to a crowd who don’t know who you are & smash it.
Geoff found an angle to get off the circuit. I wouldn’t have done it, but I can see why he did.
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schtick has made him wealthy and ensured he gets countless “balance” bookings on bbc panel shows. I suppose he has to protect his particular niche
They've even removed "mick tank fucks" from the wall.
Loser
Then again, l do go Skiing, so that, l suppose makes me middle class.😂😂😂
“Geoff Norcott makes ridiculous claims.”
2. He talks bollox ALL the time!
Geoff, nobody cares what you do.
He’s been wielding that grievance axe for grinding since forever.
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I think they need to have a word with Mr Norcott. He sounds as dangerously edgy as an IED packed with nailsdipped in ricin waiting to explode.
I’m frightened of the scary man. 🙄
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-if-youre-worried-about-someone-being-radicalised
When is he telling a funny joke?
But it does mean living with idiotic headlines like this.
Geoff found an angle to get off the circuit. I wouldn’t have done it, but I can see why he did.