Edinburgh 2011: Adam Riches - Three @ The Fringe - BBC Three

[BritGuyMn]

word for word, what i heard in the london soho tonight. so sad

[justforyou2757]

"I cant believe you actually threw me! I'm worthy like half a frillion dollars!"

[ShaolinPete]

awesome guy, I wish I could get people to throw me

[pedroshiphop]

daniel day pervert GREAT ACT

[mrsxierox9]

'I gave you the Daniel Day tongue a bit there, didn't I?' ;)

LOL I thought he was hilarious. The rest of the acts were shite.

It's very hard to consecutively keep an audience amused, and he just about managed it.

[Izard0fw0z]

I thought this was good. He's a funny chap. It's nothing new being in character while on stage (Al Murray, Lee Nelson etc) but being with a member of the audience, he has no idea how they are going to react to his routine, so improvisation must be included somewhere. And that is comedy genius.

[ThatScottishGuy2010]

Most people hating this probably have no idea who DDL is, and fart in the bath laughing their head off.

[ThatScottishGuy2010]

Great act, nearly pissed myself

[StrangeWabbit]

@ThatScottishGuy2010 Pissed myself on several occasions, this guy is a genius.

[TheBluePianist]

its so strange that people don't find this funny (if they have actually watched the whole thing)

i can understand that if you only watch 5 seconds you might not notice that he's putting on a performance because there are people who talk like this, but i found this more funny than the usual stand up or chat/panel comedy filtered to us

[TheBrautigans]

This was so funny but I felt so bad for the guy when he told him to kiss her!

[hamzphelan]

I was there on the night and this was hilarious

[LewisDunnHasOpinions]

So this is where bitter comedians flock to...

[MrJayismusic]

I think actually, Adam Riches' style of comedy is incredibly bold... This isn't his best work, but it still has its moments.

[nitwitblubberodment]

all you guys go fuck yourselves, this is hilarious

[PhantomBolt]

brb, just beating myself with a stick after watching this.

[gunfart]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNYYYY

[EnglishStan]

Just watched it on BBC 3. Stand Up comedy is generally not funny (except for Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock ofc), esspecially British stand-up comedians but I thought this guy was too funny!! hahaa

[Internetpolice666]

That is just shite.

[Jamthonzi3000]

People who don't like this are clearly the sort of people who don't actually ever go to live gigs and just sit and home watching youtube vids and then pretend to be aficionados. What makes this funny is that you can tell it would have been absolutely great live.

[gazman1874]

@Jamthonzi3000 I've seen live stand-up, and having watched this, I did think maybe it's better live, as I've found live stand-up often is, and in fact upon watching it again, I did find myself enjoying it more. I just think personally I don't like this type of act. I don't so much laugh at the awkward situations, but cringe, and actually feel bad. Maybe I shouldn't, but I actually reckon having experienced live stand up makes me enjoy it less, what if that were me? It makes me uncomfortable.

[romannosejob]

really good. never heard of him but I've heard of the other nominees and he's funnier than them.

[Blummineck]

This probably would've been funnier if there was something to laugh at.

[magpieking]

Won me over eventually.

I saw him do the swing ball champion guy and I wasn't too sure.

Making audience members feel uncomfortable seems to be his thing.

He does it well.

I liked it.

[tigerdymond]

For shouty audience participation rich comedy, I much prefer Nick Helm, he should have won.

[GorgeousGeorge121]

Best comedian?

Yeah: sure; the others were probably a crock of shit, too.

Keep up the...work, Al Murray the Second.

[Tomst7]

It's funny because it's random, awkward and weird.

I loved it.

[bruce19861000]

pish

[adphlash]

This guy's unfunny.

[geniemist]

listen to Louis CK if you wanna laugh...

[ShaolinPete]

@geniemist THANK YOU

[DimpleScot]

love the line about daniel day lewis being the most successful actor ever to appear in in nobody's favourite film! hahahaha so true! this guy is brilliant. definitely a deserved winner watched this with my cousin early morning on bbc and we were on the floor laughing. good luck adam!

[Gavfather]

I, for one, think this is funny. I wasn't laughing at the start but absurdest comedy rewards loyalty and I was laughing heartily by the end. And I think part of the bit is that he's not really a good impersonator of DDL, that would seem kind of obvious to me, otherwise he would just be an impersonator comedian, which he's clearly not.

[gazman1874]

This is bad. It might be ever so slightly funny if the parody was even the tiniest bit recognisable as Daniel Day-Lewis, but I don't think it is.

Granted, the rogue thumb line caused a chuckle, but otherwise...

[scousejimmy1]

dont get the comments,this has funny parts tbh.

[xrayeagle1]

pile of ...

[DonalLynchyou]

I think this is Adam Riches' worst character. He should stick with fictional characters.

[ruggerboy99]

is he Daniel Day Lewis or Adam Riches

[somegalfromcan]

Well... that was incredibly awkward.

[humaidka]

not funny

[chriskelly551]

that was the most awkward kiss ever

[Aspartame69]

both shouldve walked off stage. Both should have reported him for sexual assault.

[el01csy]

@Aspartame69 Wow, you really are an enemy of fun. I hope you don't go to comedy gigs...

[Aspartame69]

@el01csy Ive been the the edinburgh festival, was a good weekend. Ive also seen practically the same sketch being pulled off 100x better. The guy basically relied on making people uncomfortable, normally the comedians demeanour in this type of sketch would be more endearing.

[MrAttPatt]

Did anyone laugh at that? Each to his own and all that, but I really am intrigued as to whether anyone found it even a little amusing.

[el01csy]

@MrAttPatt Yes. Those that didn't don't know anything about comedy. I've seen him three times in small rooms and he's been absolutely hysterical. The negative comments on here just illustrate why Michael McIntyre is so popular...

[teabagnose]

i feel sorry that kid hahaha !!

[smasterross]

first!



[adeafningsilence]

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