Here we go again, the battle of the comics.

We had this debate amongst the lads in the office about this and I really do think that Peter Kay absolutely beats Lee Evans into dust in the funnyman stakes.

Do you?

Peter Kay is over-rated IMO.

Billy Connolly > Peter Kay.

Sorry, do not think Peter kay stand up is funny at all :nono:

Lee Evans is still doing the same tired old Norman Wisdom routine.

But then again Peter Kay isn't as funny as he used to be. "Road To Nowhere" was mildly amusing, but not a patch on Phoenix Nights or his earlier works.

I can't vote because they both have me in stiches every time i watch them :hihi: :hihi:

Both brilliant! Seen em' both at City Hall.... Peter Kay far, far funnier though. Both in stand up and acting. Lee Evans is great but I think his act is wearing a little thin over the years.

Would definitely pay £25 to see Mr Kay again, but doubt I would to see Evans.

If it worked for Norman Wisdom why shouldn't it work for Lee Evans? Funny is funny after all. As far as the poll goes I think they are both great but Lee Evans has the edge. Seen him 3 times now and laughed til I cried

I like them both, but think the difference between the two is that Peter Kay's humour is very northern. Only we would find phrases like 'want a brew?', 'turn t'big light on etc funny, whereas Lee Evans humour can be enjoyed by anyone.
I love both as stand up comics, but never could get into Phoenix nights or Max and Paddy and don't really like Lee Evans in the films he has done. Saw Lee Evans at Sheffield Arena last Saturday (another thread) and he was brilliant. Would like to see Peter kay live but as far as I know he has no more tours planned in the near future.

lee evans is so much better. he's just so funny!!! i've been to see him twice, once was his latest tour and he only gets better!! it's the whole physical, norman wisdom style that does it along with the jokes..he's just hilarious!!!!

Id say as a standup I prefer Lee Evans, but for tv programmes Id go with Kay.

:hihi: Peter Kay without a doubt :hihi:

Can we choose 2 other people who write new material? :confused:

:thumbsup: peter kay he really is funny in everything he does
lee evens is funny but i do find peter funnier

I do not like Kay as a 'stand up' comedian, and find his 'weren't we all daft back in the 80s ?' material rather limited and tedious. The ultra-working class cultural references are hard to relate to outside of remote enclaves of Bolton. However, his 'Phoenix Nights' is genuinely funny, especially the bestiality-obsessed Fire Safety Officer, Keith Lard.

Re Evans; I find the man achingly-unfunny and his act is a shameless exercise in theft- in his case, the theft of Norman Wisdom's act. Wisdom himself was about as funny as typhoid. Evans is even grimmer, and surely the comedian for thumb-sucking retards everywhere? Personally, the humour in the spectacle of a third-rate Wisdom impersonator, sweating, squirming and contorting himself eludes me. How the man gets any bookings at all frankly baffles me. Norman Wisdom should sue him.

Lee Evans hands down, went to see him a couple of years ago and I've never laughed so much.

As much as I like Peter Kay, its all getting a bit boring now. Theres only so many times you can listen to people saying "garlic bread?" when the waiter comes round in a restaurant before it just starts to grate. His TV shows are much better. And he seems to be cashing in at the minute. The live at Manchester arena DVD hes got out for christmas is the same show as the Blackpool one released years ago, but in a different venue, yet it fails to mention that on the adverts or on the DVD case, so if youve already got the Blackpool DVD, youre shelling out for the same thing again.

Lee Evans is OK, but his standup act hasnt changed in 10 years. Some of the films hes done are ok though, especially the one about the paranoid bloke who records every minute of his life in case its needed as evidence (think it was called Freeze Frame, cant remember).

I've never understood what was so funny about Lee Evans, I just find him bizarre. But then I've never been into manic, physical humour.

Peter Kay is the better of the two, but I agree that his material is limited to "look at the daft things we used to do". Very funny, but he'll run out of material very quickly.

I think peter kay has it by a short neck, he's the sharper with his references and his observations, but as has been said his material mine is almost 'uneconomical' .


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Without doubt Peter Kay. Lee Evans is about as funny as impacted heamoroids. He is just about good enough to be The Krankies warm up act on Cleethorpes peer.

Originally posted by alchresearch
Lee Evans is still doing the same tired old Norman Wisdom routine.

But then again Peter Kay isn't as funny as he used to be. "Road To Nowhere" was mildly amusing, but not a patch on Phoenix Nights or his earlier works. totally agree but Peter Kay wins it by a mile

peter kay is hillarious how can you not find him funny

Peter Kay!

Evans is like Norman Wisdom on e-numbers :p

I think Peter Kay's TV work beats Lee Evans's poor attempts hands down, but when it comes to stand up all Peter Kay really does is list a load of things from the 70's, so as far as stand up goes - Lee Evans by a country mile.

Liked Lee Evans in a couple of movies , But can't find anything funny at all in his stand up routine.
Got to be Peter kay for me.

theyre both good but their new stuff is no where as funny as the old stuff