hmmm
Russel Howard will go far. Billy Connolly's best work was his Live 94 gig. He peaked then and it's been not as good since.
Jimmy Carr is almost Bob Monkhouse. The odd mysogynistic joke may work well but don't milk it because it just grates.
Dara O'thingy is very good.
Jo Brand doing stand up isn't funny. In fact anybody who ends a joke with 'urm' to tell you that was the funny bit isn't funny.
What about Sean Lock? He cracks me up everytime and improvises well. And if you never saw '15 Storeys High', look it up.

Finally, why the frig has nobody mentioned the genius that is Eddie Izzard? Look on YouTube for his Death Star canteen act.

Oh, and Terry Wogan doing Buzzcocks was excellent.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 14:17, 2 replies)

Yep
Sean Lock is definately underrated and very funny, budgie in a vice, etc.
( SigmaX0 Dear Die Hard. You rock!, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 14:20, closed)

he's the reason
I watch 8 out of 10 cats.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 14:30, closed)

and Ross Noble
I think he writes about 5 notes on a postcard and just makes up the rest as he goes along by playing off the audience. Excellent
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 14:24, closed)

I've seen him twice
His crowd participation bits are hilarious....Whatever you do, never walk in late to his show, he doesn't forget and makes people stand up and do the, where you from thing, before mercilessly ripping the piss out of his un-witting victims. Oh and 15 storeys high was brilliant.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 14:32, closed)

Ross Noble is a very clever comedian.
There are not too many do what he does.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 14:48, closed)