Comic Lee Evans + 470k DVDs (200k in One Week) In One Month = Xmas No.1.

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1. Tuan Jim 12/26/2005 @ 12:03pm

   Does it mean anything when I say that this name really doesn’t ring a bell at all? Maybe I’ve just been too out of touch with Brit tv comedy for the last 6 years or so. Haven’t tracked any recent shows for a very long time, but even stand up....not familiar at all.

2. logboy 12/27/2005 @ 8:12am

   check IMDB : you will see evans has also done some film stuff, including ‘theres something about mary’, but yes you would be right in saying he’s a stand-up comic primarily and although you may not have heard of him (popular for the last decade maybe?), he is someone worth looking into (cant find an official site with clips) if youre brave enought to blind buy stuff on recommedation…

3. Tuan Jim 12/27/2005 @ 10:40am

   have they ever shown any of his stuff on Comedy Central? Just curious if he’s been featured in their stand up series. I buy a lot of stuff blindly, but they tend to be features.

4. logboy 12/27/2005 @ 10:45am

   i dont know, never really seen comedy central. am in the UK myself you see, and comedy is a large majority of what i have prior knowledge and experience of, being that most of what i watch is this kind of thing… ive seen a few previous shows filmed for video / DVD releases by lee evans and he stands out as one of the most popular (if not the most popular) almost purely stand-up based comedians : advantage is he has also had a few films roles people might know him from, but without ever having seen his do his normal stuff… theres some connection in what he does to the kind of comedy in ‘theres something about mary’ in that theyre a modern physical (to some extent) comedy too… i like him, quite traditional, quite odd at the same time. remember, the post is also to point out whats selling well on DVD at the moment here - and that this kind of ‘recorded for the xmas market’ release is a trend here…

5. Tuan Jim 12/27/2005 @ 12:52pm

   Just noticed that trend re: the new Muse concert DVD. Probably pick that one up though. thanks for the info though—btw. how does he fall along the scale of “decency” (how best to describe it???)—Billy Connelly and Rowan Atkinson are the only Brit standup I can remember listening to recently.

6. logboy 12/28/2005 @ 3:26am

   ‘decency’ as in rudeness? not particularly rude, generally not rude at all - but its not
   intentionally ‘adult’ (rude for the sake of it) and its not intentionally ‘lowest common denominator’ - i suppose 15+ years of age would be a good marker… thats the one advantage of the bbfc certificates… thats what they gave it (http://www.bbfc.co.uk : click ‘search’).

7. logboy 12/28/2005 @ 9:25am

   as for other stand-up stuff people around here would like, i would suggest dylan moran (latest for £7 or so at amazon.co.uk) of ‘black books’ fame (actually a stand-up for many years prior to the show - as is...), bill bailey, sean lock is simply stunning (this ones an audio CD), and eddie izzard should be well known now for film stuff and he was probably the biggest seller on VHS through the late 90s / early 00s… stand-ups not as popular in terms of DVD sales, or as obvious in its talent i suppose. peter kay sells very well, other big sellers are pretty naff - largely i would recommend TV shows of sitcoms more than anything else…

8. Joe Squires 12/25/2006 @ 1:46am

   lee evans is amazing
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