Simon is a brilliant comic, always been superb love his style, clever guy

Probably THE best stand-up comedian in the country at the moment. And has been for some years, now.

Never gets old Brilliant Truth always makes for the best comedy,especially when the delivery is world class 😆😆

Best..... social commentary.....ever

"His eyes are too close together" - took me a while to get that.

@nicholasyoung370

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, me too, one year on

@richardh8082

4 ай бұрын

@hadz8671 OMG 'sk ii ng'. Literally only just got it! XD

Simon Evans is hilarious! I'm a huge footie fan, but he couldn'tve been more spot on! Great stuff!

@snerper

4 жыл бұрын

Most football fans are huge mate, just cut out the pies at half time!

@charlytaylor1748

3 жыл бұрын

that's not very modern. You're supposed to be offended and try to get him cancelled. (I love football, too; it's funy stuff, that's all)

😂I went dressed as a grown up 😂😅👌🏼

Simon Evans, the educated man's comic.

Absolutely bang-on!!

Brilliant!

Genius

CLASS

100%

Saw him live a couple of years ago. First half was very witty but after the interval he delivered a rather condescending set about how modern society had dumbed down. A key plank of his argument was the "fact" that John Ruskin is now remembered for his inability (or disinclination) to consummate his marriage. A pretty dubious assertion in itself but compounded when he threw out a few nasty insults about Ruskin's wife for making this public. He might've been on thin ice with that line anyway but it got worse as he praised Ruskin as a great intellectual and her as some nonentity who had forever blackened his memory. This was the climax of the show and, in fact, the penultimate date of a long tour using the same material - and in this last 30 minutes he "died the death", and not just as it involved reading and commenting on a long excerpt from John Stuart Mill's 'On Liberty'. I was duty manager at the venue and commiserated over a drink afterwards. He just couldn't understand what went wrong. What went wrong Simon, I explained, is that you didn't know your audience. Ruskin's wife - whose name you affected not to know - was Effie Gray and she was born and raised not three miles from this building. She later married John Everett Millais but was ostracised and decried by Victorian society for exposing Ruskin's shortcomings, though she had begged him for a divorce for nearly ten years. In other words, he'd dissed a local girl who was in fact a very intelligent, brave and determined woman. I think if you're going to put yourself up on stage as an intellectual it behoves you to at least know what - and who - you are talking about. And maybe a little bit about where you are and who you're talking to.

@stevewalton3932

2 жыл бұрын

You do realise it was a comedy show don't you? If it wasn't for your obvious dislike for him with quotes such as 'long tour using the same material' and the admission that you didn't even attend as a paying member of the public, then the criticism could at least be taken as a genuine comment. It's a bit like if I were working at a venue where Michael McIntyre was performing. Lots of people like him, but I'd never find anything good to say about him as I can't stand him. If you think Simon Evans is condescending, I suggest you never go and see Lee Mack live.

@drewcampbell8555

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevewalton3932 People working at venues are allowed opinions. I saw all but the first five minutes of the first half of the show, indeed made a point of sitting at the back because I was interested to see him. And my comment reported facts - he did lose the room, no question about it. He admitted it himself when I had a drink with him afterwards, as I mentioned. Also, it's a undeniably a high risk strategy to set yourself up as an intellectual - not to say arrogant. A bit like your comment.

@stevewalton3932

2 жыл бұрын

​@@drewcampbell8555 You probably saw the same show as I did. I never said you weren't entitled to an opinion but I reiterate, remember, it was a comedy show. it wasn't a lecture. I've no doubt repeating, in your words 'the same material' unscripted on a long tour, then some facts may change and be moved around slightly. You then note several facts about Ruskin and his relationship with his wife which you could have looked up, and present them as though its a history lesson, in what some might say in an intellectual fashion, and you have the nerve to call me arrogant. One fact you're obviously not aware of. When you start throwing insults, you've lost the argument.

@drewcampbell8555

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevewalton3932 Hi Steve - You were certainly arrogant enough to ascribe opinions to me I do not have - and you certainly implied that as I was a paid employee my comment should not be taken as "genuine" - a ludicrous point. Moreover, you say I didn't like him - in fact I said the first half of his show was witty, and I when I went for a drink afterwards I found him very personable. As regards the facts about Effie Gray, I didn't have to look them up - they are common knowledge to everyone who lives in this area, her home, hence the audience reaction. Did you not understand that? And Effie Gray is far from an obscure figure. A Hollywood film on her relationships with Ruskin and Millais starred Dakota Fanning and Emma Thompson and Millais' paintings of her, her sisters and local scenery are quite famous. So he died during the last portion of his act that night. Fact. Deal with it.

@stevewalton3932

2 жыл бұрын

@@drewcampbell8555 Sorry Drew but for me your arrogance shows through, as with your final comment. I said you presented a list of facts of the history of Ruskin as though it was a lecture which I'm sure most will take as a comment on what is essentially a comedy show, as in an intellectual fashion. If you take a while to read it, my comment on your dislike of him was based on the comment 'penultimate date of a long tour using the same material' I suggest you look up the words 'comedy' and 'tour' Your first comment is a bit like someone saying 'I'm more intellectual that Evans is'. You need to relax more. Good luck with the job.

“Basil Fawlty”

Automatic dislike for any video under 6 minutes. Even though I think Simon is great.

@camokarzi8491

3 жыл бұрын

You disliked a video that you enjoyed

Nancy boi.

@silasfatchett7380

5 жыл бұрын

See you at the match ...

Jesus ... great standup but can we do without more Social Justice virtue signalling from Comedians ...

@camokarzi8491

3 жыл бұрын

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@georgecaplin9075

2 жыл бұрын

@@camokarzi8491 agree.