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Monday 25 June 2018

Lee Hurst IS NOT FUNNY

Once upon a time, Lee Hurst was a comedian. He still claims to be one; perhaps he’s still big, and it’s the comedy that got small. His publicity tells that his show is “hugely entertaining”, but only during the interval. And he’s a fervent backer of not just UKIP, but also Combover Crybaby Donald Trump - almost, whisper it quietly, boringly so.
Hurst calls Tory MPs who have a tendency to independent thought “Traitors to their own country”. He endorses Trump’s attempts to dispense with due process. And he cheers the nudge-nudge xenophobia of Arron Banks, who suggests - wrongly and maliciously - that poverty is caused by all those migrants coming here.
Put simply, Lee Hurst has ceased to be funny, but, sad to say, no-one has had the heart to take him aside and tell him. So on he blunders, while a few diehard Kippers applaud him, and everyone else moves in the direction of away.
Then came the exposé of Banks and his pal Andy Wigmore by the Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr, and Hurst sensed a comedic opportunity. Sadly, what came out was as unfunny as ever, as he quipped “If Carole Cadwalladr were not a journalist @Arron_banks would have to report her as a stalker. FFS it's embarrassing”.
Laugh? I thought I’d never start. The reaction showed that this was a campaign which was progressing not necessarily to his advantage. “Hey Lee, didn’t you used to be a comedian?” … “No, he never was” … “Ah, nothing’s changed then” was typical.
A former acquaintance was unimpressed: “Whatever, you still owe me about 6 hours of my life back for all those times you ruined improv night at The Comedy Store back in the 90's by being shit”. And it got worse - rather a lot worse.
One Tweeter asked “Can I report you to trading standards for purporting to be a comedian?” Another responded to his claim with “No, embarrassing is once being a comedian and now reduced to being a spokesperson for bigots”. Ouch!
That claim prompted another Twitter exchange. “It is embarrassing Lee, is this really where you’re at now?” … “Oh, it’s constant. It’s like the drip-drip dribblings of a watered-down Hopkins. It’s kind of amusing, in a sad way. Certainly more amusing than he ever was as a comedian, anyway”. And then his “stalker” jibe fell apart. Big time.
After one Tweeter had responded “But she is a journalist. Which makes your point, like you, irrelevant” and another had added “But she is, and Arron is in with the Russians up to his neck”, came the bad news. “Arron Banks knows all about stalking - ask Jo Featherby”.
Banks was hit with a harassment warning by the Police after pursuing a woman 15 years his junior who was not interested in his advances. A friend was quoted as sayingBanks made her life hell. He would stop at nothing to make her be his girlfriend.When she made a formal complaint to police he told work colleagues she had a mental illness.”

And Lee Hurst is defending that. He’s a complete idiot. And he’s still not funny.

5 comments:

J said...

The funniest thing about lee is his twitter handle... He tried to make his comeback in 2010 and its now 2018 and he's still no further towards his goal.

Heck, its not as if he has a blue tick so can't change his handle (which would lose the tick)... but there he is, 8 years later and still not made it back. To use a term his idol loves "Sad!!!!"

AndyC said...

The famous old joke could have been written for Hurst,

"They laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well they're not laughing now.'

He even started a recent Tweet with the words "I'm not being funny but...". As lots of people pointed out to him, 'That's certainly true.'

Anonymous said...

Hurst used to be left wing and anti Murdoch, back in the day, and is best known for being on They Think It’s All Over – but he stopped that back in 1998! I guess he must have reached rock bottom but carried on digging.
A few years ago he smashed someone’s smart phone, complaining about his act being put on YouTube; now tweeting his rambling rants - the things these people do to try and get back in the public conscience.

Other than Jim Davidson, Geoff Norcott (heard him on the radio the other week – trying hard to be a right wing comedian but just sounded lame), and possibly Michael McIntyre (?), are there any other comics who have come out about their unpopular political leanings?

nparker said...

When there are so many other comedians out there who are brilliant, why would anyone go and see Lee Hurst?

Anonymous said...

Lee loves calling people snowflakes but he has threatened to sue and call the police on people that call him mean words

Lol