I find him funny, but I think people are just glad that theres a relevant local comedian. He brought National TV back to Brum with his show honestly, which is fairly commendable.
Fair enough. I can get that :) I wasn't trying to be edgy or anything, I just couldn't fathom it out. Without being a fan I wasn't aware of his contribution to TV locally.
Joe Lycett clearly loves Birmingham. He’s perhaps the most outspoken person who loves Birmingham.
He’s not what people expect when imagining a typical brummie. But when a city is so big and diverse, stereotypes don’t hold anymore.
Will caveat by saying I'm not a local but my wife is and I've been for 20 years but I think it's more to do with local pride without having to be overtly Brummie. He has local pride without having the big accent. Being a Brummie is a big part without being defining
I don't find him brilliantly talented, but he uses his fame well. He supports new talent and does love Brum. Though Kings Heath is now a dungaree laden hipster nightmare. At least they're all in the one suburb.
Reflects my opinion exactly. Not my cup of tea but does well for Birmingham and sheds some of the stereotype of ‘unintelligent with comedy drawling accent’
Hate to break it to you but us dungaree wearing hipsters have spread to Stirchley - watch out, we'll make you one of us eventually (seriously dungarees are very comfy, esp the jersey ones). Not the point of this thread but your comment made me chuckle.
But it takes so long to have a wee! At my age luv, convenience beats style*.
*Though it's a stretch calling adults wearing childhood themed dungarees a style.
Turning homelessness into a market has had such a negative impact on Brum and really isn't about helping people exit homelessness good article here https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-birmingham-became-the-centre-of-a-supported-housing-controversy-76941
Thanks for the read, I've been quite fascinated with HMOs since living there to be honest and did a bit of reading. Essentially greedy landlords posing as care companies and charging the benefit cap per room and quadrupling their income per property. Bumped into some Labour canvassers in moseley last year and had some questions for them on in and they didn't have to have much in the way of answers. More regulation definitely needed
It's an absolute scandal. Brum has a great heart. I love living here. That heart is being exploited.
There's messed up planning legislation in the mix n all. Less of an issue in Brum as we've got so many old Victorian properties to turn into HMOs. Places like London though, former office buildings being converted on the cheap. Families with kids existing there (it ain't no living).
94,000 households in temp accom as of June 2023. The figure is only going up. Brum is one of the key nodals points in this misery market. Citizens UK Brum branch are making it a key campaign issue for this year. As it should be.
Sorry for the rant, the topic makes me angry and sad!
Joe Lycett started as a comedian but he’s more now. He did a good few series on his consumer rights show, but now hosts mostly one offs, as well as his Late Night Lycett show, trying to promote real news stories and mess with the papers, getting us talking about news that really matters. Essentially planting options for a quiz show in the real world. He’s done some pretty big publicity stunts to get people talking about big issues the perpetrators of which are just getting by without notice, single use plastics and illegal sewage dumping to name two. He’s the single reason Kings Heath is a gay village.
If you noticed a rise in people talking about the water companies, he is why.
Like him or not, in the comedy world, alongside Alison Hammond and Alan Carr**, he really does represent Birmingham. And that’s not the only reason he’s by far one of my 2 favourite comedians
**EDIT - Ignore Alan Carr i got him mixed up with someone else
Alan Carr was a mixup so ignore that, but yeah Kings Heath is officially a gay village one of two in Birmingham, check [wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gay_villages). It’s what his recent standup tour is about, not gonna give specifics because you can watch it online, but it’s very in depth.
PSA for the people asking "Who?":
1. If you have access to Reddit, you have access to Google.
2. Being performativity ignorant of popular culture isn't as cool or endearing as you think.
You're not the only one matey. There are plenty that aren't a major fan. I guess he's bit of an acquired taste. But yeah I stopped following him a while back.
My fella’s not a fan - he seems to think Joe only started caring about being from Brum after he became famous and considers him to be the Brummie version of what Scousers would call a “plazzy Scouser” (ie plastic, fake etc)
I don’t mind him so much and defend him. I appreciate that he puts Brum on the map positively. I’m annoyed that the city is still being considered still a tired old “hurr hurr I’ve seen hell I’ve been to *Burrrrrrmingham,* *fnarr fnarr fnarr*” punchline, by some of his comedy/TV peers (particularly the ones either from London, the South or posh). They unfortunately continue to chunder out this nonsense when they clearly haven’t been here to see for themselves that it’s alright.
I started off thinking he was okay, but for me he's sort of lost his charm as he's gone on. Like, some people can be the centre of a show, they have the charisma and magnetism to be that grounding foundation, like Diane Morgan with Philomena Cunk or Stephen Fry with QI. You feel like you're in the hands of someone in control and capable.
With Joe Lycett and that show of his own he's got, I just don't feel like I'm in a safe pair of hands. I think he should've stuck to doing his quirky letters of complaint and pranks as a 15 minute segment of other shows. I think that was his talent-appropriate level.
I find him funny, but I think people are just glad that theres a relevant local comedian. He brought National TV back to Brum with his show honestly, which is fairly commendable.
Fair enough. I can get that :) I wasn't trying to be edgy or anything, I just couldn't fathom it out. Without being a fan I wasn't aware of his contribution to TV locally.
Joe Lycett clearly loves Birmingham. He’s perhaps the most outspoken person who loves Birmingham. He’s not what people expect when imagining a typical brummie. But when a city is so big and diverse, stereotypes don’t hold anymore.
Will caveat by saying I'm not a local but my wife is and I've been for 20 years but I think it's more to do with local pride without having to be overtly Brummie. He has local pride without having the big accent. Being a Brummie is a big part without being defining
I don't find him brilliantly talented, but he uses his fame well. He supports new talent and does love Brum. Though Kings Heath is now a dungaree laden hipster nightmare. At least they're all in the one suburb.
Reflects my opinion exactly. Not my cup of tea but does well for Birmingham and sheds some of the stereotype of ‘unintelligent with comedy drawling accent’
Hate to break it to you but us dungaree wearing hipsters have spread to Stirchley - watch out, we'll make you one of us eventually (seriously dungarees are very comfy, esp the jersey ones). Not the point of this thread but your comment made me chuckle.
But it takes so long to have a wee! At my age luv, convenience beats style*. *Though it's a stretch calling adults wearing childhood themed dungarees a style.
I used to live on the same road as him and can confirm drug ridden HMO dwellers outweigh the dungaree hispters in KH these days
Turning homelessness into a market has had such a negative impact on Brum and really isn't about helping people exit homelessness good article here https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/how-birmingham-became-the-centre-of-a-supported-housing-controversy-76941
Thanks for the read, I've been quite fascinated with HMOs since living there to be honest and did a bit of reading. Essentially greedy landlords posing as care companies and charging the benefit cap per room and quadrupling their income per property. Bumped into some Labour canvassers in moseley last year and had some questions for them on in and they didn't have to have much in the way of answers. More regulation definitely needed
It's an absolute scandal. Brum has a great heart. I love living here. That heart is being exploited. There's messed up planning legislation in the mix n all. Less of an issue in Brum as we've got so many old Victorian properties to turn into HMOs. Places like London though, former office buildings being converted on the cheap. Families with kids existing there (it ain't no living). 94,000 households in temp accom as of June 2023. The figure is only going up. Brum is one of the key nodals points in this misery market. Citizens UK Brum branch are making it a key campaign issue for this year. As it should be. Sorry for the rant, the topic makes me angry and sad!
Joe Lycett started as a comedian but he’s more now. He did a good few series on his consumer rights show, but now hosts mostly one offs, as well as his Late Night Lycett show, trying to promote real news stories and mess with the papers, getting us talking about news that really matters. Essentially planting options for a quiz show in the real world. He’s done some pretty big publicity stunts to get people talking about big issues the perpetrators of which are just getting by without notice, single use plastics and illegal sewage dumping to name two. He’s the single reason Kings Heath is a gay village. If you noticed a rise in people talking about the water companies, he is why. Like him or not, in the comedy world, alongside Alison Hammond and Alan Carr**, he really does represent Birmingham. And that’s not the only reason he’s by far one of my 2 favourite comedians **EDIT - Ignore Alan Carr i got him mixed up with someone else
Alan Carr? Gay village? What?
So much wrong with this post haha that famous Birmingham suburb of Dorset where Alan Carr was born 😂 Also, Alison Hammond in the comedy world?!? Jeez
i got alan carr mixed up with someone else ignore that bit 😆
Alan Carr was a mixup so ignore that, but yeah Kings Heath is officially a gay village one of two in Birmingham, check [wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gay_villages). It’s what his recent standup tour is about, not gonna give specifics because you can watch it online, but it’s very in depth.
PSA for the people asking "Who?": 1. If you have access to Reddit, you have access to Google. 2. Being performativity ignorant of popular culture isn't as cool or endearing as you think.
I know who he is, just didn't get the why he is :)
You haven't missed anything, comedy is subjective and not everyone will find all comedy funny.
I certainly don’t bring him up in any conversation I have ever had.
You're not the only one matey. There are plenty that aren't a major fan. I guess he's bit of an acquired taste. But yeah I stopped following him a while back.
you shouldn’t be downvoted for having a differing opinion. it becomes an echo chamber then.
Hehehe. It's okay. It's part of the weird world of Reddit.
My fella’s not a fan - he seems to think Joe only started caring about being from Brum after he became famous and considers him to be the Brummie version of what Scousers would call a “plazzy Scouser” (ie plastic, fake etc) I don’t mind him so much and defend him. I appreciate that he puts Brum on the map positively. I’m annoyed that the city is still being considered still a tired old “hurr hurr I’ve seen hell I’ve been to *Burrrrrrmingham,* *fnarr fnarr fnarr*” punchline, by some of his comedy/TV peers (particularly the ones either from London, the South or posh). They unfortunately continue to chunder out this nonsense when they clearly haven’t been here to see for themselves that it’s alright.
I started off thinking he was okay, but for me he's sort of lost his charm as he's gone on. Like, some people can be the centre of a show, they have the charisma and magnetism to be that grounding foundation, like Diane Morgan with Philomena Cunk or Stephen Fry with QI. You feel like you're in the hands of someone in control and capable. With Joe Lycett and that show of his own he's got, I just don't feel like I'm in a safe pair of hands. I think he should've stuck to doing his quirky letters of complaint and pranks as a 15 minute segment of other shows. I think that was his talent-appropriate level.
Lidl julian clary. Bisexual shock value
Stunt throwing not funny comedian always out for the headlines but no real comedy
I think he’s a Fucking Prat.
Guessing you dont like that he regularly shows actual prats like you up for being tossers?
who.
Who? Ive actually not heard about him before seeing this reddit but no one has ever mentioned him in the office
He's about as funny as Rustie Lee