You would have a good point
Except he very obviously is not shit at stand-up, he's fucking brilliant at stand-up. Whilst I will concede that his transvetitism is mildly annoying rather than interesting, and his later material is nowhere near the standard of Glorious or Dress to Kill, the man is still a comedy legend.

And running 43 marathons in 52 days, for charity, personal gain or otherwise, is a remarkable achievement
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:33, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

It is.
One of the finest examples of attempted career resurrection thinly-veiled as altruism I have ever heard of. Funny he never came up with the idea before his attempts to launch a Hollywood career completely died on their arse, isn't it? No, not really.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:42, Reply)

I'm not going to labour the point that you're a cynical bugger
because in present company that would be... foolish. Irrespective of what he stood to gain from it, there are easier things to do than run 26 miles a day 43 times in less than 2 months. Just out of interest, are there any famous people who you do like? Not wanting to suggest that there should be, far too many people buy Heat for the gene pool to survive as it is, I'm just wondering
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:46, Reply)

There are famous people from history I admire.
I admire the generosity Bill Gates has shown with his riches. I admire the otherwise arse-clenchingly annoying Jamie Oliver for his attempts to salvage the diets of schoolchildren, and for setting up a training restaurant for the under-privileged, but on the whole I concede that my attitude to the vast majority of 'famous' people is in varying degrees either complete indifference or intense dislike.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:52, Reply)

Ah, Jamie Oliver
I really, really wish he hadn't actually tried to do so much good with his fame and profile, because I find him intensely annoying and would love to hate him unreservedly. But he had to go and make a difference to the lives of the underpriveliged in a way which would have been impossible were he just an irritating monkey-faced twat, instead of a famous irritating monkey-faced twat, so I have to grudgingly admit that he's obviously a decent bloke, despite annoying the piss out of me.

Celebrities. Why can't they ALL be one-dimensional and easy to hate?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:56, Reply)

He's one of people I can think of
who absolutely 100% deserves a knighthood, and I hate his fucking guts. It's most confusing.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 16:00, Reply)

Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about the multipost
and annoyingly, I agree with you. But I can't bear the idea of calling him "Sir Jamie" for the next 40 years, so let's wait until he's 70-odd and give it him then, a few years before we check out. Because we decide these things, obviously
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 16:02, Reply)