Word of advice for budding comedians: there are areas in the UK where a joke about poo will work but there are areas where talking about local observations will go down like the proverbial... well... poo.
Ticketmaster's State of Play report regarding UK comedy brought up some interesting statistics, including what style of humour works well in certain areas, and where you are more than likely going to experience getting heckled in.
Ticketmaster's State of Play report regarding UK comedy brought up some interesting statistics, including what style of humour works well in certain areas, and where you are more than likely going to experience getting heckled in.
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00:00You are apparently a rowdy, rowdy bunch, you North West England types.
00:06More for the comedian who tries to stave off the heckling for fear of a stage invasion.
00:10That apparently happens.
00:13That's according to data published by Ticketmaster in their State of Play UK comedy report, which
00:18brought up some interesting information about the types of humour that play well in different
00:22areas of the United Kingdom, so stand up comics, take note.
00:28Those in Scotland are said to enjoy a bit of the old blue humour compared to other areas
00:32of the UK, yet have also shown to think that a joke about poop, yes poop, is perhaps the
00:40unfunniest thing one could have in a stand up routine, but evidently not a video.
00:45Those in Yorkshire are said not to be fans of sexual humour in comparison to the rest
00:49of the UK, while those in Wales enjoy a more localised humour, with 87% of Southerners
00:56thinking local humour is just absolutely awful.
01:01Those in the South West admit to being fans of humour so intense that it's guaranteed
01:06to have you crying in your seats, with the North East of England having found to be fans
01:11of laughing at inappropriate moments, but like I said at the start of the video, you
01:26North Western fans of comedy know exactly what you like.
01:30The area is considered the most likely place to have fans heckle comedians, with 11% stating
01:36that they also enjoy when someone crashes the stage during a set.
01:41Don't get any ideas.
01:46In terms of the overall favourite comedians in the UK, when people asked to name their
01:52favourite off the top of their head, three names came out on top, Lee Evans, Michael
01:57McIntyre and Peter Kay, and those three names also represented the comedians that people
02:03believe bring families together, with Michael McIntyre coming out on top, Peter Kay coming
02:08second and Lee Evans coming in third.