Justin Lee Collins
Don't get me wrong, he comes across as a nice guy... but he's not funny!!!

He'd probably be... amusing, I guess is the best word for it - but he tries far too hard, and fails as a result.

Why do I seem to be the only person who thinks this?
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:27, 7 replies)

His affected Bristolian accent grinds my gears.
gert lush m'dear
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:29, closed)

You are entirely right.
HOWEVER

I saw him do a stand up gig at my local in Somerset well before he was famous. Two things about him:

1. It was perhaps the funniest stand up gig I have ever seen, including Bill Bailey.

2. I had a couple of beers with him afterwards and he is absolutely lovely.

HOWEVER that HOWEVER

When I heard him on the radio, I sighed. I wished my lad good luck, but really - bloody radio adverts?

When I saw The Friday Night Project, I had to accept that he's a bit of a twat.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:31, closed)

I don't like the way you said "Including Bill Bailey"
almost as if he is the pinnacle of humour :P
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:32, closed)

With Part Troll he got pretty bloody near the top.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:38, closed)

I tried to quantify why I didn't like JLC the other day
when he came on telly singing "The Impossible Dream" in an advert for some TV show

I couldn't actually come up with any sensible reasons...he just irritates me and I don't know why.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:41, closed)

That accent
I'm from Bristol. I've spoken to some of the most Bristolian people ever to exist, but none are like him.

He's definitely hamming it up for comedic effect. Except it's not funny.
(d371ght back again since, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 14:00, closed)

Better him than...
that sobadIcan'tevenmakeupanappropriateadjective-ing offensivenoun, Alan Carr.
(MartinB9999, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 14:37, closed)