Thoughts on Jack Whitehall?
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After the rather interestingly good defense the people had against my thought on Stephen Merchant I'm
now interested on people's view of Jack Whitehall. Also before you start calling me out I actualy don't mind Jack Whitehall even with the strange comedy he's been in.
Tofuzzle@reddit
Something about him really gives me the ick. Like, if I had kids, I feel like I'd tell them to steer clear of him idk
cutluv@reddit
A privileged, unfunny dick.
Forsaken-Ad5571@reddit
Nepo kid whose entire act is going look how posh I am but aren’t I uncouth!?! I’m both stuck up and a bounder, aren’t I crazy?
Just ick.
Majestic-Anybody-155@reddit
Nepo baby... he has been forced on us. His dad was a talent agent and mum an actress. However i have to say i did enjoy fresh meat but he never wrote that one himself
Paamparaam@reddit
If you haven’t seen Malice with him and David Duchovny, then it’s worth a watch as Whitehall manages to be remarkably creepy and sinister. Very different from his humour. I thought he did really well in Malice.
rewindanddeny@reddit
Not convinced he has to dig that deep to do creepy and sinister.
Mysterious-Ad-5708@reddit
his creepy and sinister was just staring at stuff and half smiling all the time, it was a really one-note performance
Upbeat_Ice1921@reddit
He should stop pimping his dad out for laughs.
MaeEastx@reddit
Yes. Dad is nowhere near as interesting or funny as Whitehall seems to think.
Empty-Question-9526@reddit
Anyone who stands for the national anthem needs shooting at this stage
funkidflash22@reddit (OP)
What's that got to do with Jack Whitehall? Its a mark of respect...
RecognitionWestern86@reddit
Funnily enough I think Michael is funnier than Jack. The only thing of his I really enjoy is Travels with my Father
Unable-Rub1982@reddit
Whitehall isn't funny either.
MaeEastx@reddit
Fair point
False-Sandwich-2051@reddit
he’s just paying him back for the nepo baby career
fastsailor@reddit
Too muchnof his stuff relies on his father and too much relies on Jack being juvenile
AliceKite@reddit
Great comic actor but a bellow average stand up comedian.
Professional-Test239@reddit
He can host an awards show and it not be awful. That’s a skill.
JP in Fresh Meat is his Sgt Peppers
WanderingAlbertRoss@reddit
Disagree on the awards show. He was cringe at the Brits.
Good, although not particularly likeable, in Fresh Meat
tepig37@reddit
Was he ment to be likeable in fresh meat?
Like JP was ment to be a wanker from what i remember.
WanderingAlbertRoss@reddit
Call me old-fashioned but I prefer characters I like.
PassiveTheme@reddit
But that doesn't make the actor bad. Some of the best portrayals of characters have been unlikeable pieces of shit it doesn't mean the person playing them is bad.
WanderingAlbertRoss@reddit
Didn't say they did, just that they aren't necessarily good to watch.
PassiveTheme@reddit
But they can be good to watch...
Some of the greatest characters in TV and movies have been unlikeable people.
mcbeef89@reddit
Yes me too. Any film or programme that contains villains or unlikeable characters is an instant no for me. Unfortunately this does limit me to endless repeats of the Teletubbies, but hey ho.
tgy74@reddit
You should try Go Jetters.
clbdn93@reddit
I think it's pronounced eh oh
Icy_Place_5785@reddit
When I graduated from CBeebies to CBBC I learned to enjoy the difference
The_Witcher_3@reddit
That is well and good but has little to do with the quality of an actors performance. It would be like saying that Heath Ledger's acting in the Dark Knight was just ok because you found the Joker to be a problematic figure.
Extension-Device-533@reddit
Don’t think any of the characters in Fresh Meat were particularly likeable, nor meant to be. Most of us were twats at that age!
daveweedon@reddit
JP was a quite complex character, actually all the Fresh Meaters were. JP was obviously a posh twat but he still had a softer side and Jach Whitehall played him very well. The scene where his dad is dying and he is coming off an acid trip while talking to a horse is very moving.
Never seen him do anything else I liked though.
Professional-Test239@reddit
I didn't like Hannibal Lector so Tony Hopkins is a bad actor.
tasteMyRottenHoop@reddit
He’s a cunt.
Intelligent-Profit34@reddit
As a comedic actor I think he is decent. As a stand up comedian he isn't very good and I don't think he comes across as naturally funny as a guest on panel shows and chat shows.
OK_LK@reddit
He does when you bring Mr Blobby in
MarcelRED147@reddit
The creepy way he reacted ti the teletubbies just before that was a lot of fun too.
Key-Shift5076@reddit
Except when he’s on Graham Norton’s couch with Harrison Ford.
Azuras-Becky@reddit
These are my thoughts as well.
RiverTadpolez@reddit
I agree, his talent seems to be in comedy acting.
MJsThriller@reddit
He played his part well on League of Their Own. The annoying little weasel niggling Freddy who can't actually hit him
Jolly-Ad-8088@reddit
Painfully forced.
Far_Spirit5819@reddit
He got famous too young and never really had enough knockbacks to prevent him getting an ego. Now he is older he seems to have matured, he was just on Ant and Dec’s podcast and came across really well
shelfside1234@reddit
He got his Dad’s mates to write his stand-up shows which shows 0 artistic integrity; and the one thing nepo babies need to have any matter of relevance is artistic integrity
America can keep him
Indigo-Waterfall@reddit
Most comedians have writers or work alongside writers. Even the greats. Take a look at the credits of any stand up DVD.
dprophet34@reddit
I mean he's not the only one with writers to be honest. Jimmy Carr, Jack Dee, Frankie Boyle just off the top of my head use writers.
First-Banana-4278@reddit
In Fresh Meat he was pretty good. Though I watched the Burbs TV show recently and it appeared he had completely forgotten anything he had ever known about comedy/acting.
Some of his standup routines I’ve found funny others painfully bad.
He’s not someone whose work I seek out.
First-Banana-4278@reddit
Oh the teacher thing he was in was ok.
When he’s a comedy actor playing a grotesque and unlikable character with little redeeming features he does it quite well.
Paamparaam@reddit
If you haven’t seen Malice with him and David Duchovny, then it’s worth a watch as Whitehall manages to be remarkably creepy and sinister. Very different from his humour, and he was a good actor.
Bubbly-Anxiety-8474@reddit
Scrolled way too far to see this! I think we're in the minority but I really enjoyed Malice and the way he portrayed his character.
Fun_Firefighter5899@reddit
He’d get one.
Popular_Stomach327@reddit
Bellend
Puppy_Bellies@reddit
I saw him quote a 4 Chan post but inserted himself as the main character on Graham Norton once and that was enough for me to go off his particular brand of childish wannabe humour
BEGBIE_21@reddit
Not funny.
dingalinglans@reddit
Nepo-baby who's entire personality is public schoolboy clown. Funny once or twice but he's not original or particularly noteworthy.
ZeroFrogsHere@reddit
Private school boy energy
Boleyn01@reddit
Without his dad he’s ok, I wouldn’t pay to see him live but I’m not changing channel if he pops up y’know? But the “comedian with their parent” thing is overdone and needs to go.
Empty-Question-9526@reddit
Twat, i dont understand how he has been chosen for presenting the brits for what feels like 10 years when he asks a question and then talks over the everyones answers. I don’t find him funny, the only thing i enjoyed him in was the student thing he was first in. Bad education wasn’t funny and hes been very posh and annoying since the start. He wasnt really acting, he is just posh and annoying!!!
Hertfordgal@reddit
I saw him at the O2 a few years ago and he was actually quite good. Travels with my father is hilarious 🤣
PM-me-your-cuppa-tea@reddit
I think he used to be funny and nowadays he isn't, and that's either because I'm not 20 anymore, or because he's still doing the same comedy he was doing then, and neither is a great outcome. I suspect the latter, and his shtick worked when he was in his mid 20s, not so much when nearing 40
I prefer him acting to stand up, but again find he plays the same character (himself) every time which is a bit boring after a while.
MzHmmz@reddit
I suspect it's a bit of both. He was funnier in his 20s, and is funnier to a 20 year old. I used to think he was funny at first too, but now I mainly find him a bit of a tedious posh boy who is mildly amusing and occasionally does some decent comedy acting.
hengehanger@reddit
Posh, privileged, decent actor, mildly funny.
han-kay@reddit
He's got a massive head and has the humour of an 11 year old.
Current_Fly9337@reddit
My 13 year old doesn’t get why I don’t like him. I told him when he’s an adult, he’ll probably feel the same. He just comes across as a pompous brat to me.
neilm1000@reddit
And what about Jack Whitehall?
Wild_Beginning_4032@reddit
Wheyyy
Current_Fly9337@reddit
Ha, my son doesn’t have those tendencies from time to time too.
funkidflash22@reddit (OP)
Couldn't image a more perfect response
spittingparasite@reddit
He has a career because of his Dad's contacts and influence.
shinymcshine1990@reddit
Decent comedic actor, average standup comic. Heard he has a team of writers anyway so isn't much respected in the community, even though he is very successful.
Source: a comedian friend who I shan't name
Quick_Dot_9660@reddit
He's going on the James Corden path and I'm watching out of curiosity at the point.
I rated him when he was first doing stand up and fresh meat.
I know his fame now primarily comes from that TV show he does with his dad which is not my cup of tea, I think British television has gone to the well of "posh person bumbles round a poor bit of Asia" one too many times for it to be interesting.
I've watched two of the most recent shows he's in and I don't think he's a particularly talented actor but I've seen worse.
He's just "eh" to me, as the entertainment world gets increasingly more insular and nepotistic he won't have to do much before he's got a Saturday night chat show and a part in a Meryl Streep movie. But I've never heard anything bad about him at least not the lengths you hear about James Corden.
richardathome@reddit
I lost interest in him when he took Saudi Blood money.
Minute_Resist_2657@reddit
Meh
Elegant_wordsmith@reddit
I really just don’t like him as a person so I avoid everything he’s involved in.
benistowninspector@reddit
His best work was probably in the Good Omens TV show. He relies too much on the camp private school manchild act. His standup is fine but not my cup of tea.
Head-Cheesecake3143@reddit
Nepo baby. If he wasn’t a bad comedian he’d probably be a bad artist or bad poet
Good_Lettuce_2690@reddit
Find him unfunny and cringe. Always sigh when he pops up on panel shows I watch like QI. The Tim nice but Dim act wore out when Harry Einfield did it in the 90s.
jampman31@reddit
not funny
ZorbanDandelion@reddit
Brilliant casting in Fresh Meat.
Otherwise, totally unremarkable.
Intelligent-Mud-1039@reddit
Is he still doing the rounds? I had assumed he had accepted that comedy was not for him and gone back to Foxtons. Sure I saw him in a mini anyway
MouseyHousewife@reddit
He was tollerable back in the bad education days, but now the Americans are putting him in everything it's annoying.
kernowgringo@reddit
He's got where he is on 40% talent and 60% nepotism
Creative-Bobcat-7159@reddit
I genuinely find him as attractive as he thinks he is, so his comedy isn’t really important to me.
semicombobulated@reddit
Agreed. He’s not particularly funny but that doesn’t really matter because he’s very nice to look at.
Glozboy@reddit
He was good in Fresh Meat and Bad Education. Hated everything else, especially his standup.
Slight_Art_8828@reddit
I have kind of mixed feelings on him. I think I have a bit of a soft spot because I liked him on shows like fresh meat and bad education back in the day, but he really feels like he belongs to that 2010’s era of comedy and definitely over relies on the whole posh bit
I’m not mad when I se him on a panel or talk show but he’s not the most exciting guest. He did have that one quite funny stand up but about going to school with Robert Patterson.
becpuss@reddit
In different to him
Reesno33@reddit
He burst onto the scene in the 2010s and was a great up and comer, did really well but in my view he needs to change his act as hes still trying to play the petulant teenager when hes about 40 now so it just doesn't work.
Trilobite_Tom@reddit
Meh.
Stratospheric-Ferret@reddit
Indeed.
He's what I would imagine myself to be like when I'm trying to be funny.
Although the joke itself might be clever, it doesn't quite land.
SplitOpenAndMelt420@reddit
Very much this
ShelecktraYT@reddit
He said an Americanisation in Good Omen that had a serious impact on the view I had about the show.
In the episode where they need to get to a nuclear bunker Jack says nu-cu-lar.
That's really my only negative perception of him though, nothing hurts my ears more than British people using Americanisations.
I love his relationship between him and his parents, has to be one of the luckiest sons going. He does have his comical moments but I prefer him as a panelist over stand up.
Mallev@reddit
Saw him in a comedy club years ago before he got famous. Was not even the headline act. He killed it and was by far the funniest of the night. On TV he seems a lot more watered down, still done some good sitcoms.
Paull999@reddit
He played the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which for me is all I need to know about him.
MaestroCodex@reddit
I find him incredibly bland and not especially funny. Seems perfectly nice guy, but I've always been surprised how well his career has gone all things considered.
One_Complex6429@reddit
Painful to watch he's so dreadful.
pointlesstips@reddit
🤮 happy to agree with you on this one
TheDawiWhisperer@reddit
Nepo baby bell end
FarterTed@reddit
Seen him twice live - he’s terrible. Not a great actor either. Travels with my father was the best thing he’s done
Acrobatic-Shirt8540@reddit
Canna stand the guy. He's a shite comic, and when he's being himself he's even less tolerable.
Raul-CFC@reddit
Watched bits of the burbs, and truly think it would be so much better if he wasn’t in it.
LeTrolleur@reddit
Stole other people's jokes, uses his dad too much, ok as a supporting actor but can't really see him in a big leading role.
I've seen him called a Nepo baby too, which I suppose he is.
Srddrs@reddit
He always used to be rude entitled knob to runners back in the day.
GeneralMedia1282@reddit
I think his stand up is generally crap. I thought he was really good in malice which was a very un-Jack Whitehall character for him to play. Liked him in Fresh Meat as well.
HankScorpio30@reddit
I don't think there's anything really interesting about his stand up, not to warrant the attention he gets or shows he's booked off the back of it.
Another thing that's odd is that a lot of people got flack for taking Saudi money and doing the Riyadh Comedy Festival, but he was so down the bill I think he skated through without anybody really noticing.
toastandjam97@reddit
Not my thing at all. Northern, working class woman in my 20’s- I’m in no way ‘soft’ with humour but a privately educated southerner who every other joke is just ‘har har poor people’ just isn’t it for me. Not to say jokes can’t be made at our expense but usually funnier coming from someone with a bit of wit and nuance and well you know…a bit of humour.
That’s the beauty of comedy though entirely subjective so yeah just not funny to me 😂
JinxThePetRock@reddit
His humour always seems to have a streak of spitefulness in it. He appears overly satisfied with himself and thinks punching down will build him up. It doesn't.
dinkidoo7693@reddit
Im not a fan. He was ok starting out i guess but this whole posh thing coz of his dad is annoying and most of his acting roles haven’t been great
Rude_Rhubarb1880@reddit
Nepo baby extraordinaire
Hefty_Tip7383@reddit
He’s so desperate for people to see him as posh, and his dad is a nob.
First-Lengthiness-16@reddit
He is OK. Very middle of the road.
However, he does seem like a decent bloke. I think the fact he is posh makes people dislike him more
KonkeyDongPrime@reddit
Seems like the sort of smug prick that likes the smell of his own farts.
Particular-Bid-1640@reddit
Don't we all?
Commercial_Reward_78@reddit
I remember someone telling me once that kids are like farts: you love your own but you hate everyone else’s. I decided early on that I hate kids so much that I never wanted them… and I don’t like my own farts much either.
Temporary-Aside5306@reddit
I think he's really annoying. I was really enjoying the good omens show and then he started becoming a bigger character and it kind of spoiled it
Emotional-Brief3666@reddit
He thinks he's funnier than he actually is.
Moll1357@reddit
I did like them, but then I saw him doing the exact same jokes live, on talk shows, on panel shows. Everywhere, it was just the same content. And it really put me off
GoonerCharlie1963@reddit
I'm aware that comedy is subjective but I still don't understand how Whitehall has a career.
One can usually see that someone has talent but not enjoy the material. In his case I see absolutely nothing that I could pass as talent or comedic.
alexmate84@reddit
Through work hard and having a successful sitcom in the form of Bad Education. There's some comedians I've tried hard with and I just don't get the appeal Josie Long being the first that came to mind
Battleborn300@reddit
See I disagree and I’m no fan of him, but I don’t dislike him.
I see how he can appeal to some and on occasions make me smile, maybe laugh isa stretch, but I get it, relatively safe and harmless comedy,
Far better than the average or in this day most people on tv,
I would sum him up as someone I Wouldn’t go out of my way to watch, but equally if he’s on tv, I’m not desperately trying change the channel after 5mins.
Yet there are many comedians who I try to give a chance and I’m like , no no no I can’t do this.
GoonerCharlie1963@reddit
That's just it, what one person likes, another doesn't. You and I differ and particularly in one way: If Whitehall appeared on my screen I would immediately switch him off 🙂
nathanherts@reddit
Cannot stand his style of comedy, but to be honest I can't think of many middle-class comedians I find funny on endearing. I'm not being prejudiced, I just think the greatest comedians are working-class.
alexmate84@reddit
Have you never heard of the late, great Peter Cook or everyone associated with Monty Python? They were hugely controversial in their day. What about Chris Morris, Victor Lewis Smith and Stewart Lee?
TarcFalastur@reddit
I'm not sure I'd say Jimmy Carr plays it safe!
MapOfIllHealth@reddit
I just see him as an overgrown teenager
alexmate84@reddit
Like most middle aged comedians then
laneyboy101@reddit
He's actually always been funny, it just got annoying the other year when he seemed to be on every show.
False-Sandwich-2051@reddit
unfunny posh twat. maybe he’s alright in real life, i suspect not.
alfienoakes@reddit
Used to be funny, now is a one trick pony. Probably a rich one TBF.
wardyms@reddit
A friend of a friend used to be his PA, but all accounts he used to be a massive drug addled letchy twat, but I think since being with his partner he’s calmed down a bit.
The only other thing I know about him is that he appeared on the Graham Norton show and told an anecdote about him self that’s a really old stolen joke:,https://youtu.be/UIL9CiUDHp0?si=DeDb7ldz1MLkqNM9
breakfastduck@reddit
He’s funny, and his role in fresh meat is absolutely brilliant.
funkidflash22@reddit (OP)
I'm curently watching his charecter crash out rn as I type
breakfastduck@reddit
Such a good show, all the actors are absolutely perfect for the roles
funkidflash22@reddit (OP)
I see it as Simon's (Inbetweeners) possible experience at uni
Potato-4-Skirts@reddit
I saw him live at a corporate event and he was much funnier than I expected - really well pitched for the crowd and some good ad lib stuff too.
TemporaryLucky3637@reddit
I think he is good at a tv host but not as funny when he’s doing standup.
Skylar_Diggins@reddit
He's a decent actor in more serious stuff. His role in The Burbs was great!
Lord_Cockatrice@reddit
Nice job with his American accent
kat0id@reddit
He was doing an accent????
Loose_Acanthaceae201@reddit
Calm down, Olivia 😆
Safe-Professional556@reddit
When I see him I like him. But I seldom watch TV/stream/catch-up/etc, so I don't see him much. He's not a comedian who I'd search for and binge watch.
EUskeptik@reddit
Just another unfunny “comedian”.
A barrel of boredom.
-oo-
Agitated_Ad_361@reddit
Posh-cunt-nepo-twat who hasn’t made me laugh once in 20 years or however long he’s been wiffling about on telly.
bnnyrabbit@reddit
his voice is nostalgic
Xenozip3371Alpha@reddit
You mean Jack [London]
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rt-PYRBEzLc
Spirited_Ad_2697@reddit
He’s funny particularly on off the cuff stuff like panel shows and on tv series like bad education but i don’t think his stand up is very good. Plus i get the impression he is probably a massive dickhead in real life, maybe I’m wrong on that but he just comes across that way to me.
JohnLennonsNotDead@reddit
Bell end.
THE-HOARE@reddit
Fresh meat was brilliant. His stand up isn’t for me but Iv liked him on a few shows when he has people to bounce off.
Dependent-Benefit102@reddit
One trick wonder. Good for him though doing what he enjoys just glad he isnt on the screens as much these days
downandoutitis@reddit
I don’t get it? In respect of his standing as an apparent comedian. Not at all funny. Started watching the recent tv show version of one of my favourite childhood films the Burbs. I lasted less than 5 mins due to his dismal acting.
blinky84@reddit
He's got the most punchable face since Martin Shkreli
ThisizhollZ@reddit
I think he’s funny! Loved him in fresh meat
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