Russell Howard ruining it as usual!

My thoughts exactly. I just cannot understand the appeal.

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He gets some laughs out of me, but I agree on the whole with what you're saying.

I really can't stand him. I've never found him funny, but up to now I've gone along with him and put up with it, but this series he's really beginning to test my patience. He's just irritating, whether it's his stupid giggling and gasping noises while other people are talking, or the way he stares directly at the camera whilst speaking. You can just see how desperate he is to be funny. Dara, Frankie, Hugh etc, all tell jokes and you can see their confidence - they look like they are sat talking in their front room and don't even care if people laugh or not, that nonchalance adds to how funny they are, but Russell talks and then there's a small silence and he looks hopefully around the room smiling, and it's so awkward.

His jokes ALL involve shouting at the very top of his voice, a stupid accent, involving himself in a joke Frankie has already made, being childish, making noises or maiming a small animal. Guaranteed - just watch him.

Don't project your feelings onto others you don't really now, the rest of the panel barely laugh at each others jokes unless they're absolutely brilliant. Otherwise they barely crack a smile. I have seen them laugh at his jokes.

Also, if you looked past his delivery once in a while, you might find his comedy is actually quite clever. I personally like his optimism and it balances out some of the other guy's cynicism.

Personally I find him really funny and I like that his style is different.

Spend your whole life living in the past,
Going nowhere fast.

Russel Howard is brilliant! Would you rather just listen to Boyle talk about how everyone's face looks like scrotuims with sad faces and randomly toss in a few *beep* and *beep* to get you your giggles.

When Boyle says he's gonna go after next year, I will rejoice cos it'll be Russels time to shine.

They're all great but have their weak moments.

For Russell this in this series, it was the things you won't hear on a home/real estate show.

The others were really funny, but Russell kept making obscure celebrity references. In fairness Andy Parsons made a celebrity reference with "In homes under the hammer, we hit Eamon Holmes with a hammer" but I thought that was funnier than Russell's stuff.

Also when he says "wouldn't it be great..." It can be funny but a bit of a cop out, joke wise.

I still liked most of his stuff throughout the series.