The only downside....

I've only seen Whitehall do comedy, and in that I find him entirely talentless and painfully unfunny.

He's one of a new wave of comedians pushed by the BBC and C4 who leave me constantly dumbstruck as to how they get air time. I'm amazed at how they were even given the chance, never mind at how their cringe-worthy antics are shoved down our throats on every evening panel in existence.

I've seen comedians try their hands at acting before and fall hard on their faces - see Ed Byrne's attempt a few years back.

I shouldn't judge before I've seen it, I know. I'm sorry... well I'm not - I suppose I probably should be, but my dislike for talentless fools like Whitehall overpowers all. I'm sure he was as *beep* as he is when he tries to make people laugh.

Quite a few people seem to be getting mixed up between liking the characters as though they are real people and assessing whether they are good in the show - one of my mates hangs around with people like J.P and I think they are tools to a man, as I would do J.P if he was an actual person I met. But he's not a real person, he's a character, and I think he makes the show - he has most of the best lines (if only to laugh at him saying things like Apocolash) and has the best interplay with other characters.