Irish stand-up star and BBC quiz show panellist Sean Hughes has died aged 51.
Richard Bucknall, his former agent and promoter, said the "formidable" comic died in hospital on Monday and would be remembered for his "superb wit".
Hughes was a team captain on 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' on BBC Two and had his own Channel 4 sitcom, 'Sean's Show'.
From The Guardian:
Sean Hughes, who has died aged 51, was one of the most important figures in the evolution of modern long-form stand-up comedy. Until his 1990 Edinburgh festival fringe show, A One Night Stand With Sean Hughes, won the Perrier award for best show, most alternative comedy shows at the fringe were little more than extended comedy club sets, gags shamelessly stitched together. Hughes did something different, weaving a narrative into his performance, which was set in an imaginary bedsit.
Today we think nothing of comedy shows having an emotional arc regarding some personal grief or loss. There is even a joke about it. Comics talk about doing a “dead dad” show. We might not have had these shows without Hughes. His former promoter Richard Bucknall has rightly called him “a pioneering, groundbreaking comedian who changed comedy with that live show”.
Today we think nothing of comedy shows having an emotional arc regarding some personal grief or loss. There is even a joke about it. Comics talk about doing a “dead dad” show. We might not have had these shows without Hughes. His former promoter Richard Bucknall has rightly called him “a pioneering, groundbreaking comedian who changed comedy with that live show”.
Click here to read tributes from his friends and fellow comics.
Here is a stand-up special Hughes did.
The Guardian shared some video to show him in action Click here.
Here is a stand-up special Hughes did.
On my Holy Grail list of TV shows I want to see is his sitcom "Sean's Show" which sounded a lot like 'It's Garry Shandling's Show'. Thanks to YouTube, I've found a few of them:
If you enjoyed those, go to YouTube and you'll find several more.
Good night and may God bless, Sean. LOL - right off in that comedy special it looks like you weren't a believer, but if there's eternal peace, I hope you've found it.
BCnU.....
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