I know she’s one of the greats at it and all, but as a big fan of UK comedy and a knower of the existence of game shows, I’d staunchly refute the suggestion that “professional poker player” is her main claim to fame except in professional poker fandom specifically 😄
Either way, she’s probably the smartest person on the comedy panel show circuit and I’m including Brian Cox when I say that 😄
PS: I also ADORE her hilarious husband, comedy pedantry world champion David Mitchell 😁
Smart can mean a lot of very different things, and on TV it’s a bit easier to “be smart” … eg on Taskmaster (random tasks with wide open thinking) she came across as smart once (I’m not saying she isn’t smart, I have about the same opinion about her, but having read a lot of things & be a bit ‘quick’ is just one aspect of smart is all I’m trying to say).
I know she’s one of the greats at it and all, but as a big fan of UK comedy and a knower of the existence of game shows, I’d staunchly refute the suggestion that “professional poker player” is her main claim to fame except in professional poker fandom specifically 😄
Either way, she’s probably the smartest person on the comedy panel show circuit and I’m including Brian Cox when I say that 😄
PS: I also ADORE her hilarious husband, comedy pedantry world champion David Mitchell 😁
Came here to say all of this 👆
I’d like to see her in Last One Laughing. She’s got such a different approach to comedy than her husband, and I bet she’d be killer at it.
She is not the (kinda decent?) 2027 list.
(Huh, they did a UK Halloween special? Missed it.)
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Lol, thx
Kinda decent? Ayoade is back, and Katherine Ryan and Morgana Robinson are joining? That will be great
Yes (the other Katherine & Lee too)! And how I expect all those to interact with each other.
I want to see Richard Ayoade, Sam Campbell, and James Acaster locked in the same room.
and Joe Wilkinson
Smart can mean a lot of very different things, and on TV it’s a bit easier to “be smart” … eg on Taskmaster (random tasks with wide open thinking) she came across as smart once (I’m not saying she isn’t smart, I have about the same opinion about her, but having read a lot of things & be a bit ‘quick’ is just one aspect of smart is all I’m trying to say).
She’s a world class poker player, a comedian & an Oxford graduate, I think she does quite a few smart things, one being marrying David Mitchell.
Def agree.
Taskmaster is kinda designed to break smart people and get them to do dumb/silly things.
She was wonderful on Taskmaster and I never thought less of her intelligence, that’s just what happens to people on the show.
I adored her on Taskmaster! Loved her completely!