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Another week, another DVD stand. The comedy is really the new rock and roll at the moment, thanks to programs like Live at the Apollo and Comedy Roadshow catapulting the darkness comics club's current success, often within a few months.

For this reason, it is not surprising that the market has been inundated with DVDs of notable performances by foot - but with so many to choose from, which should reach his face laughing at all?

If you enjoy straight gag jokes he says, about the latest celebrity gossip or something a little more left field, there is a DVD that will have to giggle on the couch.

The big hitter ...
Michael McIntyre: Hello Wembley
The delivery of this London luxury and style of observation may divide opinion, but you can not deny that he is a master joke-teller, deserves the huge success it has enjoyed in recent years. Easily the most successful comics of his generation and insurance, you laugh, even if you do not expect.

A parent ...
John Bishop Live
The sympathetic Liverpool play very safe during their live shows, but his tales of family life should tune in to most of us. Is inevitable for a man about 40 years, many of his stories revolve around their children - and the exasperation of the increasingly losing touch with their lives.

Do not watch while Grandma all ...
Frankie Boyle: If I could reach through the TV and strangle you I
No celebrity news, disability or religion is safe when sweary Scotsman takes the stage. For these reasons, Boyle is not to everyone's taste - but if you're still in touch with your inner teenager, this could provide a couple of hours of guilty pleasure. As McIntyre not want to laugh - in fact actively trying to stop - you laugh.

Dad goes like this ...
Lee Mack: Do not leave
A comic well versed in the tradition of corny one-liner and fast-paced humor, this former Pontin's Blue Coat a good old-fashioned artist. What Mack lacks originality and avant-garde material, which more than compensates for his sardonic delivery north and general sympathy.

One for the old knees up ...
Tim Minchin: Ready For The
Mix of comedy and music is a difficult skill to master - but this takes it from Australian comic aplomb. Covering subjects as diverse as the tits and rationalism, you will be impressed by both his piano and his clever one-liner.