# Pegg=Not that funny. Pegg + Frost=Funny **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453 "2012-01-05T02:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/1 "2012-01-05T02:24:12Z")
I watched “Run, Fat Boy, Run.” Simon Pegg wasn’t funny. Watched “Paul.” Crappy movie, but the addition of Nick Frost seemed to transform it. Kid’s not an actor, but he and Pegg seem to meld so well that they become a great (in a geek fashion) comedy team. Whyzat? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/2 "2012-01-05T02:27:09Z")
I thought Pegg was a pretty funny Scotty in Star Trek and I don’t believe there was any Frost there. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/3 "2012-01-05T02:38:04Z")
He was funny in Mission Impossible 4 also. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/4 "2012-01-05T02:40:27Z")
I like Simon Pegg on his own plenty. But Pegg & Frost and Thomson and Thompson in _Tintin_ were awesome. They work well together. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/5 "2012-01-05T02:41:21Z")
Haven’t seen them, as the first is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord and the second stars Tom Cruise. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/6 "2012-01-05T03:05:42Z")
I liked Run, Fat Boy Run. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/7 "2012-01-05T03:09:44Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Kid’s not an actor… Why is Nick Frost not an actor? He’s acted in around 12 movies and the same number of TV shows. Isn’t that enough? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/8 "2012-01-05T03:52:04Z")
No offense to the actors, but if York, Jeffers or Vine were played by Pegg [Hyperdrive](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481449/)would have been on par with Red Dwarf. Oh, and if any Dopers haven’t caught it yet, check out [Spaced](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/). You’re welcome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/9 "2012-01-05T11:54:40Z")
Whyzat? Because in real life, they are best friends and that bleeds through into their performances together, imo. True story, I was shopping at HMV on Oxford Street about 3 or 4 years ago and saw Simon Pegg browsing through the cds, when who should walk up but Nick Frost. I, for the first time in my life, worked up the guts to say something to a famous person. They were very nice and I didn’t pester them for long - but when I said that I didn’t realise that they hung around together away from work, they made a joke of it “we’re contractually obliged to appear together in public at all times” if memory serves. Good blokes. I don’t agree that Pegg isn’t funny by himself (you’ve probably just seen a really crap film in fairness, I thought Run, Fatboy, Run was terrible) but do agree that Pegg and Frost together are funnier than Pegg on his own. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/10 "2012-01-05T13:55:01Z")
They are good together, but they’re always exactly the same characters together, regardless of context - they’re the same people in _Shaun Of The Dead_ and _Hot Fuzz_ as they are in _Spaced_. And in real life, by the looks - which means (I think) they might be great performers, but not great actors. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/11 "2012-01-05T14:57:39Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > No offense to the actors, but if York, Jeffers or Vine were played by Pegg [Hyperdrive](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481449/)would have been on par with Red Dwarf. I disagree. The dynamic between Pegg and Frost is such that York would be the only role he could play, and Kevin Eldon’s York as-is is perfect. Pegg playing him would not, IMO, be an improvement. Pegg would do well, but not better. I think it was my _fourth_ viewing of _Hot Fuzz_ before I noticed Eldon was the sergeant with the sideburns… Incidently, Pegg and Eldon were great together in the (IMO) underrated _Big Train_ Pegg in _Doctor Who_ was also a good solo outing. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/12 "2012-01-05T18:58:51Z")
Frost was hilarious in **Attack the Block** as Ron, the titular keeper of Ron’s Weed Room\* \*“Ron’s Weed Room - what’s that?!” “It’s a big room. It’s full of weed. And it’s Ron’s.” “Okay, then.” ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/13 "2012-01-05T19:00:36Z")
Pegg generally requires someone to play off of. With that, he’s awesome as only a British comedian can be. Without it he’s bland, as only a British comedian can be. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/14 "2012-01-05T19:20:53Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I disagree. The dynamic between Pegg and Frost is such that York would be the only role he could play, and Kevin Eldon’s York as-is is perfect. Pegg playing him would not, IMO, be an improvement. Pegg would do well, but not better. Heh, less disagreement than at first glance. I listed the three because I couldn’t decide which could be replaced. There was so much greatness in that show I can’t figure out why overall it wasn’t synergistically fantastic. I’m going to have to rewatch Hot Fuzz to catch Eldon. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/15 "2012-01-05T19:54:15Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I thought Pegg was a pretty funny Scotty in Star Trek and I don’t believe there was any Frost there. Agreed, quite funny. > [@FinnAgain](#): > > Pegg generally requires someone to play off of. > > With that, he’s awesome as only a British comedian can be. > Without it he’s bland, as only a British comedian can be. WRT his role in _Star Trek_, it makes me wonder if the little alien sidekick he had was entirely his doing - just someone for him to play off of, bicker and argue with. I remember in the commentary to _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_, Tracey Morgan wanted his own “Silent Bob”, so they added a character for him to interact with. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/16 "2012-01-05T20:22:30Z")
I went into watching Run Fat Boy Run with the mindset of a RomCom so I wasn’t disappointed when it wasn’t that funny. > [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I remember in the commentary to _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_, Tracey Morgan wanted his own “Silent Bob”, so they added a character for him to interact with. I sat here for a good five minutes trying to remember, “when the hell was Tracy Morgan was in JaSSB” and then it just hit me; \*\*“Give me the map Scott!!” \*\*and I laughed. I’ve never watched the commentary before but I think I will have to this weekend. EDIT: Also because it’s funny and you reached out and touched a brothers heart here’s the clip. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bv7pjY00IAc/hqdefault.jpg "gimme the map scott!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv7pjY00IAc) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/17 "2012-01-06T19:52:03Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I went into watching Run Fat Boy Run with the mindset of a RomCom so I wasn’t disappointed when it wasn’t that funny. > > I sat here for a good five minutes trying to remember, “when the hell was Tracy Morgan was in JaSSB” and then it just hit me; \*\*“Give me the map Scott!!” \*\*and I laughed. I’ve never watched the commentary before but I think I will have to this weekend. > > EDIT: Also because it’s funny and you reached out and touched a brothers heart here’s the clip. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv7pjY00IAc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv7pjY00IAc) Any excuse for a JaSBSB clip. Thank you, good sir or madam. BTW, post back if I’m wrong about the commentary. I’ve also seen like 30 hours of Kevin Smith commentary/speechifyin’, so I might be confused about where I heard that. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/18 "2012-01-06T21:33:06Z")
I liked _Paul_. It wasn’t _Hot Fuzz_ or _Shaun_, but it made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/19 "2012-01-06T22:14:09Z")
I liked Paul too but Seth Rogan doing the voice made it hard for me to really get into the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pegg-not-that-funny-pegg-frost-funny/608453/20 "2012-01-06T22:19:30Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I liked Paul too but Seth Rogan doing the voice made it hard for me to really get into the movie. I don’t really know who Rogan is, so maybe that made it a bit easier: for the movie to work you had to believe that Paul was a real, likeable character and not just an expensive bit of CGI, and Rogan’s voice really sold him to me.