I do like Ross Noble, he's genuinely quite surreal and not in a forced way, and he's made me laugh hard enough to require several underpant transplants. A couple of years back I saw two dates on the same tour, only a few days apart, and it pretty amazing how much he was essentially making up, other than a few reference points, most of the show was pretty much him riffing off whatever the audience fed him. Thoroughly nice chap too. I can see it not working so well on TV, he's not a quick one liner, some of his jokes literally take an entire show to conclude.
I saw Bill Bailey the other week and he was on top form. Normally, he's a bit whimsical and you come away feel like you've had a good smile, but this time my ribs ached.