2017 Archives
Sat 29 July 2017
© Maljan 12 of Andy Kindler's best burns
From his 2017 State Of The Industry address
29/07/2017 … Andy Kindler’s annual embittered diatribe against the comedy and TV industry that repeatedly overlooks him is a must-see at Montreal’s Just For Laughs…
© Just For Laughs 'You can't win in comedy'
...but Montreal festival hails some of the finest nonetheless
29/07/2017 … Jim Carrey, Trevor Noah and Craig Ferguson were among the acts honoured at the Just For Laughs awards show in Montreal last night.
Fri 28 July 2017
Morgan Rees makes BBC New Comedy final
28/07/2017 … Morgan Rees has become the latest stand-up to make it through to the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedy award.
Brit(ish) at Just For Laughs
Gig review by Steve Bennett in Montreal
28/07/2017 … Just For Laughs is a high-pressure festival for comedians – an intense rush to impress the all-powerful industry bigwigs in a few minutes over a few days;…
Nailing the Hammer joke...
28/07/2017 … Tweets of the week Name something that makes a shower terrible.
Is it more palatable when white comedians talk about racism?
Che Burnley thinks it might be
28/07/2017 … I’ve got over a hundred ‘niggas’ in my Fringe show… …one ‘Paki’ and quite a few cunts.
The comedy bubble is ready to burst
...so says comic-turned-historian Kliph Nesteroff
28/07/2017 … The comedy bubble is set to burst in the next few years, a leading entertainment historian has warned.