Broccoli pun 'is offensive to Tourette's sufferers'
Charity demands apology from Fringe comic Olaf Falafel
19/08/2019 … It might seem like a harmless pun – but the line named ‘joke of the Fringe’ today has been slammed as offensive.
2019 Archives
Mon 19 August 2019
Stuart McPherson: Mr. November
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
19/08/2019 … Stuart McPherson isn’t the first (male) comic I’ve seen this Fringe comparing himself to a grandparent and decide they’ve come up short.
LOLs in translation
Adapting humour for an international audience
19/08/2019 … The Edinburgh Fringe attracts an international audience and an increasing number of comedians from overseas.
Tom Parry: Parryoke!
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
19/08/2019 … If you translate Tom Parry’s name into French it comes out as Joie De Vivre.
Jimmy McGhie: BA (Hons)
Edinburgh Fringe review by Julia Chamberlain
19/08/2019 … I didn’t see last year’s show form Jimmy McGhie, but this is apparently a re-vamp.
What's the worst thing you've eaten for a bet?
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions
19/08/2019 … 40 chicken nuggets at once.
Matt Stellingwerf: Sisyphus
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
19/08/2019 … ‘I’m better than my reputation,’ New Zealander Matt Stellingwerf reassures his audience before the show.
Samantha Hannah: How To Find Happiness (In A Year)
Edinburgh Fringe review by Alex Bruce
19/08/2019 … Samantha Hannah’s self-explanatory hour contains mostly mild comedy, lit by beacons of sudden, honest, edgy, dark, rude or revealing material.