It was a good life...
Sitcom's creator Bob Larbey dies at 79
05/04/2014 … Prolific sitcom writer Bob Larbey – co-creator of The Good Life and Ever Decreasing Circles – has died at the age of 79.
Sat 05 April 2014
Fancy Boy Variety Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
05/04/2014 … It takes a while to figure out the peculiar atmosphere at Fancy Boy Variety Show, where exaggerated, throaty guffaws greet every line, almost before it’s said.
Fri 04 April 2014
The Trip To Italy
Jay Richardson reviews episode 1
04/04/2014 … Early on in The Trip To Italy, dining talk between Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon turns to difficult second album syndrome.
Still Game stars enter Still Game quiz. And come 16th.
04/04/2014 … ‘Comedy is born a lot of the time from boredom and frustration,’ Dylan Moran.
John Conway Tonight
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
04/04/2014 … The desperation of cheap showbusiness pervades every crazy sketch in John Conway Tonight.
Luke McGregor: I Worry That I Worry Too Much
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
04/04/2014 … Deserved winner of last year’s best newcomer award, Luke McGregor’s follow-up has something of the ‘difficult second album’ syndrome about it.
Hannah Gadsby: The Exhibitionist
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
04/04/2014 … A gruesome catalogue of wince-inducing injuries have befallen Hannah Gadsby over the past few months, as she discloses in her preamble to her latest show, The Exhibitionist.