Reviews of books about comedy, including biographies of comedians old and new, and (occasionally) books by comedians. To have a book considered for review, send a copy to Chortle, 112 Norman Road, London, E11 4RL.
Global Adventures With Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas
16/10/2008 … Maybe it’s the trillions spent on marketing, or some moreish component of their secret ingredient 7X, but it’s hard to even read the words Coca-Cola without…
The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Till Death Us Do Part
08/10/2008 … In a BBC poll to find Britain’s best-ever sitcom a few years back, Till Death Do Us Part came in at an inglorious No 32.
02/10/2008 … It’s the ultimate ‘difficult second book’ syndrome.
30/06/2008 … Finer minds than minds have already summed up Tim Fitzhigham better than I ever could.
15/05/2008 … When Rory McGrath appears on QI, the erudition he displays does much to counter the image of a lairy, leery and laddish Arsenal fan that viewers might have gathered…
11/04/2008 … People have been cracking jokes since the dawn of time, but stand-up as we understand it is one of the few artforms that America can reasonably claim to have invented.
28/12/2007 … To those who know him only as the star of such Hollywood pap as Cheaper By The Dozen 2 or the embarrassing remakes of Sergeant Bilko and the Pink Panther, it would…
14/11/2007 … If only we all had our own personal Warren Lakins to be custodians of our legacy.
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