23/07/2013 … Andy Kaufman never released a comedy album in his lifetime, even though the Seventies and the Eighties, when he was fusing comedy and performance art, were the heyday…
20/12/2012 … If there’s a single watchword for post-millennia comedy, it has to be ‘awkward’ – from The Office to Louis CK, big broad jokes are out and the squirming…
07/12/2012 … Frankie Boyle’s new DVD - his last if his claims to be retiring from stand-up are sincere - is as brutal and as unforgiving as you might expect.
04/12/2012 … Showmanship has largely fallen out of favour in comedy, with stand-ups preferring to look and act if they are merely having a chat, rather than putting any effort…
03/12/2012 … The linguistically tricksy title of Glenn Wool’s title refers to the nomadic lifestyle of an international comedian, who currently finds himself homeless in Britain…
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