Book review: Getting The Joke by Oliver Double

23/09/2006 … Comedy, unlike some other art forms, is enjoyed more the less you know about how it works.

Book review: Bill Hicks, Agent Of Evolution by Kevin Booth

23/09/2006 … As the prologue to this personal memoir of his lifelong friend Bill Hicks, Kevin Booth recalls one of the many times they were tripping on mushrooms on his family’s…

Book review: Laughing Matters, by Steven Jacobi

23/09/2006 … Every so often, usually around Edinburgh Fringe time, some journalist – and frustrated performer – hits upon the idea of trying their hand at stand-up,…

Book review: Pryor Convictions by Richard Pryor

23/09/2006 … It’s something of a surprise that Richard Pryor gets his entire life into just the one book; after all he’s lived more in one week that most of us live…

Book review: Ken Dodd: The Biography

23/09/2006 … Ken Dodd is a fascinating comic – a throwback to the days of variety, to this day performing a gruelling schedule of five-hour shows, mixing puns, surreal whimsy…

by Dave Gorman

23/09/2006 … Had all gone to plan, this would be a review of Dave Gorman's debut novel.

Book review: Comic Insights, by Franklyn Ajaye

23/09/2006 … It's a cliché that comedy is a serious business.

by Bill Hicks

23/09/2006 … Since you're reading this site, you probably don't need telling of Bill Hicks's status as one of the greatest stand-ups of all-time.