When did we all become such emotional hypochondriacs?
John Beuhler on the 'easily offended' in comedy
06/08/2012 … The recent turn of PC sanctimony and fake outrage towards the medium of stand-up comedy is cause for concern.
2012 Archives
Mon 06 August 2012
'I knew them when they were shit'
Al Pitcher on his comedy favourites
06/08/2012 … An Audience With Billy Connolly, 1985This was the first time I ever knew stand up comedy existed.
Russell Kane Unzipped again
BBC Three orders second series
06/08/2012 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of Russell Kane’s audience discussion show Unzipped.
Fred Cooke: Fringe 2012
06/08/2012 … To some extent excitable Irishman Fred Cooke is hoisted by his own petard.
Danielle Ward: Fringe 2012
06/08/2012 … Misogyny is making a comeback to a comedy circuit that once prized itself on its non-sexist ways but here – in one of two shows she is presenting on alternate…
David Whitney: Fringe 2012
06/08/2012 … David Whitney is infamous on the circuit for head-butting a heckler at the 2010 Fringe – for which he was subsequently prosecuted.
George Ryegold: Fringe 2012
06/08/2012 … There are some cracking lines in the play created around George Ryegold’s stand-up persona – even if the actual piece is heavily flawed.