'Can we not just cancel this shite..?'
Tom Brogan on his nightmare Edinburgh festival
31/07/2008 … A couple of years ago I was offered a part in a comedy play about to embark upon a two week run at the Edinburgh Festival.
2008 Opinions
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Thu 31 July 2008
Mon 14 July 2008
Once in every lifetime, comes a love like this...
Michael Monkhouse hails The Young Ones
14/07/2008 … What’s struck me across on internet comedy forums lately is a distinct lack of enthusiasm for The Young Ones: ‘Criminally over-rated’… ‘Hopelessly dated’……
Fri 11 July 2008
Modern comedy? We owe it all to one man...
Dave Cohen sings the praises of Alexei Sayle
11/07/2008 … Okay, you’re reading this now, which by my reckoning makes you either a comedian, or you want to be a comedian, or you work in the industry, or you’re a fan,…