Jason Manford: Bringing sexy back
CK Goldiing cheers for a comic's indiscretions
19/11/2010 … In a former Correspondence piece, I characterised 95 per cent of the stand-up comedians I’ve met as ‘pussies’.
2010 Opinions
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Fri 19 November 2010
Thu 18 November 2010
Who said the sitcom was dead?
Chris Hallam on a resilient beast
18/11/2010 … In the 1990s, one thing seemed clear: the British sitcom was dead.
Tue 16 November 2010
Putting the alternative back into comedy
Bob Slayer calls for a rock-style revolution
16/11/2010 … In a recent Guardian article – Stand Up Comics Hit The Boom Time – Eddie Izzard’s promoter, Mick Perrin, predicted: ‘There will be a reaction against the…
Thu 11 November 2010
Tweeted like a criminal
Penny Nicholas on today's theat to free speech
11/11/2010 … I'm concerned about the Twitter Joke Trial.
Mon 08 November 2010
We're funny, already
This is one Jewish stereotype Dave Cohen can live with
08/11/2010 … I was reading in the Daily Telegraph the other day (don’t worry, it was online, nobody saw me) that Jews are funny.
Thu 04 November 2010
Stand-ups need to man-up
04/11/2010 … At my last gig, where I was the MC, I was universally disliked.
Tue 02 November 2010
The comedy casting couch
Wend Smith on what women won’t do to get ahead
02/11/2010 … I am well aware that the debate as to whether women are funny enough to be comedians is a perennial topic; but, I wonder, are people aware that female comics also…