A little Moir understanding....
Garry Lee is fed up of tabloid comedy 'scandal'
26/11/2011 … Columnist Jan Moir yesterday used the pages of the Daily Mail to launch what is little short of character assassination of Jimmy Carr.
2011 Opinions
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Sat 26 November 2011
Fri 25 November 2011
Dying for some irony...
Milo McCabe on performing ironically racist gags
25/11/2011 … Earlier this year, for a video segment of my Edinburgh show, I appeared at the Comedy Store in character as Tyson Moon, the son of a Seventies comedian.
Wed 23 November 2011
The BBC was right to axe Shooting Stars
Chris Hallam says the show had had its day
23/11/2011 … Shooting Stars has been cancelled.
Tue 22 November 2011
Sat 19 November 2011
Why ads aren't bad
Liam Mullone believes comics shouldn't be reviled for taking the money
19/11/2011 … So we’re all agreed then? Doing adverts is terrible.
Fri 18 November 2011
You can't teach 'funny'
Joshua Ross on the folly of comedy courses
18/11/2011 … I was talking to a comic at an open mic night about comedy courses – when he found out I’d not been on one, he argued that I should do it right away.
Thu 17 November 2011
Venting an opinion
John Fleming on Nina Conti's new film
17/11/2011 … I have always been a bit wary of ventriloquists.
Sun 13 November 2011
Life's too short for integrity
Marc Blake on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's new sitcom
13/11/2011 … If integrity is akin to a prosperous bank account, then Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s new Sitcom Life’s Too Short proves that they are heading for a bankruptcy…