Dressing up new material
Andrew Watts learns a lesson about audience acceptance
04/12/2014 … When I’m trying out new material, the last question I ever think of asking is: ‘Is it funny?’I don’t mean that funny is unimportant – only that the funny…
2014 Opinions
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Thu 04 December 2014
Tue 25 November 2014
Tales of the door (part 2)
Richard Gadd's continuing misadventures with his venues
25/11/2014 … ‘I HAVE COME ALL THE WAY FROM ABERDEEN TO SEE THIS!’He shouts.
Mon 24 November 2014
Why are so many comics full of smug bitterness and self-righteousness?
Jack Campbell mulls over the stand-up circuit
24/11/2014 … I love doing stand-up.
Sun 23 November 2014
Tue 18 November 2014
That joke isn't funny any more
Paul Case, aka Captain of the Rant, is angered by the trite....
18/11/2014 … I hate it when people whip out unfunny witticisms that everyone hears all the time.
Fri 14 November 2014
Black men's willies: A moral conundrum
Copper-turned-comic Alfie Moore on racism
14/11/2014 … I've just read the Chortle news story in response to a PR company's response towards a reviewer's response of watching Jim Davidson's latest tour show No Further…
Wed 12 November 2014
Why I had to complain about Dapper Laughs
Fraser Millward gets it off his chest
12/11/2014 … First of all I’ll lay my cards on the table.
Tue 11 November 2014
I have a new character: Immune From Criticism Man
Tim Ballantine (or is it?) introduces his new 'act'
11/11/2014 … Yes, everybody, I’m a new superhero character comedy act for the new generation: Immune From Criticism Man! During this five minute open spot, I’ll call all…