24 random tips for writing comedy
27/02/2023 … Abigail Burdess – whose credits include Tracey Ullman’s Show, Watson and Oliver and That Mitchell and Webb Look – shares some of the…
2023 Opinions
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Mon 27 February 2023
Wed 22 February 2023
I remember Eugene Cheese
Dave Cohen pays tribute to one of the early circuit’s larger-than-life personalities.
22/02/2023 … You’ll have read here about Paul Jay aka Eugene Cheese, the comedy promoter who died last week aged 79.
Wed 15 February 2023
Why do I feel embarrassed to admit I have a day job?
Hatty Ashdown on the 'secret' many comedians don't like to talk about
15/02/2023 … A lot of comedians have a secret gig that only their accountant knows about.
Fri 10 February 2023
ChatGPT’s Not Funny
Artificial intelligence expert Mhairi Aitken on whether bots can write comedy
10/02/2023 … Can comedy be automated? That’s the question I’ve been forced to confront in the past few weeks.
Goodbye comedy, I won't miss all of you self-censoring wimps
Samantha Pressdee says she's leaving stand-up 'to find a husband with balls'
10/02/2023 … I’m leaving live comedy to find a husband (with balls)! As a single woman looking for love, I thought I would meet lots of sexy funny men on the live comedy…
Tue 07 February 2023
A brief history of gunge
Crackerjack biographer Alan Stafford on the comedy staple of kids' TV
07/02/2023 … In 1982 Ian and Janette Krankie defected from BBC to ITV, leaving Paul Ciani, producer of long-running teatime variety show Crackerjack, with a gap that needed filling.