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Ian Hawkins thinks comedians can – and possibly should – be capitalists
13/03/2013 … The Daily Mail has a nice line in manufactured outrage, and one of the big mistakes is to take it seriously, although if you're Caroline Raphael, Radio 4‘s commissioning…
Dave Cohen gives comedians some advice they'll ignore
12/03/2013 … It’s that time of year when the icy roads and gentle snowfalls remind every comic of the summers they often spend in Edinburgh.
Lorcan Mullan loves Parks & Rec
06/03/2013 … There never seems to be much rhyme or reason to what US sitcoms translate successfully to British audiences and vice versa.
Says Bob Slayer (with some help from Karl Schultz)
05/03/2013 … I was chatting with friend and fellow comedian Karl Shultz last night, and I think we solved a conundrumKarl Schultz: What you up to?Bob Slayer I was having a long,…
Tom Glover says every comedian should run a club
25/02/2013 … In comedy club dressing rooms - otherwise known as the cleaning cupboard at the back – I often hear tales of terrible gigs set up by new acts who didn’t know…
20/02/2013 … ‘Technology has changed everything!’, said my friend, Mark, an IT-geek who’s shocked everyone by reaching 33 without yet uploading himself into the Matrix.
Jake Lambert wonders if comics always realise this
17/02/2013 … Last week I made a trip to a comedy club in London, as I tend to do quite often when I'm not gigging myself.
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