Chortle's Opinions section is an arena for fans to share their views on any aspect of comedy.
We invite general comment pieces about particular aspects of the comedy scene (although reviews of individual shows or performers tend not to be suited to this section except in very rare circumstances). Contributions should be at least 500 words in length, in a similar tone to something you might read in a broadsheet newspaper, and emailed to steve@chortle.co.uk
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Toby Martin isn't inspired by the festive schedules
10/12/2010 … Anybody who hasn’t been too busy watching a failed singer eating kangaroo spleen on ITV, or seeing Kirstie and Phil find increasingly more desperate things to…
CK Goldiing says Frankie's fans get what they deserve
09/12/2010 … Three years ago, while looking after my five-year old niece, she was bitten on the nose by a dog… my dog.
Giacinto Palmieri on parochial English-speaking comics
09/12/2010 … I have been reading with renewed admiration about Eddie Izzard’s plans to move to France for three months and perform, not for the first time, his comedy there.
Andrew Moir on the extended panel shows
07/12/2010 … Sometimes the director's cut of a movie restores a masterpiece to it's rightful form.
Bob Slayer on why Dr Brown is a genuis
06/12/2010 … It's not easy being a reviewer, the majority of whom get into it because they are passionate about the subject they are reviewing, like to see creativity and as…
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’.
Chris Hallam on a resilient beast
18/11/2010 … In the 1990s, one thing seemed clear: the British sitcom was dead.
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…
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