Why comedy doesn't need TV
03/07/2009 … The seemingly all-encompassing nature of the internet has had an unquestionably huge effect on the world of comedy.
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03/07/2009 … The seemingly all-encompassing nature of the internet has had an unquestionably huge effect on the world of comedy.
01/07/2009 … I've recently returned to stand up comedy.
30/06/2009 … I hadn’t yet read Simcha Weinstein’s book Shtick Shift: Jewish Humour in the 21st Century but, after reading the review on Chortle, I already felt ill-disposed…
28/06/2009 … I best start by explaining that I am not a comedian but merely a fan of stand up comedy.
26/06/2009 … As Luke Fox thundered on this site earlier today, people have been responding instantly to famous deaths with jokes since Henry VIII.
26/06/2009 … There can only be one answer to the death of the king of pop at 50 years old: shock.
23/06/2009 … Dan Brader raised a very interesting question in his Correspondents article Be Yourself, Not A National Stereotype.
23/06/2009 … I'm originally from New Zealand.
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