'Comedians get too self-important'
02/02/2014 … Why did you sign up for Duck Quacks Don’t Echo?I’m getting to the age now where I’m trying to impress my kids more than anything else and they love stuff…
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Sun 02 February 2014
Wed 29 January 2014
'It's unhelpful to call our work 'dark'. It's not...
Interview with Reece Shearsmith
29/01/2014 … As his new collaboration with Steve Pemberton – Inside No 9 – comes to our screens, Reece Shearsmith talks to Jay Richardson about his inspirations, so-called…
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Interview with Reece Shearsmith
29/01/2014 … As his new collaboration with Steve Pemberton – Inside No 9 – comes to our screens, Reece Shearsmith talks to Jay Richardson about his inspirations, so-called…
Tue 21 January 2014
Happy Days, Louis CK and 'jumping the shark'
Comedy mastermind Garry Marshall talks to Jay Richardson
21/01/2014 … With the sad news of the death of Garry Marshall yesterday, at the age of 81, we reprint this interview that Chortle conducted with him last year to coincide with…
Mon 20 January 2014
'I'd definitely buy a cuddle pillow with their faces on...'
As her podcast returns, Danielle Ward picks her comedy favourites
20/01/2014 … Mr Show: The Story of Everest Long before everyone fell in love with Saul Goodman and Tobias Funke there was the Mr Show with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.
Fri 17 January 2014
Maybe stick to singing?
Ten pop stars who've appeared in sitcoms
17/01/2014 … Following the news that Oscar-winning actor* Prince is to guest star in New Girl next month, Jay Richardson looks back at ten other pop stars who've made memorable…
Thu 16 January 2014
The sad clowns...
Comedians who have had mental health issues
16/01/2014 … New research has found that comedians tend to have personality types linked to psychosis: a mix of introvert and extrovert characteristics with tendencies to be…
Sun 12 January 2014
’Think of me as a sex symbol for the men who don’t give a damn’
Andre Vincent pays tribute to Phyllis Diller
12/01/2014 … Phyllis Diller was a trailblazer for female comics.