'We would spend an hour writing one joke'
Scott Adsit and Hannibal Buress on 30 Rock
12/09/2011 … Alec Baldwin quitting 30 Rock could spell the end of the award-winning US sitcom.
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Mon 12 September 2011
Tue 06 September 2011
My 13 favourite rules of comedy
06/09/2011 … Last September Yes Prime Minister, the new play that I wrote with my old writing partner Tony Jay, opened at the Gielgud Theatre in London.
Mon 05 September 2011
Stewart Lee: The Jazz Cellar Tape
05/09/2011 … ‘You know those amazing occasions where a significant band’s finally unearthed first demo tape is revealed as better than anything else they ever recorded?’…
Thu 01 September 2011
© C4 'I was hoovering up sick... which you shouldn't do'
C4's new student sitcom Fresh Meat
01/09/2011 … In the book How Not To Write A Sitcom, which Chortle reviewed yesterday, the unequivocal advice was: ‘Don’t write about sitcoms.
Tue 30 August 2011
Laugh Tracks 2011: The playlist
The music comedians walk on to
30/08/2011 … This year, as usual, we asked Edinburgh Fringe comedians to tell us what music they came on stage to, and why they chose it.
Thu 18 August 2011
'You wonder what on earth they are up to'
The improv, fun, and banoffee pie on the set of Outnumbered
18/08/2011 … Outnumbered returns to BBC One for its fourth series next month, proving that ignoring the well-known adage never to work with children or animals can pay dividends.
Wed 03 August 2011
Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Comedy reviews from the festival
03/08/2011 … All 2011 Edinburgh Fringe reviews: Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist Bring Me The Head Of Adam Riches Hannah Gadsby: Mary.
Mon 25 July 2011
Alastair Campbell frightened me... he made Malcolm Tucker seem less outlandish
Jay Richardson interviews Peter Capaldi
25/07/2011 … With the nation gripped by the phone hacking scandal, what would Malcolm Tucker make of this massive political, media and police fuckaggedon?Peter Capaldi can only…