'I don’t go out of my way to be controversial'
Steve Bennett talks to Sandra Bernhard
26/05/2009 … I think I’ve just woken Sandra Bernhard up – and with the fierce reputation she has, that’s a slumbering lioness you don’t want to prod.
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Tue 26 May 2009
Sun 24 May 2009
The comedians Looking For Eric
How Ken Loach recruited a gang of stand-ups for his new film
24/05/2009 … One of the biggest hits at the Cannes Film Festival Ken Loach’s atypically feelgood film Looking for Eric, which scooped the Ecumenical Jury Prize.
Wed 06 May 2009
'It can't be anything other than a disaster'
John Cleese looks back on Fawlty Towers
06/05/2009 … ‘A collection of clichéd situations and stereotypical characters which I can't see as being anything other than a disaster.
Thu 23 April 2009
We’re not the best fricking show on TV....
Seth McFarlane on American Dad and Family Guy
23/04/2009 … Does American Dad owe everything to George W.
Tue 07 April 2009
© Bruce Dessau High on comedy
Bruce Dessau visits the Altitude Festival
07/04/2009 … It's not every day that a man in a yeti suit attempts to sell you a comedy festival ticket, but the Altitude Comedy Festival is no ordinary comedy festival.
Fri 03 April 2009
Laughing in the face of terror?
Brian Logan meets the vent act who always bombs...
03/04/2009 … Is comedy scared of fundamentalist Islam? According to some critics, stand-ups are ever-ready to lampoon Christianity, but sheepish when it comes to belief with…
Sun 22 March 2009
Famous by accident...
Paul Whitehouse on celebrity, mortality, and the joys of shouting \'arse\'
22/03/2009 … Despite hiding behind a myriad of characters, The Fast Show made Paul Whitehouse one of the most recognisable faces in comedy.
The headlines again...
22/03/2009 … Four nights a week on America’s Comedy Central channel, Jon Stewart satirically savages the White House and their policies on The Daily Show.