'Maybe the next Bill Hicks is gonna come from Mexico'
Tom Rhodes talks about the globalisation of comedy
07/02/2014 … BY BRYONY SHIPSTON There are some things that are intrinsic to a comedian’s life, and travel is definitely one.
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Interviews with the top comedians.
Fri 07 February 2014
Wed 05 February 2014
'We were too lazy to learn the lines'
Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells on playing 'themselves' in Doll & Em
05/02/2014 … Following Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Trip, Extras, Episodes, Louie and countless others, actors playing ‘heightened versions of themselves’ is probably the biggest…
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…
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…
Fri 01 November 2013
Comedy's gatekeeper
Eddie Brill talks about his years as Letterman's booker, and the advice he doles out to other comics
01/11/2013 … Interview by Jay Richardson at the Galway Comedy Festival:For more than a decade, Eddie Brill was the man most American comedians wanted to impress.
Tue 29 October 2013
'Like any good comedian, I don't like myself'
Eddie Pepitone talks The Bitter Buddah
29/10/2013 … Cult comedian Eddie Pepitone hosted a question and answer session following a screening of his film The Bitter Buddha at the Galway Comedy Festival.
'I ended up in Paul Daniels's shed'
Ross Noble on his new TV show, Freewheeling
29/10/2013 … Ross Noble's new TV venture, Freewheeling, starts on Dave tonight.
Fri 25 October 2013
Performing? It's my everything
Man Down's Rik Mayall on his decades in comedy
25/10/2013 … How did you get involved in Man Down?I was first attracted to the part through Greg who I’ve always admired and thought was great - because he is.