The American actor, writer, comedian and standup on the things that make him laugh the mostDave Chappelle: For What It’s Worth. I mean that’s not the real answer for a comedian. For a comedian, the funniest standup you can see is always going to be wat…
Continue ReadingTired of racism on the comedy scene, Jenan Younis started her own night Weapons of Mass Hilarity – where gags about body hair and Farsi aboundEvery comedian expects rejection when they’re starting out. But an email mix-up convinced Jenan Younis that he…
Continue ReadingTired of racism on the comedy scene, Jenan Younis started her own night Weapons of Mass Hilarity – where gags about body hair and Farsi aboundEvery comedian expects rejection when they’re starting out. But an email mix-up convinced Jenan Younis that he…
Continue ReadingThough in later years he fell from fashion, his rabbinical style in early routines felt very much like live comedy’s native tongueIf Jackie Mason could speak to us now, he’d surely be reporting back on the amusing ways in which Jews do the afterlife. B…
Continue ReadingThough in later years he fell from fashion, his rabbinical style in early routines felt very much like live comedy’s native tongueIf Jackie Mason could speak to us now, he’d surely be reporting back on the amusing ways in which Jews do the afterlife. B…
Continue ReadingThe comedian, writer and standup on the things that make her laugh the mostSam Campbell’s show The Trough was the most chaotic fun I’ve ever had. I got to be an audience plant for a few nights during the Edinburgh fringe, and even after seeing it five …
Continue ReadingPreston Park, BrightonLou Sanders, Ed Gamble and John Robins cracked jokes for an acres-wide crowd, with O’Doherty’s delightful stream of consciousness the highlightSave for incapacitating injury or actual death, you don’t cancel a gig: that was always…
Continue ReadingPreston Park, BrightonLou Sanders, Ed Gamble and John Robins cracked jokes for an acres-wide crowd, with O’Doherty’s delightful stream of consciousness the highlightSave for incapacitating injury or actual death, you don’t cancel a gig: that was always…
Continue ReadingThe actor, comedian, writer and standup on the things that make her laugh the mostMitch Hedberg or Bernie Mac. Neither live, or alive, sadly. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading…
Continue ReadingThe comedian may have stretched this column’s numerical boundaries, but he makes up for it in forensic detailBefore I share my “funny things”, there are some distinctions I’d like to made. I’ve split my “funny things” into categories, and the distincti…
Continue Reading