Though 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 ReadingA year ago, it was announced by Charna Halpern, who founded iO Chicago back in the 1980’s with Del Close,… MORE
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The 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 ReadingShe sometimes said she’d rather be a hairdresser but Aherne’s cheeky early appearances in the pubs and clubs of Manchester led her to TV fameIn the early 90s, Manchester’s cultural revolution was in full swing. “Everything was thriving,” remembers acto…
Continue ReadingGrange Farm, HuntingdonWatson and Nabil Abdulrashid were two standups who managed to thrive on a first night where the rain was less forgiving than the hecklersAnother al fresco comedy gala, another downpour. It must have seemed a smashing idea when th…
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