Audio downloadSixty years on, the taboo-busting comic can seem incoherent and insensitive but there’s no doubting his masterful wordplayHe may be the least listened-to of standup icons. No one denies Lenny Bruce’s significance: he’s listed third among …
Continue ReadingAvailable on YouTubeEddie Izzard and standups from India, Australia and beyond roast fake news and bust coronavirus taboos in an entertaining if patchy webcam variety fundraiser for frontline medicsA global pandemic calls for a global comic response. T…
Continue ReadingStiller, who formed an entertainment duo with his wife, Anne Meara, has died aged 92. Here’s a look back on his roles, including those alongside his son, Ben Stiller Continue reading…
Continue ReadingComedian who formed a popular duo with his wife, Anne Meara, has died of natural causesThe comedian Jerry Stiller has died at the age of 92. His death was announced on Monday on Twitter by the actor Ben Stiller, who called him “a great dad and grandfat…
Continue ReadingYash Gill’s Power Half Hour, directed by Milli Bhatia, is among a new batch of Virtual Collaborators films released this weekWith comedy clubs closed by the coronavirus lockdown, many standups have been experimenting with streaming their performances o…
Continue ReadingThe Glaswegian comedian’s voiceover videos are a lockdown hit – not least with Nicola SturgeonJaney Godley is having a productive lockdown. The 59-year-old comedian has had a run of viral (in the good sense) hits with her sweary and very funny voiceove…
Continue ReadingThe musical comedian, improviser and composer on the things that make her laugh the mostAn Audience With Billy Connolly (1985). In between jokes you can play “spot the celeb” in the background, and even Ringo is there so it must have been good. Related…
Continue ReadingWith comedy festivals cancelled around the world due to the coronavirus crisis, Amazon Prime is releasing 10 original Australian standup specials to tide you over. The biweekly series was filmed at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre and has featured Ce…
Continue ReadingIn this new series, we ask our favourite comics to take us through the parts of the web that never fail to make them laugh. A lot of Zoë Coombs Marr’s involve birdsLook, to be honest with you, if I’m in need of a good laugh from the internet I’m most l…
Continue ReadingNetflixFinding a novel angle on everything from Pop-Tarts to the annoyances of modern technology, the American everyman is still on sparkling formMixed messages emanate from Jerry Seinfeld’s new Netflix special, which introduces a daredevil leaping fro…
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