Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Joan Rivers and Robin Williams are given their dues in The Hall but the event is oddly sanctimoniousHow should we celebrate great comedians? Netflix’s latest exercise in live comedy is called The Hall: a new pantheon for l…
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Incident raises further questions over comedian safety after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at OscarsThe comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked during a performance in Los Angeles, according to witnesses and videos of the incident posted online.Footage sh…
Continue ReadingThe showrunner of Call My Agent! is back with a winning series about France’s young comics and how their onstage routines and real lives intersectIs there a gap in the market for an ensemble TV show about comedians’ lives? At least since Seinfeld, ther…
Continue ReadingNetflixIn the TV version of her hit Edinburgh show, the standup’s charisma, songs and self-absorbed swagger are still sparklingWhen Catherine Cohen’s The Twist …? She’s Gorgeous played the Edinburgh fringe in 2019, I fell hard for its charisma and swag…
Continue ReadingNetflixThe terrific standup with the common touch remains an engaging everyman even as the material works in his adventures in showbizMo Gilligan performed no fewer than 10 nights at the 3,000-seat Hammersmith Apollo last autumn, a run now captured for…
Continue ReadingNetflixIntercut with footage from 20 years ago, the US comic’s new show considers the pandemic, politics and allegations made against himAziz Ansari’s career has been dramatically carved in two since the sexual misconduct allegations made against him f…
Continue ReadingHecklers are the bane of any comic’s existence, they interrupt sets and ruin a comedian’s flow. That thought, however, hasn’t… MORE
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The prominent critics of ‘cancel culture’ received nominations for best spoken word album and best comedy album, respectivelyControversial comedians Dave Chappelle and Louis CK, who have both forcefully decried so-called “cancel culture”, have received…
Continue ReadingOne of the things that Michael Che loves to do is to post joke Netflix special titles on Instagram and… MORE
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