Jack Dee: ‘I’m a positive energy kind of guy’

The comedian on doing standup in prison, his first open mic with Paul Merton and taking I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue on tourHow did you get into standup?I went to the Comedy Store in Leicester Square one night in 1986 as a punter and felt immediately tha…

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Angela Yee announces departure from “The Breakfast Club”

On August 9th, Angela Yee hinted that there would be some sort of change surrounding The Breakfast Club, the popular pop… MORE
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Barry Cryer was cheeky, kind and a canny engineer of comedy | Mark Lawson

A generous-hearted jokesmith, Cryer created laughs for generations of comics, was a consummate performer and had a lifelong commitment to wit‘An honorary uncle to countless comics’: Jack Dee on CryerThe best work of Barry Cryer, who has died aged 86, w…

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‘The godfather of alternative comedy’: Eddie Izzard, Paul Merton and more on Spike Milligan

He was the shellshocked genius who channelled his anarchic brilliance into The Goon Show. Ian Hislop and Nick Newman explain why they’ve written a play about Spike Milligan – while comedians remember a legendThe tortured lives of comedians form a biogr…

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Pee-Wee Herman is hosting his own show on KCRW

Pee-Wee Herman is coming back next week for a one time only radio show. Yesterday, Paul Reubens – or rather… MORE
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Episode #350: Jesse Thorn

What was podcasting like before the iPhone? Jesse Thorn knows. After college radio, Thorn, host of public radio’s Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, broadcast his podcast The Sound of Young America from his home, eventually building his own podcast network, Ma…

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Lucille Ball is getting her own channel on SiriusXM for a limited time

Lucille Ball was without a doubt a trailblazer, and one of the most influential comedians of the 20th century and… MORE
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Sound Heap review – one podcast to spoof them all

Available onlineThe age of peak podcast meets its match in John-Luke Roberts and his procession of hilariously titled imaginary showsIn 2018, John-Luke Roberts’s Edinburgh show consisted entirely of names of hitherto unheard-of Spice Girls. He’s up to …

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All white on the night: the perennial problem with TV panel shows

The format should give comic talents a time to shine. So why don’t our flagship shows reflect the diversity of comedy in 2021?Panel shows have been a pillar of British comedy for decades. The News Quiz began in 1977 and Have I Got News for You in 1990,…

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Athena Kugblenu: ‘The more you get cancelled, the more immune you are to it’

The standup comedian’s new Radio 4 series picks through the minefield of cancel culture – and offers up a few mea culpas“If real life was like social media, it would look like The Good Place,” says standup Athena Kugblenu, referring to the sitcom about…

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