Jerry Seinfeld says he was ‘wrong’ to blame ‘extreme left’ for killing comedy

Seventy-year-old comedian walks back contentious comments about ‘PC crap’, saying: ‘You can’t say certain words about groups. So what?’Jerry Seinfeld has backtracked on comments he made earlier this year blaming the “extreme left and PC crap” for negat…

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Count the bounces! Balance the egg! Can Taskmaster triumph as a live experience?

Playing gimcrack games and being teased by Greg Davies’ digital avatar in a facsimile of the Taskmaster house will delight fans of the TV show – once the kinks are ironed outWhat’s the key to the success of the TV show Taskmaster? Is it the batty chall…

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How Strictly’s Chris McCausland is inspiring the next generation of blind dancers

Comedian wows BBC show’s judges and fans with confident performances that are helping to upend stereotypesIt may be early days, but Strictly Come Dancing’s breakout star so far this season is also the show’s first blind contestant, Chris McCausland.The…

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How Strictly’s Chris McCausland is inspiring the next generation of blind dancers

Comedian wows BBC show’s judges and fans with confident performances that are helping to upend stereotypesIt may be early days, but Strictly Come Dancing’s breakout star so far this season is also the show’s first blind contestant, Chris McCausland.The…

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Don’t judge Ahir Shah’s Netflix special by its trailer – it’s among the best comedy out there

The British comedian’s show Ends went from a tiny basement at Edinburgh festival to landing its top award – and now it is on Netflix. It’s easy to see whyIf you were to judge Ahir Shah’s Netflix comedy special Ends by its trailer – a middle-of-the-road…

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Alex Horne looks back: ‘Both my careers – the Horne Section and Taskmaster – are an extension of playing with friends’

Alex Horne, Joe Auckland and Ben Reynolds on being best friends since childhood, their shared love of comedy, and spending their birthdays togetherBorn in 1978 in Chichester, West Sussex, Alex Horne is a comedian and co-host and creator of&nb…

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Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip review – joyous and ingenious

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe American standup and sitcom writer delivers a show of ticklish suspense that somersaults with invention and surpriseNot all comedy shows need weighty themes or moments of bare-all vulnerability just before curtain-fall…

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‘It ends with me crying in a pink cycle helmet’: Edinburgh fringe comics pitch their own Baby Reindeer

With every streaming service now searching for their version of the Netlfix hit, Mark Watson, Lucy Porter, Celya AB and more pitch the TV show of their lives, from real-life origin stories and flights of fancy to, erm, Baby Reindeer10 of the best shows…

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‘We write something and it can be in the show that night’: comedy trio Sheeps on the freedom of Edinburgh fringe

The cult heroes are back with their ‘best sketches ever’. After success with Ladhood, Stath Lets Flats and Parlement, are they still hoping for that elusive Sheeps TV series?Fifteen years into a career of joking, what’s the biggest joke of all? To stil…

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Steen Raskopoulos: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The comedian and actor shares what makes him laugh online including James Acaster’s cabbage story, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and the madness of Creed BrattonGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailHere’s a selection of some of my favourite clips tha…

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