Edinburgh comedy notebook: Is an hour too long for a comedy set?
Can you stop yourself looking at your watch at a comedy gig " and can any of Edinburgh 2011's acts keep going long enough?In the pub last night, in between discussions over the price of Peroni (extortionate) and the prospects for a youthful Manchester United (good, unfortunately), conversation turned to the ideal length of a comedy set. Or, rather, the length that's not ideal " ie the current one."An hour is just too…