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Andy Zaltzman: 'Aristophanes is total comedy: political satire, slapstick and dick jokes' by Interview By Liam Pape

The standup on studying Ancient Greek comedy at university, his worst gig and having the test scores shouted at him during sets How did you get into comedy?Slightly by accident. I had tried standup in my last year at university, then did three open mic gigs at the Edinburgh festival which offered strong evidence that I should give up. So I did. Eighteen months later, after a vague plan to try to get into sports journ…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM on December 29, 2025

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