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It's Burns Night: what is it that makes Scottish comedians so funny? by Brian Logan

As suppers are held for Robert Burns' birthday, here's a toast to the standups of Scotland whose attitudes and accents are perfectly suited to comedyWhen I saw Scottish standup Scott Gibson last summer, his show felt as if it was extra funny purely because Gibson is Glaswegian. As if you get free comedy points " or even better, free laughs " for being from a certain part of the world. When I put this to Gibson himsel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM on January 25, 2017

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