Friday, April 29, 2022
With the return of their unashamedly nice TV gameshow Hypothetical, the duo are out to prove you don’t need to be mean-spirited to get laughs
Josh Widdicombe is holding a banana to his ear…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMThursday, April 14, 2022
From career doldrums to fending off pantless stage invaders, the straight-talking Irish comic’s journey to becoming a must-see act has been a wild ride
At a recent gig, an audience member …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMFriday, March 4, 2022
Can you do a whole standup set about blowjobs? The New York comedian thinks so, but don’t assume her show is a feminist rallying cry
“Even I would be irritated hearing about this show i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMWednesday, September 29, 2021
Comedy and music have always co-existed – but with artists from Dry Cleaning to Bo Burnham cleverly blurring the two, it’s hard to tell where the jokes begin and end
Some of my favourite…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMTuesday, August 10, 2021
Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that ‘wokeness’ is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsense
Is cancel culture destroying comedy? A lot of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMSaturday, June 5, 2021
After surviving the ‘gross’ world of standup, the comic is now starring in funny and frank film Shiva Baby. She talks about satirising erotic selfies and why cinema gets sex workers wron…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMTuesday, August 13, 2019
From Adult Swim to ‘dank memes’, modern comedy is confronting the illogicality of life in 2019
There is an episode in the first season of Broad City – the US sitcom about two twentysom…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMMonday, October 16, 2017
Best known as Alan Partridge's Sidekick Simon, the self-proclaimed Single White Slut has found a keen audience for his weird, unsettling comedy"I didn't have an elaborate cover story that I'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMFriday, September 22, 2017
The Canadian standup and actor on the things that make her laugh the most, from suede waistcoats to PG WodehouseThis is so hard. I feel sick. OK, I’m going to say Tom Allen taking out a dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, September 15, 2017
The Guilty Feminist podcast host on the things that make her laugh the most, from Tim Minchin to Better Off DeadA tie between two Australians: Tim Minchin’s Ready for This? and Hannah Gads…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, September 8, 2017
The actor, podcaster and improv star on the things that make her laugh the mostBroad City. It was the first time I saw female characters allowed to be just funny: not having to facilitate pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMFriday, September 1, 2017
The comedian and Taskmaster creator on the things that make him laugh the most, from Tim Key to The Blues BrothersEvery time I see Tommy Tiernan talking about sex or nothing or God I howl wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMFriday, August 25, 2017
The standup stalwart and TV host lets us in on the things that make him laugh the most, from The Simpsons to Monty PythonI watched the Monty Python spam sketch when it first went out – tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMFriday, August 18, 2017
The up-and-coming standup whiz spills the beans about the things that make him laugh the most, from Lucky Jim to A Fish Called WandaHenry Paker at Edinburgh in 2010. Him, the surrealist mave…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMFriday, August 11, 2017
The prankster character comic behind Lee Nelson dishes the dirt on the things that make him laugh the mostJerry Sadowitz. His seething, bile-fuelled, offend-all-and-don’t-give-a-fig approa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMFriday, August 4, 2017
The actor and sketch show comic opens up about the things that make her laugh the most, from The Thick of It to German nipplesI love the Nazi sketch by Mitchell and Webb. Two Nazis worrying …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMFriday, July 28, 2017
The angst-mining millennial standup on the things that make him laugh the most, from Frank Skinner to tight vestsFrank Skinner’s routine on jealousy changed how I viewed standup. It has ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMFriday, July 21, 2017
The Edinburgh award-winning Canadian comic on the things that make him laugh the most, from suede clogs to Phil KayPhil Kay once turned a 700-strong crowd in the Queens Hall, Edinburgh into …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMFriday, July 14, 2017
The standup and podcaster on the things that make her laugh the most, from Sunil Patel to Curb Your EnthusiasmKatherine Ryan is the queen. I opened for her on tour and she would just kill ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMThursday, June 29, 2017
The eccentric poet, standup and actor on the things that make him laugh the most Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMFriday, June 23, 2017
The Danish comedian and podcast host on the things that make her laugh the most, from Will Smith to The Green ButchersIrish comic Alison Spittle. She will candidly talk about peeing in a pin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, June 16, 2017
The cult character comic on the things that make him laugh the most, from Corbyn kebabs to Hans TeeuwenThe [00s MTV sketch show] Human Giant deserves more shine than it gets. My favourites a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMFriday, June 9, 2017
The Aussie comic on the things that make her laugh the most, from tomatoes on toast to 30 RockMy favourite would have to be Ellen DeGeneres’s HBO specials. She hugely influenced me when I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMFriday, June 2, 2017
The Comedian’s Comedian host and comic on the things that make him laugh the most, from Arrested Development to the South Park movieI saw Brian Gittins a few weeks ago and don’t think I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMFriday, May 26, 2017
The comedian and Radio 4 host on the things that make him laugh the most, from Smack the Pony to his barberI remember thinking I’d snapped a rib laughing at Tom Stade at Birmingham’s Gle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMFriday, May 19, 2017
The inflammatory standup on the things that make him laugh the most, from Broad City to Victoria WoodJohn Gordillo in Kentish Town. His routine about Zippos Circus made me laugh so much it b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMFriday, May 12, 2017
The People Time actor and character comic on the things that make her laugh the mostJohn Early. His body and brain were made for the world’s entertainment and pleasure. Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMFriday, May 5, 2017
From baked beans to Tim & Eric, sketch show creator and Vine enthusiast Brian Limond reveals the things that make him laugh the mostTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. I saw it after …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMFriday, April 28, 2017
The comedian and sketch-show doyenne on the things that make her laugh the mostSimon Munnery’s The League Against Tedium in Edinburgh in the late 1990s. I had never seen anything like it; …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, April 24, 2017
The comedian and I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! runner-up on the things that make him laugh the mostI remember seeing Frank Skinner do a set at Banana Cabaret in Balham about a yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMFriday, April 14, 2017
From crisps to his co-host Danny Kelly, the long-serving radio personality reveals the things that make him laugh the mostNot exactly standup, but Monty Python at Drury Lane in 1974. I had t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM 
