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 04:24AMChris 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 10:42AMAfter 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 06:48AMFrom 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 04:54AMBest 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 05:06AMThe 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 08:18AMThe 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 08:18AMThe 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 09:12AMThe 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 08:48AMThe 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 08:48AMThe 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 09:04AMThe 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 08:12AMThe 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 08:42AMThe 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 08:48AMThe 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 08:54AMThe 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 09:04AMThe eccentric poet, standup and actor on the things that make him laugh the most Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMThe 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 08:18AMThe 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 08:54AMThe 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 09:04AMThe 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 08:42AMThe 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 09:12AMThe 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 08:54AMThe 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 09:06AMFrom 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 08:42AMThe 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 09:12AMThe 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 08:54AMFrom 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 08:06AMFrom squid pelts to neurotic standup, the misanthropic US comic, writer and musician reveals the things that make him laugh the mostKevin Meaney, the recently departed Boston comedian, had t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMThe standup and Friday Night Dinner star on the things that make him laugh the mostDave Chappelle on Sesame Street. Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThe gruff standup comic and consummate panel show pro on the things that make him laugh the mostI am a big fan of Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Sadly i…
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