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Q. When is a joke not a joke? A. When it's offence
The nation's stand-ups can barely open their mouths these days without causing outrage. So have they gone too far – or has Britain lost its sense of humour, asks Ian Burrell
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Jack Dee: the BBC’s populism is no joke
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Ian Burrell : Jack Dee has a new series, TV and radio quiz host jobs – and gripes about BBC management
Observations: Adam's Buxton's journey into clip art
Friday, 23 October 2009
It is a new but rapidly evolving niche: talking your way through comic video clips of your own creation, or laughing about the comments made about the visual snippets that you've uploaded on to YouTube.
Nudge, nudge: Eric Idle on 40 years of Monty Python
Sunday, 18 October 2009
'Life of Brian' has been resurrected as something completely different: an oratorio for orchestra, 160 choristers and four of the surviving Pythons. It is, Eric Idle tells Andrew Johnson, very silly indeed
'Every sperm is sacred': Terry Jones' favourite Monty Python sketches
Sunday, 18 October 2009
40 years of Monty Python
Observations: All in the (same) name of comedy
Friday, 16 October 2009
What's in a name? Well, if you're called Thomas or Tom, it seems you're more likely to have funny bones.
Observations: Phil Kay and Beardyman set to improvise at Bristol Jam
Friday, 16 October 2009
The UK's first major festival of improvised performance, Bristol Jam, opens today at Bristol Old Vic. It was the bright idea of the theatre's new artistic and executive directors, Tom Morris and Emma Stenning. Topping the bill is the god of improvised comedy, Phil Kay. "He swore at me as he has been trying to set up a festival of improvised performance for years in Scotland," says Morris.
Is Monty Python's Flying Circus dead as a parrot?
Monday, 5 October 2009
John Walsh dusts off the tapes of the iconic comedy - 40 years old today - to see if it is still funny.
Funny peculiar: The curious world of Vic Reeves
Saturday, 26 September 2009
John Walsh meets a comedy genius
Cultural Life: Janeane Garofalo, comedian
Friday, 11 September 2009
'I'm a big fan of 'True Blood', which is about vampires'
Down on her uppers: The 'posh electro poet' who's Britain’s most exciting new talent
Sunday, 6 September 2009
George Pringle is a very well-spoken 'electro poet' – and she doesn't give a fig that the music media think she's too middle-class. Hugh Montgomery meets her, and two more stars lighting up our autumn arts guide
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