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May 6, 2008

Richard Herring slams a heckler

How not to heckle, a handy guide.

April 9, 2008

Absolutely Everything DVD Box Set

The superb 90s sketch show Absolutely is finally getting a complete DVD release. Hurrah!

March 21, 2008

Will This Judd Apatow Movie Be Any Good? Vulture Does the Math

It’s just simple science. Superbad > Anchorman > Talladega Nights

March 9, 2008

This American Life: Tough Room

Excellent segment on This American Life about The Onion’s writing room. Skip about five minutes into the episode to find it.

March 6, 2008

STEWART LEE - ENGLISH HECKLERS IN NEW ZEALAND

Stewart Lee’s essay on only needing, or *wanting*, 7,000 fans.

December 20, 2007

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BBC Radio 4 - Comedy - 28 Acts In 28 Minutes

Fast-paced stand-up and sketches from BBC Radio 4. The great thing about this format is if you don’t like an act, that’s fine — there’ll be another one along in a minute.

April 12, 2007

Will Ferrell Movie Generator

I’ve seen some of these, I think.

March 20, 2007

CRACKED.com - Sickboy Syndrome: Five Great Comedians Who’ve Lost It

I agree with all of them, except I never found Jim Carrey funny to begin with.

March 2, 2007

The PopWatch Interview: Controversy on ‘South Park,’ what-what-what?!?

Trey Parker and Matt Stone hint that the season premiere of South Park is so controversy-prone, they can’t reveal its topic in case it gets pulled. Also coming soon: Cartman as Jack Bauer in a 24 spoof.

February 26, 2007

Christopher Guest Jumps Into ‘The Thick of It’ - ‘Best in Show’ director helming ABC pilot - Zap2it

Christopher Guest is to direct the pilot of the US version of “The Thick of It”. Very cool.

January 4, 2007

BBC NEWS | Opera treatment for Question Time

The creators of Jerry Springer The Opera are composing five 30-minute operas for the BBC, based on TV shows like Question Time and Wife Swap.

November 25, 2006

Go Faster Stripe

Small start-up producing reasonably-priced stand-up comedy DVDs from comedians who aren’t mainstream enough for high-street stores. Starting off with a set the splendid Stewart Lee. Ordered!

October 30, 2006

TIME.com: Borat Make Funny Joke On Idiot Americans! High-Five!

Ignore the shit headline, and you get a pretty good analysis of why Borat, Ali G, et al are so gut-wrenchingly funny to some, and just plain nasty to others.

IGN: New Series from Arrested Development’s Creator

Mitch Hurwitz’s new project is a US port of the low-key British political sitcom “The Thick of It”.

July 21, 2006

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Broadcast | NBC signs up YouTube sitcom

NBC’s commissioned six episodes of the sitcom “Nobody’s Watching”, after the rejected pilot garnered good reviews on YouTube.

July 13, 2006

NBC.com > The Office > Webisodes

The first two “webisodes” of The Office are up now.

June 14, 2006

Video Player - 30 Rock

NBC have posted a preview of Tina Fey’s new sitcom, 30 Rock. Tracy Morgan, Rachel Dratch and, oh yes, Alec Baldwin co-star. Looks good based on the three minute highlights reel.

June 8, 2006

edfringe.com : official site of the edinburgh festival fringe

The programme for this year’s Fringe is out. Now I just have to decide what I want to see when we’re in Edinburgh in August. Decisions, decisions…

April 30, 2006

OFF THE TELLY: Comedy: “Fool If You Think It’s Over”

Incredible story of how a fan bought the DVD rights to the excellent, but forgotten, BBC sitcom “Joking Apart” (written by Stephen Moffat of Press Gang and Coupling fame). I only caught a couple of episodes, but loved it, and can’t wait to buy this.

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