I’ve just seen a poster for a comedy night, which included the warning ‘No heckling’. I don’t know if this was a joke, but it made me think… At the comedy nights I’ve attended or watched on a screen, it seems to me that hecklers are almost always trying to add something to the show.Continue reading “H is for Heckling”
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Tracy Ullman back on UK TV
Tracey Ullman was a ubiquitous British entertainer in the early 1980s who was so over-qualified that she managed to be a highly-rated TV comic and have a pop career on the side (which included a delicious cover of Kirsty Macoll’s “They Don’t Know”). But Tracey lost her place in British culture when she married anContinue reading “Tracy Ullman back on UK TV”
My Latest Hero
I was delighted to discover this guy recently – Reggie Watts, if it is possible to define him, is a surreal stand-up comedian and improvising musician, who flips hilariously from one genre and persona to another effortlessly. At one moment he is straight-facedly delivering what seems to be a science lecture or TED talk, butContinue reading “My Latest Hero”
Will Monty Python’s Return Give Satisfaction?
It might have seemed as unlikely as a dead parrot coming back to life, but next month, the team who have been described as “The Beatles of comedy” are set to return to the stage. 45 years after their TV debut, the Monty Python team will be reuniting for ten shows in London. The fiveContinue reading “Will Monty Python’s Return Give Satisfaction?”
Tom George 