UK Comedy

Fame Used To Be Mixed With Respect

Ricky Gervais | Posted 04.06.2012

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Ricky Gervais

"Fame" used to be fused with "respect" in some ways. That's what distinguished it from infamy. But not anymore.

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PUBLIC Presents: Fooling Around In PUBLIC With Jack Whitehall Review

Neil Simpson | Posted 02.03.2012

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Neil Simpson

Jack Whitehall, of course, went down a treat. His mum (who was sitting in the corner) seemed to enjoy her son's scripted sequences and flailing around on stage immensely. Whitehall is a fantastically energetic comedian, able to use every ounce of energy in his spindly figure to squeeze laughs from the audience.

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Review - Richard Herring: What Is Love Anyway?

Jack Pelling | Posted 01.21.2012

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Jack Pelling

One DVD you probably won't see by the fags in Tesco Express however, is Richard Herring's Christ on a Bike - The Second Coming, his excellent show about his relationship with Christianity.

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Q: Are Men Funnier Than Women? A: Shut Up

Carol Hartsell | Posted 01.17.2012

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Carol Hartsell

That loud banging noise you hear every time someone asks "which gender is funnier" is the collective sound of actual, real-life funny women slamming their heads against whatever hard object they can find.

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Lucas Kavner

The Biggest Comedian You've Never Heard Of

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 11.06.2011

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The self-described "part troll" and musical comedian Bill Bailey has sold out arenas, graced the airwaves of basically every major television show in ...

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The Biggest Comedy You've Never Heard Of

The Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 10.22.2011

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"The Inbetweeners," a film based on the British sitcom of the same name, earned the highest opening box office of any UK comedy in history this past w...

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