News
- 15.Dec
- Tommy Cooper Lego Ad
You might have seen this on the TV recently - the superb old Lego advert featuring the all time great Tommy Cooper providing a great voiceover…
They truly don’t make them like that anymore - comics or adverts -but we’re totally chuffed to see this back on the box. Exactly why Lego have opted to [...]
- 08.Dec
- Sticking it to the Man!
Smarmy posh-paws Michael McIntyre hasn’t always been a successful standup comedian - once upon a time he was heavily in debt.
So it was with a smile that I saw he had cancelled a gig - and lost out on £28K - when he discovered that the 350-strong audience were all debt collectors from Kent-based Cabot [...]- 03.Dec
- The Stephen K Amos Show
“Obviously I’m thrilled – although now my mum will find out I’m a stand-up comedian. She thinks I drive a minicab.”
Not before time, a black comic has got a show on the BBC - and he’s not Lenny Henry!
Stephen K Amos has been a regular on various panel shows (particularly Have I Got News For [...]- 30.Nov
- Brian Blessed IS Henry 8.0
In a role he was surely born to play, the great Brian Blessed is a modern day Henry VIII in this series of video shorts from BBC Comedy.
Set in the present day, Henry is alive and well and living in a suburban semi with his long-suffering wife, Catherine Parr. Shot from the perspective of his [...]
Stuff
- 24.Nov
- Axis of Apples
Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson in a slightly bonkers clip from last year’s Christmas DVD.
In it, he drives a Jaguar XKR - wearing flippers!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ku2FfxxYsI- 26.Aug
- Show, don’t tell
The immense talent behind Father Ted and The IT Crowd is Graham Linehan. His recent appearance at the Edinburgh International Television Festival saw the creator of Moss and Father Dougal give a “masterclass” (a word he doesn’t like) in the art of sitcom writing.
The Guardian’s John Plunkett has very kindly paraphrased the details of [...]
Reviews
- 23.Nov
- Andy Parson’s Britain’s Got Idiots
Mock The Week is one of the TV panel gameshows that came at the tail end of the panel comedy trend. The fad started with Have I Got News For You, followed quickly by They Think Its All Over opening the doors for many other pretenders to the throne. MTW though has staying power and [...]
- 17.Nov
- Lee Evans - Access All Arenas
Evans jumps around the stage with so much enthusiasm that you feel out of breath just watching him. Similar to Norman Wisdom in appearance and energy but with more variety he bounds from topic to topic with wild abandon.
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Editorial Opinion
- 07.Nov
- Storm in a Swimming Pool
Let’s get this straight - Rebecca Adlington, bless ‘er, DOES look like someone looking in the back of a spoon.
Since the insanity of the Sachsgate row and the intervening Frankie Boyle and Jimmy Carr “joke” controversies, the BBC have been keen to extract all possible offence from any jokes.
This policy is extremely dangerous. British TV [...]- 30.Nov
- Castrated?
What happened to Have I Got News For You this week?
Paul Merton and Ian Hislop were joined by Al Murray in the chair and among the guests was Germaine Greer.
During the days running up to recording (Thursday evening), terrorists have attacked the city of Mumbai,
Woolworths and MFI announced serious woe and various reports of impending [...]- 04.Nov
- Live Comedy in Middlesbrough!
It has been a very long time coming, but finally at last my home town of Middlesbrough has established a regular comedy night!
A monthly affair at the Town Hall Crypt, I’ve so far been unable to attend due to other commitments.
However I have heard superb reports back, and with national up and coming talent added [...]- 03.Nov
- Quintessential New Look!
Well it has been a long time coming, but finally here it is - the brand new look Quintessential Comedy!
The aim was to produce a smoother, slicker look for our loyal visitors, and we hope that the new look and improved functionality on the right-hand menus will improve enjoyment of the site and perhaps even [...]