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  • [singlepic=28,320,240,,right]Not content with bending the USA to his whimsical will, Ricky Gervais has moved beyond the realm of the former Iron Curtain. It’s true – David Brentski will soon become...

    Gervais’ Millions

    [singlepic=28,320,240,,right]Not content with bending the USA to his whimsical will, Ricky Gervais has moved beyond the realm of the former Iron Curtain. It’s true – David Brentski will soon become...

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  • [singlepic=62,320,240,,right]Charlie Higson is a successful comedian, comedy actor and writer, who while occasionally providing us with funny sketches, characters and series also writes a series of novels featuring a young...

    Charlie Higson Interview

    [singlepic=62,320,240,,right]Charlie Higson is a successful comedian, comedy actor and writer, who while occasionally providing us with funny sketches, characters and series also writes a series of novels featuring a young...

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  • [singlepic=60,320,240,,right]Possibly the oddest piece of news has come to Quintessential Comedy via our rarely-used showbiz source in London: following the departure of veteran entertainer Des O’Connor from Channel 4′s afternoon...

    David Mitchell for Countdown?

    [singlepic=60,320,240,,right]Possibly the oddest piece of news has come to Quintessential Comedy via our rarely-used showbiz source in London: following the departure of veteran entertainer Des O’Connor from Channel 4′s afternoon...

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  • One of Ronnie Barker’s classics, with Ronnie Corbett appearing as a man who answers the next question before it has been asked… [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=MEyn0vE_k8s]

    Two Ronnies Mastermind

    One of Ronnie Barker’s classics, with Ronnie Corbett appearing as a man who answers the next question before it has been asked… [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=MEyn0vE_k8s]

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  • Well after two episodes, Lab Rats is hardly making any waves. In fact it’s barely generating any laughs. Visually the university science department look like 1970s Open University professors, and...

    Time to put them down

    Well after two episodes, Lab Rats is hardly making any waves. In fact it’s barely generating any laughs. Visually the university science department look like 1970s Open University professors, and...

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  • Manic loony kid-comic Russell Howard has chatted with the Guardian recently, likening the Edinburgh Festival to an OFSTED (schools) inspection. The Mock the Week regular has plenty to say on...

    Russell Howard Speaks

    Manic loony kid-comic Russell Howard has chatted with the Guardian recently, likening the Edinburgh Festival to an OFSTED (schools) inspection. The Mock the Week regular has plenty to say on...

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  • Now come on Frankie, you’re evidently not John Barrowman, Ricky Gervais or any other of the ubiquitous performers that we see on our screens these days – there’s no real...

    Frankie Boyle – Knackered?

    Now come on Frankie, you’re evidently not John Barrowman, Ricky Gervais or any other of the ubiquitous performers that we see on our screens these days – there’s no real...

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  • From time to time, subscribers to the excellent NewsBiscuit get a real treat. Occasionally, I like to alert your attention to this superb website. What better way than with a...

    Newsbiscuit hits a high

    From time to time, subscribers to the excellent NewsBiscuit get a real treat. Occasionally, I like to alert your attention to this superb website. What better way than with a...

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  • Oh please say it ain’t so. Alleged comedy Gavin and Stacey – which makes My Family look like Fawlty Towers – is reported to be switching channels for its second...

    Gavin and Stacey Channel Hop

    Oh please say it ain’t so. Alleged comedy Gavin and Stacey – which makes My Family look like Fawlty Towers – is reported to be switching channels for its second...

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  • [singlepic=11,320,240,,right]If art imitates life and vice versa, then surely we are allowed to integrate some parts of our leisure into our daily lives, and in more ways then just putting...

    The Inner Basil

    [singlepic=11,320,240,,right]If art imitates life and vice versa, then surely we are allowed to integrate some parts of our leisure into our daily lives, and in more ways then just putting...

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