Comedy News- Top Oz comedy fest is now in Obie’s sights - Cumbernauld News
- The Divine Comedy, By Craig Raine - The Independent
- Has Billy Connolly lost his mojo? - The Independent
- Being Modern: Arena comedy - The Independent
- So Jason Segel, are you a man or a Muppet? - The Guardian
- Terry’s different kind of comedy - Crawley Observer
- Comedian Mike Epps promotes hometown at Super Bowl - Palm Beach Post
- Old-fashioned love for matchmaking comedian - This is Staffordshire
- David Jason calls for return to traditional comedy - Telegraph.co.uk
- Billy Connolly ends comedy shows early after heckles - BBC News
eric idle Archive
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One Foot in the Grave: The Honda Song
So to herald the return to full service of Quintessential Comedy, we’ll kick off the return of our Comedy Gold series of clips with this segment from an episode of... -
John Cleese – Completely Different Emcee
Prince Charles celebrates his 60th birthday this year, and among various engagements Thursday November 13th was the date that The Princes’ Trust – an organisation setup by Charles to help... -
Fawlty Reunion
You may have seen the brief reuniting of Andrew Sachs and John Cleese on Prince Charles’s 60th birthday celebrations thing last night on ITV1 – or even at the venue... -
SPAM
It’s virtually impossible to describe just how vital this sketch is to our comedy heritage without sounding like a total t*sspot and spouting phrases like “comedy heritage”. Monty Python’s Flying... -
Wecwassification!
Almost 30 years after being banned by the local authority on grounds of blasphemy, Monty Python’s The Life of Brian will finally be screened in the Devon resort of Torbay... -
Monty Python Olympiad
Let’s get one thing settled – the Olympics are always taken very seriously, but back in the day the Monty Python team showed the world just how silly they really... -
Are they the greatest?
At long last, the page you’ve been waiting for! The original version of Quintessential Comedy featured the first in a series of articles and essays about comedy. Kicking it off... -
Comedy Dialogue of the Week
[singlepic=21,320,240,,right]On of the most wonderful bits of comedy dialogue I’ve ever come across is the wonderfully constructed Monty Python sketch by Eric Idle, Travel Agent. While the best interpretation of...