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 [...]
Quintessential New Look!
Tech Comedy
You don’t get much hi tech comedy really outside of The IT Crowd - let’s try and redress the balance a bit…
There’s more tech gubbins over at The Gadget Monkey.
www.frankieboyle.com
Scots comic Frankie Boyle has a new-look website, and it’s pretty unusual, to say the least.
His Acidic Wit is combined with a series of unusual and slightly racy images comprising a “comic book” of Boyle’s career so far.
It’s well timed as the second half of this 2008 tour kicks off, and there’s some good advice [...]
Best Newsbiscuit Ever?
If not, it certainly comes close…
The BBC entered a new era this weekend with the launch of ‘BBC Hardcore’ – a free to air pornography channel intended to compete with the fastest growing area of digital broadcasting.
‘BBC 69’ as it will also be known will cater for those who are currently being attracted away from [...]
David Walliams & Matt Lucas launch funnyordie.co.uk
Funny or Die (funnyordie.co.uk) - the world’s most successful comedy web site - received its UK launch at the hands of Matt Lucas and David Walliams this week.
The Little Britain duo spearheaded the UK launch as co-founders and will be providing exclusive clips and sketches to the site on a monthly basis as well as [...]
Podcast comics
An increasing amount of comedy is finding its way into the Podcasting charts, with names such as Ricky Gervais, Phil Jupitus, Armstrong & Miller and more heading a list of amusing downloads.
260,000 downloads graced Ricky Gervais’ podcasts back in 2005, with other comedians quick to follow. One currently amusing example is Andrew Collins and [...]
Scouse Olympiad
[singlepic=69,320,240,,right]Here’s the classic web joke that was the Liverpool Olympic bid. Let’s keep it topical!
Did you know that Liverpool had put a bid in for the Olympics? Here is a section of their bid that was leaked from the IOC…
OPENING CEREMONY
The Olympic flame [...]
Online Comedy
[singlepic=64,320,240,,right]Great news for comedy fans that like to get their fix online - Comedy Demon is set to revolutionise your lives with high hopes of becoming the UKs biggest online comedy destination with content such as Peep Show and live standup routines.
Currently live and online, Comedy Demon has been launched by RDF Digital, with ads [...]
Future of Comedy - online?
Interesting Organ Grinder blog entry on the Guardian website, which suggests that the recent lack of original mainstream comedy on BBC One and ITV1 could be because the main audience - school pupils, college and university students, the cool, festival-going crowd - are watching their comedy online.
After all, they’re all busy happy slapping and having [...]
