The Kevin Bishop Show has gone from strength to strength over its run, and has underlined the importance of Channel 4’s continued investment in new comedy talent.
With Channel 4 and the BBC both concerning themselves with new talent and formats, and ITV plodding along with just two guaranteed comedy ratings winners, you have to wonder [...]
Kevin Bishop - where next?
Olivia Lee - Poster Girl of British Comedy
If anyone was in any doubt of the charm and talent of Olivia Lee, a cool 30 minutes in front of Channel 4s Comedy Lab on Thursday evening would have proven without a shadow that this girl is the hottest British female comic out there.
Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits was the funniest thing on TV on [...]
Rambling Syd Rumpo
[singlepic=67,320,240,,right]Back in the midsts of time, Little Britain was represented by the affable Kenneth Horne who took a weekly jaunt in front of a live studio audience through meetings with a bewilderingly insane bunch of characters, played by Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
One of the most wonderful creations in Round the [...]
ITV Backlash
It seems that the BBC loss at the hands of ITV’s vote rigging at the 2005 Comedy Awards has caused a bit of a backlash from the press
Friday’s papers saw ITV receive universal condemnation in after it’s fine of a record £5.68m for improperly awarding the People’s Choice comedy award to stars Ant and Dec, [...]
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 this is probably the live version (most notably the one performed at The Hollywood Bowl) the version in the second series of Monty Python’s Flying Circus [...]
Comedy Dialogue of the Week
[singlepic=11,320,240,,right]Fawlty Towers – Communication Problems:
Mrs Richards: I asked for a room with a view!
Basil: [muttering to Manuel] Deaf, mad, and blind…
[He goes to the window and peers through it.]
Basil: Ah, this is the view as far as I can remember, madam… yes, yes, this is it.
Mrs Richards: When I pay for a view, I expect [...]
