After quitting Never Mind the Buzzcocks, comedian Simon Amstell vowed to get back onto the comedy circuit, his aim no doubt to share his slightly odd world view with the student audience. His live DVD illustrates just how much he has developed over his time fronting the popular music panelRead More →
There’s barely a man or woman in the UK who can’t be aware of Dara O’Briain, the genial Irish host of Mock the Week whose success has seen him popping up on daytime TV shows from time to time. While his style isn’t to everyone’s liking, he has had immenseRead More →
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.Read More →
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 MFIRead More →
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 young people – held an evening of A-list comedy entertainment in his honour at the New Wimbledon Theatre in London.Read More →
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, andRead More →
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 enjoymentRead More →
It’s easy to blow stuff out of all proportion, but there’s no way that this business should be carrying on 10 days or so after the fact. As it is, both Brand and Ross have been caught up in the media circus and both suspended while the BBC’s Director GeneralRead More →
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.Read More →
Well, what can you say – it’s split the nation, pretty much like the subject matter, but Britain’s got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice was an absolute triumph for Peter Kay and Channel 4 on Sunday evening. If you missed itRead More →
Excellent to see Mitchell and Webb doing their Nazi “Hans, are we the baddies…?” sketch on last week’s show at the Albert Hall, and the little Iranian lady was good too. But what a load of bad choices! Alan Carr stuggles to be funny at the best of times, frankly,Read More →
News that the Philipine embassy are making a complaint about a recent edition of Harry and Paul came as a major shock – especially given the context of the complaint. Apparently: A petition organised by the Philippine Foundation called for the “re-education” of the BBC. It said: “This particular sketchRead More →
