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 amusingRead More →
Just 3 years after denouncing the state of British Comedy on a Channel 4 documentary, TV exec David Liddiment has taken part in a panel at the Edinburgh International Television Festival that celebrates the arrival of a new wave – one that includes the risible Lab Rats. Lest we forget,Read More →
[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 will be ignited byRead More →
[singlepic=14,320,240,,right]Friday nights with Al Murray frankly cannot come around fast enough. If there was ever a reason to knock nightclubs on the head, it’s the Pub Landlord himself, with his nationalistic pride, stuffed late dog and tales of woe in life and love. With a typically British stiff upper lip,Read More →
[singlepic=61,320,240,,right]One of the few American comics you’ll find on Quintessential Comedy, Steve Martin is one helluva crazeeee guy. Currently the Daily Record is running an “interview” (in reality a few quotes mainly cribbed from his autobiography) that reveals the darker sides to Martin, as well as a summary of someRead More →
It has long-since been a major gripe here at Quintessential Comedy that younger comics and amateur talent rarely gets any coverage in local papers. Were I to point the finger of blame at anyone, it would of course be the editors of the self same local papers. Why is this?Read More →
We’re back with our seventh Kasterborous podKast (with a K) in which we mostly discuss Doctor Who Series 4 with a combination of love and irreverence. Your hosts are Christian Cawley (apparently speaking over the phone) and Brian A Terranova. Listen out for our new butler, a Clockwork Droid calledRead More →
Nice to see Kris Marshall is recovering from his recent accident – following the sad loss of Humphrey Lyttleton last week I was a little reluctant to wish him well in case this very blog had some sort of curse attached to it. Of course, it is life and death.Read More →
With my spur-of-the-moment Les Dawson day, I thought what better time than to introduce a new category – Legendary Moments in Comedy! You may know this story – if not, it has been around for nearly 20 years, and there really is no reason to disbelieve it… Sunderland Empire isRead More →
You won’t feel that you have any choice once you’ve sat through this – BBC News have announced that Mong and Bint’s James Corden and Mathew Horne have signed up to make a new comedy sketch show for BBC Three. I shit you not. Worse, the once respected television corporationRead More →
[singlepic=5,240,320,,right]…and so it continues, with a feature in The Guardian about Marcus Brigstocke’s comedy ski fest in the French Alpine town of Meribel. Tragically, Brigstocke had spent £25,000 of his own money on the event before heavy snow forced him to fork out another £5,000 on snow melting equipment toRead More →
[singlepic=5,320,240,,right]If it wasn’t sickening enough to see that Marcus Brigstocke hosts an annual comedy festival at a ski resort, the old corporate gig seems to be raising its profile, with a recent business course from LearnDirect employing the services of comedy actors Ricky Gervais, Hugh Laurie, Dawn French and JamesRead More →
