Favourite Comedians
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Comedy's Civil War: How an 'SNL' Firing Exposed a Growing Rift in Stand-Up
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Like every other aspect of American life in the Trump era, stand-up is turning polarized, pitting comic against comic in an escalating civil war over what's acceptable humor and what's unfunny hate speech. "You millennials, you're a bunch of rats, all of you," Gillis defender Bill Burr snarled on David Spade's Comedy Central show. "None of them cares. All they want to do is get people in trouble."
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Wasn't sure where to post this. I'm watching unexplained mysteries...
Guy gets abducted by aliens. Disappears. Turns up in another state, missus finds him. His memory has been erased, he doesn't remember their relationship, doesn't love her anymore.
Brilliant.
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Not sure whether this should be here, or in the podcasts thread. Mods, please feel free to move.
I've been listening to the Rule of Three podcasts for a while now, where 2 comedy writers talk to a comedian about something that influenced them.
One of the latest episodes was the best so far - Marcus Brigstock on Gonzo from The Muppets. Really funny and heartwarming.
Link for that episode is here
Also worth going out of your way to listening to was Danielle Ward on Bottom, David Quantick on Time Bandits, Ed Morrish on Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Radio Series), and Charlie Brooker on Airplane!