BCG Daily Monday 26th July 2021
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Latitude 2021 review - Maisie Adam
There was great new material here that will no doubt become part of a TV appearance or a new full show so I don't want to spoil it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2021
Latitude 2021 review - Jessica Fostekew
Jessica Fostekew was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2019 and would have gone on to great things straight away if it hadn't been for lockdown.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2021
Latitude 2021 review - Sophie Duker
All in all it was a pretty perfect short and punchy set from Duker.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2021
Reginald D Hunter at Latitude 2021
The wide-ranging set finds fresh topics or fresh angles on old ones as he covers the death of his father at 102, Meghan Markle, and the private life of Philip Schofield among many others. He even does a proper pub joke you can take away to tell later... if not quite so well.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th July 2021
Joel Dommett at Latitude 2021
Those who only know Joel Dommett as the excitable host of The Masked Singer are missing out: for he's a much better stand-up than you might expect from a shiny-floor ITV host. But he's a much worse rapper...
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th July 2021
Jamie Macdonald films doc on artists with sight problem
Jamie MacDonald has filmed a new documentary about fellow blind people in the creative industries.
Chortle, 26th July 2021
Latitude 2021 review - Simon Amstell
Amstell's themes have often been self-loathing and self-discovery and there is no change here. He has often talked about the notion of shame and he touches a lot on that here too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2021
How we made Viz: 'We printed 150 copies for £42.52'
"There were complaints that The Fat Slags stereotyped women as sex objects - but they were using their sexuality to get what they wanted, so it was quite the opposite."
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 26th July 2021
Camden Fringe 2021 - interview - Horrigan and Howell
A interview with a double act performing their show A Sketch Too Far.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 26th July 2021
Judge removes dead parrot joke from class-action ruling
It is an ex-reference. It has ceased to be. Days after a CBC News story highlighted Canada's judicial love affair with Monty Python, a British Columbian judge has removed all references to the British comedy troupe's iconic "dead parrot" sketch from a recent class-action certification decision in B.C.
Jason Proctor, CBC, 26th July 2021
Jo Brand at Latitude 2021 review
Not a barnstorming end to the weekend - but a solid one.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th July 2021
Katherine Ryan at Latitude 2021
Quite how this will all fit together by the time she goes on tour with her new show, Missus, from September remains to be seen. But on her first outing out, her piercing attitude isn't supported by similarly sharp-edged writing. Though plenty among her army of fans seem more than happy with the truth bombs she delivered, judging from the post-gig chatter as the arena slowly emptied for the night.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th July 2021
Latitude 2021 review - Glenn Moore
Moore is a master of the call-back. He is also really good at leading listeners in one direction before pulling the rug and taking them in another. The only trouble is that he does it so well so often you almost start to expect a twist even when one isn't coming.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2021
Improv Corner - improv in the media - Taskmaster
I think when you do improv and you get the same suggestions or play the same games over and over again it can be hard to look at it from a different angle, however that is why Taskmaster is good because most of the time everyone approaches a task in a completely unique way and it is a metaphor for what improv is an can be.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 26th July 2021
Ashley Blaker on raising six children
From bank-breaking days out to too-small cars, not to mention homeschooling, society is not set up for large families like mine.
Ashley Blaker, The Telegraph, 26th July 2021Videos
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