Alex Edelman

A piggy interview with Alex Edelman

Alex Edelman interview.

Searching for more funny, I listened to US comedian Alex Edelman lampoon his own generation, those born between 1982 and 1992 and usually called millennials. His half-hour stand-up routine on Radio 4 (there's a second part next week) was nicely pointed at a UK audience, with jokes about Nigel Farage, The Inbetweeners and ITV2. God, there is such a beautiful slickness to US comedians. Edelman packs in the jokes and he sells them, hard. Nothing is shambolic, no line wasted or fluffed. It makes for a wonderfully easy, hilarious listen. I recommend.

Alex Edelman on Millennials

'Millennials are funny because they're so misunderstood'.

Comedians recall their first gigs

Shappi Khorsandi felt as if she'd walked on the moon. Isy Suttie watched a man change a dressing on a wound as she spoke. Omid Djalili fell off the stage. So how did the first gigs of Paul Merton, Susan Calman and other top comics go?

Return of the unscripted show in which comic guests tell anecdotes and generally wibble on. First up, Stephen Fry, Sandi Toksvig, Sara Pascoe and Alex Edelman swap stories. Even if you''e minded to be cynical about letting comedians chatter so, the format works, principally because the intimate everyone-sitting-at-a-table setup makes it a kind of anti-Mock The Week - reflective rather than competitive. Continues all week.

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - series 4 review

The best thing about As Yet Untitled is the relaxed atmosphere. It is not a show about who has the best story to tell. It is a show that is about conversation.

Live Review: Alex Edelman, Soho Theatre, London

You've got to have an angle when you do a full length Edinburgh Fringe show. Well, it's maybe not compulsory but when putting together a string of stories it can help to stitch the narrative together and excite the judges. Alex Edelman's 2015 show, which has finally transferred to London, has an angle but the young Bostonian is so skilful this would be a hugely enjoyable set even without one.

Interview: rarely asked questions - Alex Edelman

There is a long tradition of American artists being quickly embraced in the UK, from Jimi Hendrix to Bill Hicks. I think at the moment Alex Edelman is in the process of joining that illustrious list.

Alex Edelman on the British sense of humour

The New York stand-up was named best newcomer at last year's fringe. Here's what he's picked up from his time on these isles.

Alex Edelman: Everything Handed To You

Last year's winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award's best newcomer gong, Edelman divides his time between New York and his burgeoning career in the UK and Australia, so his real home is a blue suitcase.