Andrea Mann
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Dapper Laughs show axed: the funniest Twitter reactions
Even before the news broke, it wasn't looking good for Dapper Laughs...
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 11th November 2014When the first Comic Relief single rocked your world
In 1985, Comic Relief was born. The beautiful, bouncing child of Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry, it came into the world kicking and screaming... and in 1988, it started wearing a red nose. And between these two events - the launch of the charity and its first Red Nose Day in February 1988 - came the release of the very first Comic Relief single, in 1986.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 13th March 2013This just in: Beautiful women can be funny, too
It's nice to see the 'Are Women Funny?' debate gasping its final breaths.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 4th October 2012That Was The Fringe That Was
It's ironic that in the year that the Edinburgh Festival Fringe introduced a Spoken Word category for the first time, its biggest comedy awards recognised silent comics.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 27th August 2012Dear Edinburgh Fringe...
I don't quite know how to say this, but I think the performance poet Lily 'Rose' Allen put it best in the title of her award-winning 2009 Edinburgh show: "It's not me, it's you." In other words, Edinburgh Fringe... You've got fat. I'm sorry. But I'm telling you this for your own sake.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 26th August 2012Videos: Top 20 sitcom families
Whether they've been set around kitchen tables or living room sofas, in working class lives or elite intellectual ones, family sitcoms have been a staple of British and American TV for decades.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 20th August 2012Barlow 'Really pissed off that Jimmy Carr's apologised'
Take That star Gary Barlow is reportedly "well pissed-off" that Jimmy Carr has apologised for avoiding tax.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 21st June 2012Satire, hypocrisy and the Jimmy Carr furore
If only Jimmy Carr hadn't done that Barclays bank sketch.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 20th June 2012No Pressure To Be Funny podcast review
Devised by comedians Nick Revell and Alistair Barrie, the monthly comedy panel show No Pressure To Be Funny isn't just a live event at London's Soho Theatre - it's also one of the best topical comedy podcasts out there.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 12th June 201250 funny spoof Twitter accounts
One of the magical things about Twitter is not only the ability to present whichever side of your personality/life/face you so desire, but to also assume an entirely new personality/life/face, should you so desire.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 29th May 2012