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Variety accidentally runs Terry Gilliam obituary
American website and magazine Variety has accidentally run a story that Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame had died. Gilliam, 74, is alive and well.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th September 2015Opinion: the inconvenience of the toilet trip
Frankie Boyle made news this weekend when it was reported that fans were not let back into his gig after they left to go to the toilet. Boyle says that this is not supposed to be the case and that his post-piss policy since 2010 is actually that fans in the stalls are relocated at the back or in the balcony to keep disruption to a minimum.
The Glaswegian comic has a point. There are some things more infuriating than people leaving to go to the toilet - ie people using their phone, but that's another blog - but the toilet issue has been going on for a long time so it's great to see a performer take a stand.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th September 2015Magners new act finalists confirmed
They are Lolly Adefope, George Rigden and Ingrid Dahle, who qualifed via the final qualifying heat in Bristol. They are now joined by three more acts who qualified via a public online vote after their clips were posted on YouTube. They are Sophie Willan, Chris Washington and Benji Waterstones.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th September 2015Review: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Podcast
Richard Herring's latest podcast comes complete with an elephant in the room. Unless I missed it his interview with Bridget Christie doesn't contain any mention of her "fictional husband", aka Herring's comedy partner Stewart Lee.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th September 2015David Walliams previews new sketch show
David Walliams tried out material for his new sketch show last night.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd September 2015Major Peter Sellers celebration announced
A special event is to take place on September 8 to mark what would have been Peter Sellers' ninetieth birthday.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd September 2015Sarah Millican to host special Deal Or No Deal
Deal Or No Deal is to celebrate its tenth birthday on Channel 4 with a surprise twist for host Noel Edmonds - he will be playing the game while Sarah Millican is to be the guest host.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd September 2015Event news: Tribute to comedy writers Marks & Gran
The British Comedy Society is to honour the TV comedy scriptwriters Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who this year celebrate 35 years as professional TV comedy writers, with their prestigious Living Legend Award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st September 2015An Evening with Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse review
Now this was an odd programme. There's having your cake and eating it and then there is this. A tribute hosted by the tributees that put the boot into the tributees at the same time, while finally concluding that they are almost godlike.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st September 2015The year the free show ceiling was truly smashed
Some of the free venues I went to, though not all, had better facilities, sight-lines and stages than paid shows, so the idea that the venues are rubbish and that all the chic venues have been snapped up for ticketed-only shows is nonsense.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st September 2015