Bruce Dessau
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 292
Opinion: The missing Monty Python link
There was a different appearance from Eric Idle's "Nudge-Nudge" character which I can't find anywhere. It was in a TV advert for Breakaway chocolate bars which also featured Idle's blazered buffoon, though this time, if my memory is correct, he wouldn't shut up about the chocolate and crispy biscuit combination.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st May 2014Opinion: What Ricky Gervais & Russell Brand taught me
Never throw anything away.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th May 2014Preview: Andrew Maxwell on Tour
Quietly political routines about gastropubs, gentrification and oligarchs buying up the capital also struck the right comic notes and there was a great anecdote about how Andrew Maxwell's London-born middle class son has turned into Little Lord Fauntleroy despite having a "scumbag" for a dad.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th May 2014Review: Marcus Brigstocke, Soho Theatre
I'd like to see Brigstocke ranting again soon, but in the meantime his pissing about is pretty good.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th May 2014Exclusive clip from The Trip to Italy DVD
Need an extra helping of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's brilliantly tasty gastronomic tour of Italy? Then wait no longer. The DVD of their latest series, The Trip To Italy, is out next Monday, but just to whet your appetite here is one of the previously unseen extras from it in which affable but-not-quite-as-affable as his TV persona Rob Brydon persuades Steve Coogan to do an impression of former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock as they cruise through Tuscany.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th May 2014David Baddiel review
David Baddiel is invariably the comedic fall guy, albeit cushioned by clever callbacks and pithy asides.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th May 2014Picture Report: Machynlleth Comedy Festival Part 1
"It's all gone downhill. It's not what it was." The first comedian I bump into in Machynlleth's high street is Stewart Lee who, typically, (ironically) mocks the rampant commercialism of the Machnylleth Comedy Festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th May 2014Preview: The Dog Thrower, Sky Arts 1
The Dog Thrower is very funny. Of course it is. It's got Tim Key in it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st May 2014The Horne Section review
This frivolously funny mash-up of music and mirth was a try-out for their Edinburgh Fringe return.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 29th April 2014Podcast review: No Such Thing As A Fish
All it lacks is the likes of Alan Davies and co chipping in with their comedic quips, but there are still plenty of laughs to be had.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th April 2014