Pappy's
- Sketch group
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The best comedy performances of 2012
Featuring Doctor Brown, Pappy's, Alexei Sayle, Alfie Brown and Mark Thomas.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 13th December 2012Review: Pappy's: Last Show Ever - Newcastle Stand
With stand-up seemingly mired in continual controversy and ill-feeling, it's not difficult to see why these sketch shows are on the rise.
Simon Moore, Giggle Beats, 24th October 2012Comedy preview: Pappy's Last Show Ever, The Stand
Edinburgh Fringe favourites Matthew Crosby, Ben Clark and Thomas Parry are calling a day on their sketch troupe Pappy's. Or are they?
The Scotsman, 18th October 2012Parry and Crosby on Pappy's Last Show Ever
The trio are taking their much-lauded Fringe show on tour.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 9th October 2012This week's new live comedy
James Kettle, The Guardian, 22nd September 2012Pappy's to make studio sitcom for BBC Three
Sketch group Pappy's are making a six-part studio sitcom series for BBC Three called The Secret Dude Society.
British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2012Pappy's nominated for Edinburgh Comedy Award
The nominees for the 2012 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award have been announced.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2012Live comedy in pictures - autumn round-up
Photos from around the circuit. Including Pappy's Christmas special, Dr Brown assaulting an audience member, Ken Livingstone laughing at Rich Hall, Patrick Monahan crowdsurfing and much more...
London Is Funny, 20th December 2011Mr and Mrs Hotty Hott Show was a product of Channel 4's Comedy Lab and, frankly, it could have done with a bit longer in the petri dish.
Written and performed by the sketch group Pappy's, and filmed before a bewilderingly delighted studio audience, the show purported to be a beauty contest - with the emphasis on inner beauty - inviting members of the public to compete in increasingly silly challenges, including the rolling of a stuffed lion attached to a skateboard.
Actually that bit did make me laugh quite a lot, and the general silliness was undoubtedly infectious. But it was all rather too reminiscent of Shooting Stars for my liking, and the gratuitous involvement of a power-posing dwarf in swimming trunks just made me depressed.
Forget political correctness, this is a sure sign of comedy at its most unimaginative and desperate.
Harry Venning, The Stage, 3rd November 2011Pappy's, and the fight for the sketch show
These men are aiming to resurrect the sketch show - with a time-travelling dinosaur and a wise old owl.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th May 2011