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Njambi McGrath has written a revenge novel...
Njambi McGrath wrote an autobiography in 2020. Now she has written a revenge novel. So I chatted to her about it...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th March 2024AI knows who Malcolm Hardee was but can't copy his inimitable comedy...
Last Friday (5th January) was the late comedian Malcolm Hardee's birthday. He was born in 1950. He died 19 years ago, in 2005. So I asked three AIs to write me an obituary of Malcolm Hardee to see what facts they had mined.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th January 2024Is The Iceman's upcoming movie MELT IT! a documentary or a piece of Art...?
The documentary is co-produced by Robert Wringham and director Mark Cartwright. I talked to Robert and Anthony via Zoom... Mark was elsewhere, possibly in Wolverhampton.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th January 2024Bernie Clifton says: "I'm just mucking about."
Yesterday's blog was the first part of a chat with legendary English entertainer Bernie Clifton. It concludes here...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th December 2023Bernie Clifton - family entertainer and national treasure
Legendary comedy entertainer and British national treasure Bernie Clifton has just published his showbiz autobiography Crackerjack to Vegas.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 28th December 2023The late comedy godfather Tony Allen: anarchy, creativity and a "Plan B" film
Following on from the last blog - a tribute to the late performer Tony Allen by his friend Becky Fury - performer Tony Green was sharing some memories of Tony Allen with me... At the end, he said: "Oh, I didn't mention the film we did... Plan B by Jerri Hart, one of Tony's workshop pupils. Tony's impatience regarding continued re-takes - "Fuck! Another car's just come round the corner! We'll have to go again!" - made his performance one to cherish."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th December 2023Steve Best is Britain's clowntographer
Last year, comic/photographer Steve Best published Comedians, an extraordinarily classy collection of his photos of, you guessed it, comedians. Now he is about to publish a sequel - Comedians 2.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 20th September 2023The morning after yesterday's blog on President Obonjo, this happened...
Far be it from me to say my blog is widely read - it could, after all, be merely coincidence - but, a few brief hours after I posted yesterday's blog on comedy character President Obonjo, there was a military coup in Gabon, overthrowing President Ali Bongo, the namesake of the famed UK comedy magician and former President of the Magic Circle Ali Bongo.... This BBC News report has appeared (correct at the time of posting).
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 30th August 2023Donald Trump's supporters hail President Obonjo as one of their own
The comic dictator created by Benjamin Bello posted a TikTok video in 'support' of the president. However, "someone called Melissa Tate, a Right Wing Conservative blogger with about half a million followers on Twitter, blogged to say an African president supports Donald Trump."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th August 2023Malcolm Hardee Awards 2023 winners
Phil Ellis, John Fleming and Julia Masli have won the 2023 Malcolm Hardee Award trophies.
British Comedy Guide, 27th August 2023