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How to win a Malcolm Hardee Award...
The Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe are all about originality. This blog is a lazy re-hash of a piece I wrote last year. But, as Malcolm would have said - indeed, often did say - "Fuck it! It don't matter. There are people starving in Africa. Not all over. Round the edge... fish."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 11th June 2017Malcolm Hardee's two bids to get elected as an MP
Today is General Election Day in the UK. Below are three extracts from the late Malcolm Hardee's increasingly prestigious autobiography I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake, published in 1996.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th June 2017How to mess up a Fringe show and lose a review star
The Edinburgh Fringe Programme is published tomorrow - almost two months before the world's biggest arts festival actually starts. So here is my two happence on why some comedy shows will fail or will lose at least one star in reviews.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th June 2017Behind the scenes of Love Song For Jeremy Corbyn video
Yesterday's blog was about Ariane Sherine's comic music video of her Love Song For Jeremy Corbyn. I play the UK Labour Party leader. In just over a day, the YouTube video had been seen by over 2,000 people. There has been feedback.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd June 2017Why Londoners would rather pay than see free comedy
Martin and Vivienne Soan have been running Pull the Other One comedy nights in Nunhead, South London, for over ten years. The shows are monthly. You pay to enter; and, in my opinion, they are always value for money whoever is on the bill.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 24th April 2017April Fools jokes can rebound on jokers
April Fools jokes can turn and bite the begetter.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 1st April 2017John Fleming on Daily Mail blind date
Nicola, 59, is matched with comedian John, 66... but did they stay for a coffee or run for a cab?
Daily Mail, 29th March 2017Interview: David Mills
David Mills, chic gay comic with a nose for pussy, gets chatty about PrEP etc.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 9th March 2017The wreck of the Wibbley Wobbley
As a sad PS to several recent blogs about the removal and rumoured scrapping of comedian Malcolm Hardee's floating pub venue The Wibbley Wobbley, below is a photo taken by Stephen McCreadie.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd February 2017Interview: Thom Tuck
This week's guest on the increasingly prestigious Grouchy Club Podcast was comedy performer Thom Tuck, whose idea was to come on and plug the two new Penny Dreadfuls' audio book releases. This seemed perfectly simple. But, as always, comedy critic Kate Copstick and I got sidetracked. For example, in this section...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 27th January 2017