John Fleming (I)
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When is a cunning stunt not cunning?
One agent/promoter was telling me he had a stunt to publicise one of his acts which he reckoned was going to put all the traffic in Edinburgh into gridlock and he was trying to persuade me this would be worthy of an increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award nomination. But this would be more likely to get the act thrown out of their venue, him prosecuted and the show loathed by locals rather than an award nomination.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st August 2015Fringe bog blog, toilet humour, replacing crystal balls
Yesterday's Grouchy Club was fairly full and, on the audio recording, not perfect with the sound of a fan - well, we actually had two fans, something the Laughing Horse Free Festival is very good at providing for stuffy Fringe rooms.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 19th August 2015Bad signs at the Fringe & Lewis Schaffer kisses me
I used to have a beard for 25 years, then cut it off. I think I am going to grow one again but have not yet figured how I can explain this as anything other than laziness.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 18th August 2015The unavoidable Lewis Schaffer & the African President
Yesterday, I was talking to critic Kate Copstick and I think we came to the conclusion that, this year at the Edinburgh Fringe, there is no one 'hot' act whom everyone is talking about.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2015Naked ballet dancers, pigeons and Egg Roulette shock
More pigeon news. On Thursday in this blog, I mentioned the tussle performer Adrienne Truscott had with pigeons inside her flat. Yesterday, Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards judge Claire Smith of The Scotsman told me she had seen last year's Malcolm Hardee Award winner Candy Gigi running out of a sandwich shop.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 16th August 2015Jaw droppers of the Edinburgh Fringe
"You should consider Lewis Schaffer for the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Award for comic originality," Lewis Schaffer told me yesterday. "I'm so original people are starting to imitate me."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2015Edinburgh Fringe myths and Lou Reed
There were two notable shows which I saw at the Edinburgh Fringe yesterday, both about myths.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 14th August 20155-stars, fake breasts, deaf squirrels, iScream & Hokum
A lot of Edinburgh Fringe acts do not need publicity in this blog any more. They are doing too well.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 13th August 2015Buddhism, cats, a missing podcast and a death
So, yesterday, I went to see Simon Caine's comedy show Buddhism and Cats at The Caves in Edinburgh.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 12th August 2015Why I am named in the Daily Star today
Fame is strange and not necessarily welcome.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 11th August 2015