John Fleming (I)
- Journalist
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Sexism in comedy
+ a cripple, a lesbian, two ethnic minorities and a spaceman.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 10th March 2015Misconception about music halls bred by 'Good Old Days'
"People's vision of music halls is Leonard Sachs on The Good Old Days. But it grew totally out of the publicans' interest in making as much money as they possibly could - selling as many drinks as they could. Some enterprising ones decided they'd put on a couple of turns (acts) in the evening and more people would come and see the show and drink their beer."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th March 2015Interview: Susan Harrison & Gemma Arrowsmith
I last blogged about Susan Harrison in 2013 and first saw her perform at Pull The Other One - as Mina The Horse. Yup. a horse. Not an act I am likely to forget.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th March 2015The original Pompidou & brief history of visual comedy
Multi-award-winning comedy scriptwriter/performer Julian Dutton started as an actor, then became a comedy scriptwriter for radio, but, he says, "I always made sure I performed in the things I wrote." He appears in a later episode of Pompidou.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th March 2015Jo Burke wants to scream about her life in her new show
Jo Burke is slightly worried about performing her new show. She is performing it at the Brighton Fringe for three nights in May. Then at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd March 2015Kate Copstick on her dislike of Lee Evans & Only Fools
Comedy critic Kate Copstick on some aspects of comedy she hates.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd March 2015The little film taking on the hits without knowing it
In a blog in March last year, I chatted to writer-director Ben Cookson about his first feature film Almost Married. Now it has been nominated as Best Comedy in the inaugural National Film Awards. Public voting ends on 12th March and the actual Awards night is 31st March in London.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 1st March 2015Kate Copstick on what makes a good Fringe show
There was a high percentage of comedians in the audience at yesterday's live show and one asked: "What makes a good Edinburgh Fringe show?"
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 23rd February 2015Kate Copstick: comedy jihadists, sexism & TV failure
Yesterday, Copstick and I recorded the first in a weekly series of Grouchy Club "mostly comedy" podcasts. The subjects covered include: sexism, the controversial comedians Dapper Laughs and Andrew Lawrence, why ITV's Show Me The Funny comedy talent show was crap, Copstick's encounters with criminals, rape victims, police corruption, and the comedy industry's new 'political correctness' Fascists... Oh!... and Copstick sings.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 16th February 2015Juliette Burton interview
Comedy performer Juliette Burton was recently invited to Whitehall to meet Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at an event giving out awards to 'Mental Health Heroes'.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 13th February 2015