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What happened when I produced a Jerry Sadowitz TV comedy special...

The Last Laugh with Jerry Sadowitz was recorded to be a 55-minute show though it was later transmitted as a 45-minute show (for general scheduling reasons, not because of content).

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 18th August 2022

What Malcolm Hardee thought of Jerry Sadowitz

As the Jerry Sadowitz row at the Edinburgh Fringe is still rumbling on (see my previous three blogs), below is an extract from the late Malcolm Hardee's autobiography I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2022

Jerry Sadowitz, "freedom of speech" and The Pleasance paving the Road to Hell...

The aftershock of The Pleasance venue cancelling the second of Jerry Sadowitz's two comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe rumbles on.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2022

"I was at the Jerry Sadowitz show... The Pleasance are just making **** up..."

As an addendum to the blog I posted earlier today about the Jerry Sadowiz/Pleasance venue contretemps at the Edinburgh Fringe... My eagle-eyed, eternally-un-named friend has spotted a Tweet posted yesterday.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2022

What I told LBC Radio about Jerry Sadowitz's Fringe show being cancelled

I was interviewed by Andrew Castle on his LBC radio show this morning.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 14th August 2022

My advice for first-time visitors to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe...

Don't assume that, because a show is tucked away at 0930 or midday or 1600 that it is any less good than one at 2000 or 2300... and see lots of shows by people you have never heard of - take a punt.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th August 2022

Is comedy dead or dying?... What I gibbered about on GBNews last night

I think GB News may have mistaken me for someone else, as I was called a "highly-respected comedy journalist".

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th August 2022

Consignia: The Flatterers - The end of their anarchy at the Edinburgh Fringe?

Admirably anarchic comedy group Consignia are performing their show The Flatterers at the Edinburgh Fringe starting this Saturday (6th-14th August).

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd August 2022

Dan Came Third in the North Korean Marathon at the Edinburgh Fringe...

On Thursday this week, Dan Kelly starts the Edinburgh Fringe 'run' of his show How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon. So obviously I was interested and went to see his preview show at the Museum of Comedy in London. And we talked...

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 1st August 2022

Brian Damage and Krysstal, Malcolm Hardee reborn plus balls and bagpipes...

Some stories which I do not mention in this blog are often even more interesting than what appears, but not quite long enough to blog about. And some are just plain unrepeatable.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th July 2022

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