John Fleming (I)
- Journalist
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Dapper Laughs, Andrew Lawrence and liberal fascism
John Fleming talks to Trevor Lock about the furores surrounding Dapper Laughs, Andrew Lawrence, and the rise of liberal fascism.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 13th November 2014How comedy awards start, get credible & where they lead
Comedy awards seem to be a growing industry.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 10th November 2014Laurence Owen - a Pervland pasticher
His show Lullabies of Pervland has a humdinger of a song about how women's roles in Disney movies are defined and limited - it has wonderfully complex and intelligent lyrics performed by Laurence to a perfect pastiche of the whole gamut of Disneyesque tunes.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th November 2014Teaching the Germans British humour?
Last night, before this month's ever-original Pull The Other One comedy show in South London, I talked to Martin Soan who organises both it and the Pull The Other One shows in Germany. He and his wife Vivienne have so far staged three in Leipzig this year.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 1st November 2014'No, I was not bounced on Bernard Manning's knee"
"I don't have a blog today," I told Matt Roper this afternoon. "You'll have to give me one. I always tell people that, as a boy, you were bounced on Bernard Manning's knee and you say you weren't. There must be a blog in that."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 28th October 2014Punchlines: comics getting beaten up
Yesterday, someone drew my attention to a copy of The Stage dated 26th April 1990. One article was headlined: "ARTISTS FEAR HECKLERS' REVENGE" and started: "Alarmed entertainers fear violence from rowdy club audiences may be on the increase after a series of ugly scenes which have put artists at risk on stage."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 24th October 2014I saw a very successful comedy show with no jokes
The nearest I can describe last night's show was that it was a one-hour warm-up of the audience by a skilled performer who made something very difficult look very easy.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 18th October 2014John Henry Falle on being an alien & an aspiring wizard
Yesterday, my blog was about the rise of storytelling nights in the UK - I was talking to comedians Matt Price/Michael Kossew at Soho Theatre in London. About two minutes after they left, John Henry Falle wandered past. He is a quarter of The Beta Males comedy group and 100% of The Story Beast.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th October 2014Is storytelling the new comedy?
Comedy clubs in the UK are said to be on the decline. But storytelling is teetering on the brink of the possibility of becoming the new comedy.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 14th October 2014Why Peep Show led one American to love British comedy
I have had a Twitter account - @thejohnfleming - since March 2009 but, honestly, I have never got the hang of it. Nonetheless, people follow me - only 2,026 at the moment, but every little helps. Naomi Rohatyn started to follow me last week. Her profile says: "Wildly unsuccessful comedy writer in LA. Aspiring to become wildly unsuccessful comedy writer in London."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th October 2014