Malcolm Hardee
- English
- Actor, comedian and venue manager
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A Malcolm Hardee stunt: the legend & the truth
Malcolm was famous for his stunts at the Fringe. One of the most famous was writing a review of his own show which he conned The Scotsman newspaper into publishing in 1989.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 14th July 2017How comedy captured the Edinburgh Fringe: part 3
In the third part of our Fringe history, two long-forgotten venues put comedy before theatre with the help of Austin Powers and a Wonder Dog.
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 11th July 2017How 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 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 2017Malcolm Hardee, squatters and the Cunning Stunt
In November and December last year, I posted a series of blogs about the late comic Malcolm Hardee's former floating pub/comedy club The Wibbley Wobbley. There were squatters living on board in November.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 14th January 2017Malcolm Hardee: the Wibbley Wobbley venue, RIP
A few weeks ago, I posted a couple of blogs about the late comedian Malcolm Hardee's floating pub/venue The Wibbley Wobbley being removed from Greenland Dock to South Dock Marina in Rotherhithe and then, on 14th December, being taken away from there to be scrapped. To round off this sad story tale, coincidental confirmation came from comic Sinead Wheeler.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 31st December 2016Wibbley Wobbley floating venue - reportedly scrapped
Last Sunday, I posted a blog about the fate of late comedian Malcolm Hardee's former floating bar/venue the Wibbley Wobbley. It got a response from Jody VandenBurg on Wednesday. He is making a long-in-production documentary on Malcolm: All The Way From Over There.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th December 2016Another London venue disappears - The Wibbley Wobbley
The Wibbley Wobbley boat, which was run as a comedy venue on the Thames by the legendary Malcolm Hardee, has been towed away from its moorings in Rotherhithe's Greenland Dock.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th December 2016Wibbley Wobbley boat has re-appeared somewhere else
Bruce Dessau asked me for a quote which he could add to the news item he had written on his Beyond The Joke website. I gave him a quote but suggested he should just make up a much better one and claim that I had said it - something of which I think Malcolm would have approved.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 11th December 2016