Malcolm Hardee
- English
- Actor, comedian and venue manager
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Malcolm Hardee's first ever appearance at the Fringe
In this edited extract from I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake, Malcolm talks about the first time he appeared with The Greatest Show On Legs at the Fringe.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 31st July 2014The John Fleming extended interview
Malcolm Hardee was a true original. A performer, a manager and a convicted car thief, he was one of the UK's very first alternative comedians. He died suddenly in January 2005 - whilst still in his 50's. For his one hundredth interview for Broadway Baby, Martin Walker talks to John Fleming about The Edinburgh Fringe, performing with Kate Copstick and keeping Malcolm's legacy alive.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 18th June 2014Remembering Malcolm Hardee
Today is the late comedian Malcolm Hardee's birthday. He would have been 64. He drowned in Greenland Dock, by the River Thames in London on 31st January 2005.
John Fleming, 5th January 2014More stories of comedians using other comedians' lines
Back to Ian McPherson and the gag theft by Malcolm Hardee...
John Fleming, 18th December 2013Malcolm Hardee - Joke Thief?
Malcolm Hardee was famous or infamous for many things as a comic, club-owner, compere and anarchic character. One was the fact that he had around six jokes which he lived on for around 20 years. Another was a set of catchphrases, most or all of them picked up from other people.
John Fleming, 17th December 2013Opinion: Tunnel club - the sequel
Further to our story last week about the dusting off of some wonderful pictures from the glory days of Malcolm Hardee's Tunnel Club, photographer Bill Alford has been in touch with some more memories of those days and some more info about his involvement. And, best of all, he has given Beyond The Joke permission to run some classic, rarely seen pictures from those legendary gigs. This is Bill's story.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th November 2013Opinion: Tunnel visions
Thanks to Nick Revell pointing them out on Twitter, I've been enjoying wading through some lovely old comedy pictures from the mid-1980s taken by Bill Alford. It is appropriate that they come from Malcolm Hardee's Tunnel Club because to me they feel like an episode of Time Tunnel.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th November 2013Would Malcolm Hardee have HATED the awards show?
On Facebook, just a few hours after the show finished, Bob Walsh posted: 'The Awards Show was a rally for the middle classes
The Malcolm Hardee Awards Show was a middle class rally?'
How to win a Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award
Two days ago, Lewis Schaffer announced he will be spending the entire promotional budget for his Fringe show Lewis Schaffer is Better Than You on giving every paying member of his audience a free copy of... Richard Herring's DVD.
John Fleming, 17th June 2013Opinion: Phil Kay's catalogue of comic anarchy
People talk about the likes of Simon Munnery, John Hegley and Malcolm Hardee as being alternative comedy legends but Phil Kay is one of comedy's true genius mavericks.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th June 2013