British Comedy Awards; Winners and Losers Who Won

Thursday night was the Foster sponsored British Comedy Awards, and Wireless sent me along to have a bloody look and try to get near some comedians.

The star-studded event, organised by Avalon Entertainment, was broadcast live on Channel 4 and also to three 42" plasma screens in the press pen, where I was, where we were when Johnny Vegas went mental and said about the smartest thing anyone has for a while.

Monty Python Will Return!!

The five remaining faces of Monty Python have met to discuss their reunion after fans wait three decades since their last show.

Those five famous comic geniuses gave fans the gift of a lifetime on Wednesday as Eric Idle Tweeted a picture of the group, in anticipation of their return to the stage.

The Complex Web Of Modern Comedy

What kind of videos would Charlie Chaplin have put on YouTube? How many listeners would the Groucho Marx podcast get? Would Bill Hicks really update his blog every week? 

We will never have the answers to these questions, but without a definite paycheck attached to those modern mediums, would those luminaries of comedy have even bothered to create such brand building content? 

"I AM CULTURE!" - Stewart Lee at the Leicester Square Theatre

It is very difficult to attempt a review any of Stewart Lee's stand up. It is purposely devised and performed in such a way as to alienate as many of the people who might happen upon it as possible. If Stewart Lee had his way, and the ability to feed his family was no object, he would play to rooms of two people or less and those people would laugh all of the moisture from their bodies and be wheeled out with the most amazing six-packs you'd have ever seen.

He is very funny, but only if you like that sort of thing. I do like it, a great deal, but therein lies the problem.