There has been much written about The Goon Show because of the profound impact it had upon UK comedy, both at the time and during the proceeding two decades.  The creative and comic genius of its three main stars, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Seacombe re-invented radio comedy and introduced a new form of audio slapstick through its surreal imagery. This [...]

  If like me you’re finding that the summer of sport, especially the tennis, is beginning to grate, then here is an alternative game you can play. It’s called questions and if played well can afford you hours of fun and at no cost whatsoever. The rules are very simple: 1. No statements. 2. No repetition. 3. No hesitation. 4. [...]

  Continuing with my round up of some of the best stand-up tour DVDs of 2011, we come to two very diverse comedians. John Cleese and Greg Davies. One is an established name and a bastion of the comic community, where the other is a relative newcomer. Yet despite being respectively old school and new, they both have a similar [...]

Comedy and what amuses you is a very personal thing. It is therefore very difficult to try and review material or compare different and comedians per se. So I am not going to even try to do so. I will simply provide a summary of some DVDs that I have seen recently and a brief overview of what I thought. [...]

I first became aware of the work of comedian Tim Vine back in 2005, after seeing him do a short set on the Paramount Comedy Channel. His quick fire barrage of puns and silly word play had me laughing out loud and very impressed. It was a recording that remained on the TiVo for a very long time. I subsequently [...]