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The Alternative Comedy Experience: Review - February 2013 On The Box - February 4th, 2013
Well done, Comedy Central. For too long, your schedules have been filled with repeats of Mike and Molly, Two and a Half Men, King of Queens, and a whole host of other mind-numbingly awful American sitcoms. Just when you were starting to wonder whether the name ‘Comedy Central’ was some sort of sarcastic joke in…
Our manifesto - February 2013 Chortle - By Stewart Lee - February 4th, 2013
The Alternative Comedy Experience, a new stand-up series, starts on Comedy Central tomorrow night. I am executive producer of the show, curated the selection of acts, appear interviewing them backstage, and am obliged to promote the programme. So here I am, heading direct into the heartland of the comedy cognoscenti on Chortle, with a point…
Beyond The Joke: Interview - February 2013 Beyond The Joke - By Bruce Dessau - February 2nd, 2013
You won’t see much of Stewart Lee in his latest TV series starting on February 5. He is executive producer/curator of Comedy Central’s The Alternative Comedy Experience and only crops up briefly interviewing the acts between their appearances. The real stars of the show are the acts – SIMON MUNNERY, ISY SUTTIE, BOOTHBY GRAFFOE, PHIL…
A HISTORY OF STAND-UP ON TV - February 2013 Time Out - February 1st, 2013
Sunday Night At The London Palladium (1955-74 ATV) Youthful Scouse Mod Jimmy Tarbuck, and an already skeletal Bruce Forsythe, host this insanely programmed institution of diamond-honed variety circuit stand-ups, proto-psychedelic beat pop, and people doing weird things with planks. Makes Live At The Apollo look like a content-driven engagement platform. The Comedians (1971 – 79…
STEWART LEE – A HISTORY OF STAND-UP ON TV - February 2013 Time Out - By Stewart Lee - February 1st, 2013
Sunday Night At The London Palladium (1955-74 ATV) Youthful Scouse Mod Jimmy Tarbuck, and an already skeletal Bruce Forsythe, host this insanely programmed institution of diamond-honed variety circuit stand-ups, proto-psychedelic beat pop, and people doing weird things with planks. Makes Live At The Apollo look like a content-driven engagement platform. The Comedians (1971 – 79…