This episode is mostly about the exceptional comedy of genius of Eddie Braben who crafted the Morecambe & Wise you know.
Tag: British humour
Is It Funny? Episode 8 – More Dagenham Dialogues
This episode is mostly about one Pete & Dud dialogue from Not Only But Also, the 1960s hit television series with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
Is It Funny? Episode 7 – Dagenham Dialogues
This episode is mostly about one Pete & Dud dialogue from Not Only But Also, the 1960s hit television series with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
Is It Funny? Episode 6 – Not Only But Also
This episode is mostly about Not Only But Also, the 1960s hit television series with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
Is It Funny? Episode 5 – Boring
This episode is very boring. No, wait: it is about seemingly boring people in comedy.
Is It Funny? Episode 4 – Beyond the Fringe
This episode deals with the start of the ‘satire boom’: Beyond the Fringe
Out Soon: Man of the World – Paul D. Brazill
MAN OF THE WORLD Paul D.Brazill Out April 17 from All Due Respect Books but you can pre-order it now. It’s always good news to hear that Mr B has a new book out. I even got my grubby mitts on an advanced copy so read ’em and weep, folks — I already have! Read…
The Fall Symposium: The Words
[pictures anon…] 9.00 Introduction Always Different, Always The Same: Introduction, Professor Eoin Devereux, PMPC UL. 9.10-10.30 Session 1 We are The Fall… Chair: Dr. Elaine Vaughan, UL. Michael Murphy–Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology: The Fall in Ireland: A Microhistory John Fleming–Irish Times: Dead…
FFB: Porterhouse Blue – Tom Sharpe
I have been thinking about academic novels lately because I am — much as I swore never to do so — working on a roman à clef called Hire Idiots (the topic of which ought to be abundantly clear). I taught Lucky Jim in my senior seminar and enjoyed my students’ reactions to it. I’ve…
Under My Skin
A week ago — a momentous time for so many reasons — I whacked my knuckles on the book case in the conference room outside my office at the end of a day meeting students for advisement. I’ve done it before: those of you who know me well will not be surprised. Head in the…
K. A. Laity 