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.
Tag: humour
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
Is it Funny? Episode 2
The second episode of my new podcast IS IT FUNNY?
Is it Funny? Episode 1
The first episode of my new podcast IS IT FUNNY? is out today.
Is it Funny?: The trailer!
A few years back everyone was passing around a meme attributed to Cicero: “Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” It’s even worse now: everyone’s making a podcast. Even I have succumbed — yes, at the very worst possible time of the year: the week before classes…
When Chastity Flame was just a Spark
I know I seem to have a new idea every minute and to change gears just about that often, so it’s kind of funny to see that some obsessions stay with me a very long time. The roots of my Chastity Flame novels are deep. The first novel I wrote in high school was also…
Film for a Friday: The Scoundrel (1935)
Yes, the end of grading is in sight! Here’s an entertainment for you that manages to be both tart and sweet — or possibly leaning over into sappy a bit by the end. However, the script by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur positively sings at its best — especially since the best of those lines…
