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Is It Funny? Episode 14: Muriel Spark

Guess who’s back? Staggering up to the finish line just before 2021 ends is another episode of the languishing series Is It Funny? This time we turn to the Scots style icon Muriel Spark, whose books never fail to cheer me. She is both vicious and economical, as well as laugh out loud funny when…

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Is It Funny? Episode 13: Fran Lebowitz & Cool

Guess who’s back? I manage to get all the way through this episode referring only to ‘the Scorsese show’ which of course is Pretend It’s A City, which is on Netflix and has the director following around his pal Fran Lebowitz and chatting with her in various places, as a follow up to his HBO…

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Is It Funny? Episode 11 – Anita Loos & Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

This episode is about the fabulously funny film THE WOMEN from the play by Clare Boothe Luce, scripted by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin.

Is It Funny? Episode 10 – The Women (1939)

This episode is about the fabulously funny film THE WOMEN from the play by Clare Boothe Luce, scripted by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin.

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.