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Hanging on the telephone
Posted by Vicky Anderson on May 6, 2008 5:15 PM
TWO unexpected phone calls from '80s comedy legends have peppered my recent days. Although both would rather we dropped the ‘comedy’ prefix so they could both become more general legends, it isn’t going to happen. One was Baldrick and one was a Young One and it will be ever thus.
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The art of comedy
Posted by Vicky Anderson on April 30, 2008 5:18 PM
I had a run around Tate Liverpool with stand up Brendan Riley this week, as he prepared for a new role as temporary art expert.
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Palin to insignificance
Posted by Vicky Anderson on April 19, 2008 7:35 PM
I REPORTED this week about Michael Palin coming to town to launch the latest special exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery. No hardship there - I like Michael Palin. Everybody likes Michael Palin. It’s practically the law.
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Raw is comedy
Posted by Vicky Anderson on April 13, 2008 9:14 PM
IN celebration of last week's Raw Wrestlemania Revenge Tour at the Liverpool Arena, a look at the lighter side of the WWE
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Ken Dodd is edukayshunul
Posted by Vicky Anderson on April 9, 2008 11:34 AM
LAST week Ken Dodd staged two special shows as a bit of a present to the city in its Capital of Culture year. He’d decided to do something a bit different and make the gigs “a celebration of Liverpool’s laughter makers” – setting himself up in the small concert room of St George’s Hall and paying tribute to some of his Scouse comedy heroes.
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