Exit light, enter night.
// September 28th, 2011 // No Comments » // Comedy and Satire, Media, Misc., Uncategorized
Bill Bailey with a message for James, Lars and co.
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If you prefer a milder comedian, please ask for one
// August 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // Comedy and Satire, Edinburgh
Stand-up “veteran” Stewart Lee has been doing comedy for over 20 years and during that time has found both general popularity, as one half of the Lee/Herring duo who fronted Fist of Fun on Radio and TV in the early 1990s, and more specialised rejection after the broadcast of the Jerry Springer – The Opera stage show he co-produced with Richard Thomas on national television in 2005. The rejection came, almost exclusively, from religious protest groups lead by Christian Voice UK. I think Jerry Springer – The Opera is about the only thing Stewart has been involved in making that I haven’t seen. This is not because of any deeply held religious beliefs I might hold and, after the heated “discussions” that resulted from enquiring into the subject of seemingly (to me anyway) unreasoned and yet unyielding belief with people I know and like, I’m not going to be commenting any further on the subject here in a public space.
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