Category: Stand-Up
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Fringe Cuttings
Yesterday we had a browse through the 1997 Edinburgh Fringe brochure. So today let’s travel a year further back and see what we can find in the 1996 one. Beginning with this. If you’ve not heard Simon Day’s Radio 4 show, you should. It features all of these characters (and more), and it’s excellent. Now,…
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Barcode Dress Code Decode
If you want to see the full Edinburgh Fringe brochure from 1997, you can look at it here. But here are some of the bits that jumped out at me as I digitally thumbed through it.
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Bun Ultoon – The Clips From Auntie
It pains me to admit it, but it was only recently that I realised the title of Ben Elton’s show The Man From Auntie was a play on the 60s TV show The Man From UNCLE. I just went with the notion of him being from the BBC, without noticing that other layer. The show…
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Phil Kay Feels
One of the more memorable of my live stand up experiences was watching Phil Kay expound an hour long shaggy dog story about some fish and chips. I think my first experience of him would have been his appearances on TV, perhaps on Edinburgh Nights, or Festival of Fun, or maybe even The Stand Up…
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Michael Keaton Standing Up
Here’s some stand up from a young Michael Keaton, all nervous energy, from the Improv. Sorry about the annoying, and twee squeaking they use to bleep the swears.
