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To demonstrate a comedy-writer’s job is safe from AI, Keen gets ChatGPT to write a routine on the spot and in the style of John Bishop. Of course, it’s not great – though I’ve seen human open spots ...
‘And it really pisses me off really, to be honest.’ • Sir Tony’s episode of How to Fail with Elizabeth Day is out today. While Sir Tony will be touring An Evening with Sir Tony Robinson – From ...
Amy Mason recalls the time she got hacked – with the crooks bizarrely using her details to order a consignment of sex toys to her Bristol house. And that left her with the dilemma of what to do with ...
Theo Mason Wood calls his show ‘genre-defying’. A less generous observer – OK, me – would call it a mess, with the Berlin-based comedian throwing all manner of styles at the wall, but finding few that ...
Gearóid is back at the Fringe for a two-week work in progress of his new show. He's spent four months learning to dance and now needs to earn proper money to support his cat's lavish medical needs. As ...
Innumerable thirtysomething comedians have lamented their lost youth – but Marise Gaughan is one of the few to embrace the cosy mundanity of more settled times. And that’s because she’s already lived ...
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck!
Their figuring things out gives the wonderfully (and meaninglessly) named Hot Titty Bungalow its spine, combined with other stories of her valiant struggles to be an adult – even though she’s over 30.