Kate Copstick on being gang-mugged in Kenya and writing scripts for French porn movies. Plus the UK General Election, the Royal baby, the SNP and occasional bits about the comedy industry. Recorded at Mama Biashara in London.
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Comedian Malcolm Hardee 1995. While writing his autobiography “I Stole Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Cake” Malcolm Hardee talked to John Fleming. This extract explains how he started his legendary comedy club The Tunnel with its weekly shows "Sunday Night at The Tunnel Palladium". Malcolm drowned in 2005. NOTE This recording was made to collect facts for Malcolm’s book. It was never meant to be heard in public, so the technical quality is not ideal.
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The 2005 funeral of Malcolm Hardee, godfather of British alternative comedy... uncut. The Daily Telegraph said: “Rarely can there have been so much laughter and irreverence at a funeral service and rarely can it have been more appropriate”
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With Copstick trapped in Kenya, comic Juliette Burton talks to John Fleming about Vlogging, Abnormally Funny People, mental health issues, the UK General Election and psychotic hallucinations. Recorded at King’s Cross station in London.
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Madonna tries to be funny. Comedians who are funny off-stage. Michael McIntyre. Tony Blair. James Joyce. Scottish humour. God. The Islamic State. The Edinburgh Fringe. And a free offer to comedians who want to preview shows. All human life is here.
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With co-host Copstick ill in bed, John Fleming talks to UK-based American comic Lewis Schaffer about why he became a comedian, his visits to a New York psychiatrist and what makes a good comedian. Recorded at Five Guys, London, after Lewis Schaffer’s weekly show at the Leicester Square Theatre. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

Ageism and sex in comedy. Showbiz paedophiles. The Manchester hotel that was a brothel. Camp v homosexual. Plus talk of Richard Herring, Jeremy Beadle, Mike Smith, Jimmy Savile v Jeremy Clarkson, Copstick’s love for Matthew Kelly and John throws down the sexual gauntlet to Stewart Lee. www.grouchyclub.co.uk

John Fleming babbles on about his life in TV promotions and entertainment. Plus his relationship with Malcolm Hardee, the real deceased Godfather of Alternative Comedy. Plus the early days of the British Alternative Comedy scene. And how Copstick tried to bribe a TV producer with fresh fruit.
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Comedy critic Kate Copstick and daily blogger John Fleming at London’s Comedy Cafe Theatre with its owner Noel Faulkner... Copstick on female comics... Noel on his time as a drug smuggler and being on the US ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list... Plus why drugs should be decriminalised and a surprising compliment to the UK police.
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Comedy critic Kate Copstick and daily blogger John Fleming on the origin of Edinburgh’s Free Fringe, bad UK sitcoms, William Shatner’s funniest role, why Copstick dislikes comic Lee Evans and Peter O’Toole but loves Tom Cruise and lusts after a famous actress. Plus the sound of a woman begging and Copstick attacking children. Recorded at the British Library.
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