Tag: comedy
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Edinburgh Free Fringe 2012 Venue Map
To help him get around the Free Fringe in Edinburgh this year, Dan's made a map of all of the Free Fringe venues, with links to all of their events. And you can see it too.
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Space Cowboy
Dan recommends that you watch Castle. And he's not just saying that because the last episode he watched was amazing. He's saying that because every episode is amazing. But especially the one with the vampires, werewolves, men in suits and blue latex gloves, and space cowboys.
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Leslie Nielsen was admitted to hospital earlier this month
You: To Hospital? What is it?
Me: It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.
Sad to say, he died yesterday. The world has lost a fantastic actor and comedian.
Just a short post, here: the wedding this weekend was amazing, but I'll be writing about that at a later point, once I've caught … -
How Not To Watch Comedy
We failed quite miserably to see any live comedy yesterday (although the day before was good). I blame the wine.
Y'see, we thought: you know what would be nice before we go out this afternoon? A quick bottle or two of wine.
Six bottles of wine later, the plan to go and watch some shows somehow mutated … -
Edinburgh Fringe
Well, we made it to Edinburgh. After scooping up (well, not literally, although that could have been funny) Ruth and JTA from Maulds Meaburn we zipped off up the motorway and soon were completely lost in Edinburgh. Now I don't want to point a finger of blame here, but I'll say this: if Ruth's contribution …
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Diplomacy, Parcels, and WW2 RTS Games
What have I been up to of late? Well, as you ask...
Diplomacy
Ruth's game of Diplomacy got off to a fine start, and the backstabbing began soon afterwards. I'm not so keen on the engine, for reasons I'll discuss later. Here's how the map looks right now.
I'm the red guys down at the … -
A Flurry Of Comedic Activity
Wow, my previous post caused a sudden surge of comments. They're all very sweet. Rather than answer them all individually in the form of more comments, I'll selectively re-print them here in the form of a dialogue. Well, more like a septilogue, or something. Whatever.
Making Material
Scatman Dan (earlier): Can I produce … -
Gorilla Monsoon Mailing List
The Gorilla Monsoon Mailing List is finally becoming usable, after a lot of kicking of the Monsooners by yours truly. If you're in Aber, and interested in stand-up comedy, and weren't on the mailing list because it was impossible to persuade anybody to put you on it, the problem has now been fixed and you …
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The Man With The Golden… Banana
Dan with the Golden Banana
It's been a fastastic weekend overall. First came my surprise receipt of several hundred pounds from my bank, yesterday. Then came an enjoyable Troma Night on Saturday evening, which could only have been made better if everybody hadn't got beds to go to. Then to top it all off came … -
We’re Back In Town
After a week of nudity, drunkeness, comedy, diversions, and unexpected board games, we're back from Preston/Durham/Edinburgh/Oxford/everywhere else we've been. Buffy Night is on, tonight, if you want to come join us. Stories will be posted here soon (there's some good ones you have to hear).
Here's a picture in the meantime of us all with Peter … -
Le Grande Tour
Firstly; thanks to everybody who tested my kitten-based authentication system yesterday. It seems to be working quite well.
Claire and I are undergoing a grand tour of the United Kingdom this coming week, as follows:
This afternoon, we're driving (in Claire's car) to Cardiff. Coincidentally, Gareth, who was visiting us this weekend to help me … -
This Will Make You Laugh
This repost was published in hindsight, on 18 March 2019.
Matt R wrote:
Well it would have were you there. I hope.
Sunday came and went and left me with the greatest buzz I think I've ever felt. I'm loving this comedy lark. I was terrified of the performance right up until the end of my first … -
Open All Night
Matt R wrote:
Guys, I really need your support here and I know that it's very last minute.
There's a comedy open mic night tomorrow in The Angel and, not only am I performing in one of the slots, I'm also the MC. This is a big thing for me so if you could all come … -
Future History Of Comedy
Went to the Future History Of Comedy last night. I'm not going to write about it here, because this is what I would have said.
That post by Andy subsequently got made friends-only, so I've republished it here to save you dragging it off archive.org:
Went to a student-run comedy night last night on the promise … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #4:
Buy a ticket to see Craig Charles, Still Live On Earth, on November 20th, at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre (a.k.a. My Doorstep). Not bad.
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" …