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Posted by Dave Heckler
on 20 Oct 09
There are some dreadful comedians out there. I mean really bad. Yeah, sure like all art forms it's all a matter of taste etc, but there are 'comics' out there right now where it's just not open to debate. It's usually these people that make you wonder if you could do better. I remember I was watching one such comedian who made me so livid that it finally pushed me to try stand-up comedy myself. And if you've ever thought the same, then why the hell not? But where to begin?
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Recently Jongleurs, Britain's most famous chain of comedy clubs, celebrated 25 years since Maria Kempinska opened the first club in Battersea back in 1983 when alternative comedy was exploding in the capital, helping to launch the careers of Harry Enfield, Jack Dee and Graham Norton to name a few.
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Posted by Marcus Brigstocke
on 13 Oct 09
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Argumental blog: Marcus vs Rufus
Normally ladies and gentlemen I'd use this blog to humorously analyse and comment on this week's Argumental, pinpointing where I think it all went wrong for Hound's team, yet again, and why my team won, yet again. But something truly ghastly took place on that stage, a sight from which I don't think I'll ever truly recover.
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Well here is the first Dave comedy blog dedicated to those people who actually earn a living exclusively by means of witty banter: comedians. Writing as someone who has been living and breathing comedy for a number of years, be it behind the scenes or actually on stage, I hope to enlighten you with this weekly rummage into the mystifying world of the professional comic.
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I've had the pleasure of appearing a couple of times now on Argumental, Dave's own panel show. It's always an enjoyable place to perform because you get a proper chance to talk, to interact and to argue loudly. It's comedians, just guffing off, and then turning on each other. I mean that shit probably writes itself, right?
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