Extra funny?

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• Extras
• Ricky Gervais
• Stephen Merchant
• The Office

Posted by Vicky Anderson on December 28, 2007 11:53 AM

SO farewell, then, Extras.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s award-winning series came to an end last night in a self-congratulatory flurry of celeb-baiting and pleb-mocking, but plenty of amusement all the same.

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Russell Brand – can we adopt him please?

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• Daniel Kitson
• John Hegley
• Lee Mack
• Russell Brand

Posted by Vicky Anderson on December 18, 2007 2:12 PM

THE arts editor asked for my two cents with the old end of year entertainment round up yesterday, and I had a little think about what had rocked the world o’ comedy this year. It mainly consisted of the usual suspects – John Hegley brought Uncut Confetti back to the city, Daniel Kitson proved himself a truly unmissable talent with It’s the Fireworks Talking, and Lee Mack flew the flag for the ‘local hero’ award.

But one man’s onslaught on the city of Liverpool over the past 12 months deserves proper “honorary Scouser” kudos, and that’s Russell Brand. I can’t even be bothered being balanced about this anymore – the man is incredible at what he does and just keeps getting better.

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Seth Rogan - Man o' comedy 2007?

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• Knocked Up
• Michael Cera
• Seth Rogan
• Superbad

Posted by Vicky Anderson on December 14, 2007 2:45 PM

IN with a bullet to the fickle affections of this blog, it’s Seth Rogan, star of Knocked Up, a film about a loveable loser, and writer and star of Superbad, a film about a gang of loveable losers. This guy:

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Review: Lee Mack, Royal Court, December 2

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Posted by Vicky Anderson on December 5, 2007 11:10 AM

IT was the last night of Lee Mack’s latest extensive tour, and, somewhat genuinely it seemed, one for him to remember…

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Review: Al Murray and friends, Royal Court

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• Brendan Riley
• Henning Wehn
• Ivan Brackenbury
• the Pub Landlord

Posted by Vicky Anderson on December 3, 2007 12:01 AM

Al Murray shows are a curious thing to approach, purely because his audience are not really your usual comedy fans. In fact, they’re generally an audience of real-life Al Murrays, which can make for a surreal evening – us laughing at him laughing at them laughing at him not realising he’s laughing at them laughing at him laughing at the French… Or something like that…

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