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Available Today: Chickenflaps Special

If you enjoyed Jay Foreman’s set during our Edinburgh run as much as we did, you’ll love today’s special, brand spanking new edition of Chickenflaps, which features Jay introducing tracks from his CD 20 Songs.

And, as today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here’s a bonus clip from Jay as this week’s Video Pick:

To find out more about Jay or buy his CD, visit his website at www.jayforeman.co.uk.

There’ll be more brand new Chickenflaps later in the year, plus another Christmas special, so watch out for those!

A baby brother for Comedy 365…

Exciting news from BULL COMEDY! Comedy 365 has now got so much content we’ve had to launch a ”second channel”. 404 FUNNY is a brand new podcast feed, which will carry the best archive shows from Comedy 365, as well as being a test bed for new shows from up-and-coming talent. To subscribe to 404 FUNNY go here

Video Picks of the Week

Our Video Picks return in a somewhat sombre mood, following the sudden deaths of two of the best-loved and most respected people in British comedy.

Despite having sizeable credits to their names, both are somewhat underrepresented as performers on YouTube, but we’ve managed to locate some clips by way of tribute.

Firstly, the writer, performer, producer, television executive, and all-round comedy Midas, Geoffrey Perkins, who was killed on August 29th after collapsing into the path of a lorry not far from his London home.

An obituary can be found here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2657112/Geoffrey-Perkins.html

And here’s Geoff as ultra-smug presenter Mike Flex in one of the many sketches from Radio Four’s Radio Active series that seamlessly made the transition to television’s KYTV, the European Masterquiz:

A mere two days later, on August 31st, news broke of the sudden death of the actor, writer, director, and improv genius Ken Campbell.

Ken’s live shows, which would be part-stand up, part-theatrical anecdotes, and part-quantum physics experiments, were some of the best this writer has ever seen.

An obituary can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/sep/01/obituary.ken.campbell?gusrc=rss&feed=stage

And here’s a two-part video of Ken introducing last year’s tribute to Robert Anton Wilson, author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy and Cosmic Trigger (among many other books and essays) at London’s South Bank:

Geoff and Ken’s contributions to comedy were immense.  We shall never see their like again.

Sowerby and Luff on TV

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Here are some exclusive highlights of Comedy 365’s  video coverage of Sowerby and Luff at the Edinburgh Fringe 2008.  The programme features a fat magician, two proposals of marriage, and the longest comedy sketch in the world. Plus a controversial interview with Free Fringe godfather Peter Buckley Hill.

Sex Tips for Pandas Diary – August 22nd

Just two live shows to go until our festival ends but we’ve at least three podcasts and a vodcast to come – but here’s a summary of what you’ll find in the shows that have gone online over the last few days.

Programme 16:

An exclusive interview with Robin Ince, recorded after his Sunday afternoon show at The Dragonfly finished.  Robin reminisces with Georgina about performing plays together at university, and talks about the Free Fringe, podcasting, and some of British television’s current comedy output.

Our special guests are:

Davis Wateracre from Pegabovine: Polite Club
Pleasance Courtyard, 13:30, until August 25th, tickets from £7

and

Jake Yapp, whose PBH Free Fringe solo show, Bum Notes, is on at The Dragonfly at 16:20 until August 23rd, so if you’re coming to see us, why not stop by and see him, and enjoy the sumptuous surroundings and fabulous cocktails at The Dragonfly between shows.

Plus we say hello to Rob Martin.

Programme 17:

A complete run-through of the Sex Tips for Pandas story in preparation for the publication of Sowerby & Luff’s book next spring.  Plus your e-mails, Dead Penguin, and how to make a Sowerby & Luff Big Hitter cocktail.

Programme 18:

Our guests are Simon Lilley, appearing in Edinburgh-on-Sea at Sweet Grassmarket Swimming Pool at the Apex International Hotel until August 24th.  Tickets start at £8 and the show begins at the rather precise time of 22:38.  You can also see Simon as part of Comedy Bank at The Standing Order until August 23rd at 13:30 – like us, it’s a PBH Free Fringe show.

Dan McKee, who is appearing with Pab Roberts in Sad Frankie at The Dragonfly nightly at 21:50, again as part of PBH’s Free Fringe, until August 23rd.

Plus more from the Royal Mile, where Brian meets:

Crave – 3Bugs Fringe Theatre
Sweet ECA, 15:15, Until August 25th, £8

Christie in Love – Boomerang
Zoo Southside, 14:45, Until August 25th, £7

I Kissed a Frog and it Gave Me Herpes / Waxing Cynical – Chesterlass Productions
Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 13:45 / 17:10, Until August 25th, Free non-ticketed

…And Other Stories – Durham Revue
Underbelly, 14:30, Until August 24th, £10

Programme 19:

From the studio, the tale of the worst pizza restaurant in Edinburgh (and possibly the entire country), plus our views on the if.comedy award nominations.

On the streets, there’s chat with stand-up David Meech, who can be seen in Comedy Bank at The Standing Order (see detail as Simon Lilley above) and The St. George’s Medics Revue, who are performing Puppets on Prozac at Sweet Grassmarket until August 25th.  Tickets are £8 and the show starts at 17:20.

Plus Vonny Lee Lucas (aka Hayley Jayne Standing) stops by The Dragonfly for her only 2008 appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Programme 20 will be on the feed later this afternoon with highlights of last night’s show at The Dragonfly including sets from stand-ups Lorcan McGrane and Chris Martin, plus more vox pops from those still eagerly flyering up at the Royal Mile.

Our show at The Dragonfly tonight will feature short sets from Paul Conneely, Eric Kirchberger, and Paul Ricketts.  We’ll be starting at 18:40 – hope to see you there.

Sex Tips for Pandas Diary – August 17th

We’re very pleased to announce that our special guest in Programme 15 of Sowerby & Luff in Edinburgh managed to make it to the venue on time, despite fringegoers asking him to clarify the city’s weekend parking restrictions and tourists asking him for directions.  For he is Alfie Moore [left], a serving police officer currently performing in his one-man show, The Blue Light Comedy Tour, every day at 16:50 until August 23rd at Voodoo Bar.

He was joined by Davis Wateracre from Pegabovine, performing another song from his Polite Club show at the Pleasance Courtyard until August 25th except 18th.

Plus there are more interviews on the Royal Mile with:

Face in the Crowd – Kudos
Underbelly, 11:45, Until August 24th, tickets from £8.50

The Aluminium Show
Pleasance Courtyard, 18:00, Until August 25th except 19th, tickets from £14.50

Whisky Kisses – Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Musical Theatre @ George Square, 16:00, August 19th, 21st, 23rd & 25th, tickets from £8.50

Following the success of Friday’s musical show, Davis will be joined in tonight’s live show by Jake Yapp, so do come along and see us.  We’re at The Dragonfly, 52 West Port, Edinburgh, EH1, and the show starts at 6:40pm.

Sex Tips for Pandas Diary – August 16th

We’ve a stonking show for you in Programme 14, particularly if you’re a lover of musical comedy.

As well as a couple of ukulele-based songs from Davis Wateracre of Pegabovine (Polite Club, Pleasance Courtyard, 13:30, until August 25th except 18th, tickets from £7, www.pegabovine.co.uk), we’re also joined at The Dragonfly by Jay Foreman for some chat and a few songs, including an impromptu rendition of his much-loved Moon Chavs.  www.jayforeman.co.uk

Plus more of your e-mails, some Dead Penguins, and another wander down the Royal Mile, featuring:

Samurai Spirit – Kamui
Zoo Southside, 22:30, Until August 24th, tickets from £10

Clever Peter
Pleasance Dome, 22:00, Until August 25th except 19th, tickets from £8

Plus a chat with a man selling the world’s smallest kite.

Sex Tips for Pandas Diary – August 15th

In Programme 13, two more songs from this week’s resident guest, Davis Wateracre from Pegabovine, currently performing in Polite Club at the Pleasance Courtyard.

Plus there’s stand-up and chat from Liam McEneaney, who is appearing in Two American Comedians Lose Their Shirts at the Edinburgh Fringe until August 25th (not 23rd). Guesting with him at 12:05pm at The Meadow Bar through until the end of the run is Eric Kirchberger.

Don’t forget you can see Sowerby & Luff’s show Sex Tips for Pandas live every evening at The Dragonfly (venue 63), 52 West Port, Edinburgh, EH1 until August 23rd.  The show is part of PBH’s Free Fringe and starts at 6:40pm (doors 6:30ish).

Sex Tips for Pandas Diary – August 14th

Two more Edinburgh programmes are now available to download, you lucky people.

In Programme 11:

Brian and Georgina have one final chat with Doug Faulkner [left] before he jets back to London.  You can see him next Wednesday, the 20th, hosting loads of acts that have (perhaps quite sensibly) not journeyed to Edinburgh at Doug’s Sketchy Night, Lowdown at The Albany, Great Portland Street.

Also joining the dynamic duo is Sunderland-born, Manchester-resident stand-up John Cooper, a fellow PBH Free Fringer whose show The 30-Year Itch can be seen at The Canon’s Gait until August 24th.  www.johncooper.org.uk

Also featured during a marathon walk down the Royal Mile:

Passion of the Sorors – Idle Motion
The Space @ The Thistle, 16:10, Until August 16th, £4

Not Everything is Significant – Ben Moor
Pleasance Courtyard, 15:15, Until August 25th, tickets from £8.50

Saturday Boy – RuthEBlue Theatre Company
Holyrood Too @ Faith, 13:00, Until August 16th, £6

The Good, the Bad, and the Funny – CP Productions
Sweet Teviot Place, 14:50, Until August 17th, £8

Jumping and Other Thoughts – Aireborne Theatre
Underbelly, 13:50, August 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st & 23rd, tickets from £8.50

In Programme 12:

Playing a couple of songs and chatting to Brian and Georgina is Davis Wateracre from Pegabovine, whose show Polite Club is at the Pleasance Courtyard until August 25th (except 18th) at 18:15.  Tickets start at a very reasonable £7.  www.pegabovine.co.uk

Also featured leafleting on the Royal Mile:

Two Gentlemen of Verona – Year Out Drama Company
C Too, 10:00, Until August 16th, tickets from £6.50

Table 23 – Hot Tubs and Trampolines
Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13:45, Until August 25th except 19th, tickets from £8.50

Shut Up! - Listen! – Theatre Company ‘SU’
Sweet ECA, 13:30, Until August 17th, £7

Last Tango in Little Grimley – Ormskirk Theatre Company
The Space @ Jury’s Inn, 15:05, Until August 16th, £6