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The Comedy Café: 09/12/2011

09/12/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Comedy Café, 09/12/2011

Mock the Week's Andy Parsons talks to the Comedy Cafe about being 'Gruntled'.

Mock the Week's Andy Parsons talks to the Comedy Cafe about being 'Gruntled', plus 30 years of Viz magazine and the comedy of Diana Dors.

Politically inspired bemusements and underpants in a jar of mayonnaise... Mock The Week's Andy Parsons talks to the Comedy Cafe about being "Gruntled" - the topic of his latest stand-up DVD.

Crammed with potty-mouthed characters and anarchic humour, Viz magazine celebrates more than 30 years in the business with a special bumper Christmas annual. We're joined by Viz creator Graham Dury to find out how the comic has managed to stay at the top of its game for three decades.

With the release of two rare Diana Dors films, "The Great Game" and "Miss Tulip Stays the Night", BFI National Archive Curator, Vic Pratt, talks about Dors' vintage style of effervescent comedy-drama.

And is it the end of fast food comedy with the downsizing of Highlight Comedy Clubs (formerly Jongleurs)? Comedy critic for the Independent, Julian Hall, considers the current state of chain club comedy.

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