Always Be Comedy

By: Keep It Light Media
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  • Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST! Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more...
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Episodes
  • Comedy Heroes #23 Steve Coogan
    Sep 27 2024
    The Always Be Comedy team (OK, James and Tim) have launched a spin-off podcast: Always Be Comedy’s Comedy Heroes. Each Friday, they’ll celebrate the icons, trailblazers and, in some instances, overlooked geniuses who’ve shaped the world of humour. Today's hero is Steve Coogan! SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS Steve Coogan reading a review on The Man Who Think He's It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5LIsLulcc Duncan Thickett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNwH4lXAkf0 Alan Partridge meets Martin Brennan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEjEGbAFzJU More on Comedy Heroes : We’ll uncover hidden gems, revisit classic routines, and share the sorts of behind-the-scenes anecdotes that you can pass off as your own knowledge at dinner parties (“Did you know that Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the daughter of a billionaire? You did? Ah, that’s sort of rained on my parade a little…”). What’s more, each episode kicks off with reader correspondence. Want to nominate a “Comedy Hero”? Please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com with the subject line “Comedy Heroes”. And we’ll also take a look at the comedy news from that week. If laughter is the best medicine, James and Tim should be doctors*! *This is just a gentle way to wrap up – James and Tim should NOT be doctors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Ep #82 Joe Lycett
    Sep 24 2024
    Always Be Comedy - EP82 - Joe Lycett Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST! Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more. Today's guest is a comedy superstar and “friend” of the night: Joe Lycett! Go buy Joe Lycett's Art Hole here! - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/joe-lycett-s-art-hole-joe-lycett/7673218?ean=9781398724921 To get in touch with the pod, email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com --------------------------- SPOILERS! MC - James Gill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRO2GoIfhZs Opener - Joanne McNally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9thTqvxmltI Middle - Suzi Ruffell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sB7mEIGmZ0 Closer - Bethany Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NiiQRIkfrY About us:Host James Gill launched Always Be Comedy in 2011; since then the cream of the comedy world have called ABC their second home. James is a comedian and former journalist, with more than two decades of experience interviewing some of the biggest film, TV and sports stars on the planet… this has got a bit self-aggrandising but we want you to know it’s not ABC’s first rodeo.ABC’s Tim Lewis has worked at the biggest and best comedy and entertainment shows in Britain and is invariably tech-ing half the shows at the Edinburgh Festival each year (these aren’t his words, so please don’t accuse him of bragging).Always Be Comedy won Best Pro Comedy Night at the 2023 Chortle awards, having previously won Best Comedy Show at the Joe.co.uk Awards. If you’re hungry for more ABC-related knowledge, please visit www.alwaysbecomedy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Comedy Heroes #22 Russ Abbot
    Sep 20 2024
    The Always Be Comedy team (OK, James and Tim) have launched a spin-off podcast: Always Be Comedy’s Comedy Heroes. Each Friday, they’ll celebrate the icons, trailblazers and, in some instances, overlooked geniuses who’ve shaped the world of humour. Today's hero is Russ Abbot! SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS Lie Detector sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgxU1eJ4CY Atmosphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QEkUINpAsg More on Comedy Heroes : We’ll uncover hidden gems, revisit classic routines, and share the sorts of behind-the-scenes anecdotes that you can pass off as your own knowledge at dinner parties (“Did you know that Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the daughter of a billionaire? You did? Ah, that’s sort of rained on my parade a little…”). What’s more, each episode kicks off with reader correspondence. Want to nominate a “Comedy Hero”? Please email theteam@alwaysbecomedy.com with the subject line “Comedy Heroes”. And we’ll also take a look at the comedy news from that week. If laughter is the best medicine, James and Tim should be doctors*! *This is just a gentle way to wrap up – James and Tim should NOT be doctors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins

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