Comedy Review

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Comedy Review was a British comedy magazine published by Future Publishing which ran for five issues in 1996.[1] The editor was with as associate editor and Danny Wallace, then 19 years old, as staff writer.

According to its original cover strapline, the magazine covered "TV, Stand-up, Films, Radio, Theatre, Books, Videos and Other Amusing Media". The last of these was dropped from the strapline after one issue, and "Theatre" vanished after three. Regular items included a reprinted "Classic Interview", a transcript of a classic scene from a sitom or comedy film, dubbed "Masterpiece", an episode guide to a comedy TV series and a column by Peter Baynham.

Summary[]

  • Issue 1, "Debut Issue", March 1996. Cover star: Stephen Fry. Articles: The Fast Show; British sitcoms remade in the USA; A to Z of comedy songs; 20 Forgotten Sitcoms. Masterpiece: The fire drill scene from Fawlty Towers episode "The Germans". Classic interview: Bill Hicks.
  • Issue 2, "Sofa Issue", April 1996. Cover star: Felix Dexter. Articles: The fifty funniest comedy films (This is Spinal Tap appears at number one), Pranks and hoaxes, magazine. Masterpiece: a scene from Blackadder II. Classic Interview: Peter Cook as Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling.
  • Issue 3, "Red Issue", May 1996. Cover stars: Eddie Izzard, Neil Mullarkey, Stephen Frost and . Articles: British sitcom movies, Magic and comedy, Bernard Manning, people who work behind the scenes on TV comedy shows. Masterpiece: The "20 Jokes" scene from Roxanne. Classic interview: Graham Chapman.
  • Issue 4, "Space Issue", June 1996. Cover star: Lee Evans. Articles: Viz magazine, Ventriloquism, Louis Theroux on British sitcoms, Stewart Lee on "Bizarre Cabaret". Masterpiece: three scenes from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Classic interview: Peter Sellers.
  • Issue 5, "Manic Issue", July 1996. Cover star: Steve Coogan. Articles: Comedy in TV adverts, A night at The Comedy Store, TV warm-up men, Rich Hall, comedy obsessives. Masterpiece: a scene from Nuts in May. Classic interview: Keith Allen.

References[]

  1. ^ "Why doesn't comedy have its own magazine?". Chortle. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  • Lowe, Andy (editor), Comedy Review, issues 1-5, Future Publishing, 1996.
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