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Aug 2, 2023 · Review of his History Of British Comedy. It’s an ambitious scope for one book to cover the entire history of British comedy, even ‘just’ the last century or so. David Stubbs’ tome starts with Charlie Chaplin’s first film appearance in 1914, as the tramp making a nuisance of himself at a cart race, and ends in 2020, with the author ...
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Aug 18, 2023 · Help tell the story of Welsh culture to the world. Dig into David Stubbs' Different Times, a critical review of Britain's comedy journey from the silent movie era to today's TV.
Aug 16, 2023 · David Stubbs duly records it in his book but then does something unnecessary and, really, unforgivable. He points out that the acrobatics of Richard Baker, Kenneth Kendall and the rest are ...
The book is filled with memorable facts and unusual connections. Stubbs explains how, according to his autobiography, Bernard Manning once guarded the Nazi architect Albert Speer at Spandau Prison, and draws a link between the invectives of the unlikely contemporaries Basil Fawlty and John Lydon with their “acidic disdain” for a “moribund ...
Jul 27, 2023 · In Different Times, David Stubbs charts the superstars that were in on the gags, the unsung heroes hiding in the wings and the people who ended up being the butt of the joke. Comedians and their work speak to and of their time, drawing upon and moulding Britons' relationship with their national history, reflecting us as a people, and, simply ...
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Sep 9, 2023 · THE British sense of humour. We pride ourselves on it. We’re funny people, right? And that’s good … isn’t it? After reading David Stubbs’s new book, Different Times: A History of British...
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Jul 13, 2023 · Different Times, a humourless history by David Stubbs, argues against our national ‘over-emphasis’ on funny business.
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