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PALM SPRINGS: New on Amazon Primes is this Andy Samberg sci-fi romcom, offering a new take on the Groundhog Day plot device. The Brooklyn 99 Star and How I Met Your Mother s Cristin Milioti play two strangers who meet at a Palm Springs wedding only to get stuck in a time loop. It won critical acclaim and two Golden Globe nominations and has just become available on Amazon Prime Video.
THE SKETCH FACTOR: Daunted by those podcasts that offer three hours of unedited conversation? Well this scripted offering gets straight to the point with each episode just one sketch and a few minutes long. It s hosted by Portlandia s Fred Armisen as Xandor Szavost, an inventor, philanthropist and billionaire who is using his fortune to finance a sketch comedy competition for his own amusement. Those taking part include Ryan Perez, Kurt Br
The week s best comedy on demand
The week s best comedy on demand. For more streaming gigs use the search box with online as the region.
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SIMON MUNNERY: THE MANCHESTER EXPERIMENT: Before Christmas, the comedian put a VHS labelled only The Manchester Experiment, 17th May 2001, into the post with a note reading: I tried this twice, it worked once . He sent it to Go Faster Stripe, the DVD label that has put out many of his shows - and with will tonight stage a one-off screening, introduced by the innovative Munnery himself. Go Faster Stripe s Chris Evans said: I don t really want to tell you any more about it so that you can experience the thing the same way I did. Tickets are available now from Go Faster Stripe, priced £5.
Comedy podcasts round-up 3: from home and abroad | reviews, news & interviews Comedy podcasts round-up 3: from home and abroad
Comedy podcasts round-up 3: from home and abroad
Travel, chat and what s in the news
by Veronica LeeWednesday, 03 February 2021
Alan Carr makes his podcast debut with chat about holidays
There s something in the water, as no fewer than three comics are launching podcasts related to the one thing we can t do at the moment – travel. They re having a laugh, aren t they? Other offerings include escapist fun with superheroes, music collections and a spoof true-crime series.
Available on all podcast platforms unless stated
Alan Carr s Life s a Beach
Nailing it ⦠Jen Brister
âWhat is this? What are we doing?â Jen Brister is going off on one. âThis is our career now!â Maybe while performing in a new Zoom cabaret isnât the right moment to let off steam about the disappointments of Zoom comedy. But itâs the best moment in the show. In live comedy, youâve got to address the elephant in the room, right? Well the elephant in this and every other Zoom room is that live standup â anthropologically weird at the best of times â is even weirder via video conferencing.
NextUp Comedyâs The Virt Locker canât solve that, but it might distract you for a while, and does so here, with Bristerâs winningly grumpy set and a lovable opener from Sarah Keyworth. The effort is made to replicate in-person live comedy: the audience is asked to keep cameras on, and unmute if â unobtrusively â possible. So we hear laughter, and the acts can banter with their