{"id":700,"date":"2017-08-24T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T07:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/?p=700"},"modified":"2017-08-23T21:50:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:50:19","slug":"histcompod-episode-16-bruce-dessau-and-the-comic-strip-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/standupcomedyarchive\/histcompod-episode-16-bruce-dessau-and-the-comic-strip-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Histcompod Episode 16 – Bruce Dessau and the Comic Strip review"},"content":{"rendered":"

In episode 16 of ‘A History of Comedy in Several Objects’ we have an exclusive interview with Bruce Dessau,\u00a0the comedy critic from the Evening Standard and his own Beyond The Joke<\/a> website. Together we went\u00a0back to 1981 to examine a review of The Comic Strip<\/a> written by Charles Spencer, and discuss the role of the comedy critic, how it has changed in the last 36 years and how comedy relates to both theatre and live music.<\/p>\n

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Bruce Dessau’s website ‘Beyond The Joke’<\/p><\/div>\n

You can access this episode of \u2018A History of Comedy in Several Objects\u2019 via\u00a0iTunes<\/a> and acast<\/a>. Some images of objects from the podcast\u00a0are available on our\u00a0flickr site<\/a>, so do check them out (in the \u2018History of Comedy in Several Objects<\/a>\u2018 album)!<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget to get involved! You can contact us via\u00a0standup@kent.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0or tweet us at\u00a0@histcompod<\/a>. You can also search the online catalogue for more information about the holdings of \u00a0the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive at\u00a0http:\/\/archive.kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remember to subscribe to the podcast, and please leave us a review on iTunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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