>I'm showing myself up as a fool here, but I must admit that the penny didn't drop about your 'Fringe guide' until I'd got to the picture of the 'new Avalon signings'...

Moving .... on!

>Also: who's the bloke getting hanged? I first thought it looked like Paul Putner (why him? He's blameless) but I now reckon it's a bad attempt at Mark Lamarr.

It is indeed Mr Lamarr.

Well... it was clever of you to include some genuine Fringe shows amongst the spoofs, to disconcert the smug reader...

I get UK Play free (just tuned the telly) when is it showing League Of Gentlemen?

Words fail me when UK Play's TLOG weekend springs to mind. Be glad you never saw the links between shows.

They were compilations of previous shows edited together by Mark Tonderai. Sometimes they used set ups to gags without the pay-offs, sometimes the middle bit of runners of 3 parts, etc, and edited into music we would never have played. A shameful exercise that we didn't even know was going out and another good reason never to do anything on the BBC again.

I think Stew's message was meant to go on the "Fist of Fun on Radio 1" thread. I frowned at it for a good 5 minutes before I realised that...

Technology, eh?

Is it okay if we get back to the Edinburgh pisstake thing.

Only if you pay us for it, otherwise we'll do a john!/suii...

Certainly. Karen Koren who runs the Gilded Balloon, so accurately spoofed in your fringe guide (ie drinks champagne, knows nothing about comedy) is back this year for more shouting at people and mickey mouse organisational skills during August. Why do performers/promoters who profess to care about this business tolerate her? Discuss

>Words fail me when UK Play's TLOG weekend springs to mind. Be glad you never saw the links between shows.

I can well believe it - see also Paramount Comedy's Seinfeld Weekend last year when Matt Lucas introduced them by way of some excruciating Jewish "comedy" characters. Why can't people just transmit the shows? (Those crap BBC2 Comedy Zone trails qualify for this as well. Everyone's a bloody comedian these days.)

THE CHEESE SHOP. The hit comedy sketch show whose team always seem to be sitting opposite us in the Yorkshire Grey whenever we try and have a good angry conversation about how appalling Radio 4 comedy has become.

Mm. In that case can I suggest that if you want to let off steam about the state of Radio 4 comedy WITHOUT upsetting its practitioners, you don't do it in the very pub where they all, without fail, hang out?

Although why you'd want to go out of your way to avoid upsetting The Cheese Shop is beyond me. Even the ten-year-olds in the Live & Kicking audience used to think they were shit.

I thought the pisstake was hilarious. Well the in-jokes that I got. I want more fringe guide parody please. There weren't nearly enough attacks. You missed out other mediocre comedians. I was left wanting a breakdown of EVERY comedian that has ever /ever will perform at the fringe.

I want MORE fringe parody. Until you've methodically mocked all the comedians that even dare to loose money in the strife for their art I just won't feel satisfied. I want more!!! I am parasitical on your vengence.

Avalon are convinced I wrote your Edinburgh guide and were slightly annoyed. They wouldn't believe that I didn't.

Hey Corpses, it's working! Avalon are slightly annoyed! Now THAT'S progress.;o)

>Avalon are convinced I wrote your Edinburgh guide and were slightly annoyed. They wouldn't believe that I didn't.


That in itself is almost as funny as the guide!

I did an Edinburgh pisstake for my website about eight months ago, and it was well funnier than the one here. You may have seen it, but probably not as it is not there anymore.

Hey. Look at this.

SHOWBIZ FACT: I once picked a dog shit up with a lolly stick and wiped it on the door of Lawsons the Jewellers in Crieff, which is owned by Ewan McGregor's granny. He is a regular visitor, although I don't think he seen the jobby.

Mr Turner, you're cack. Please never post in this forum again, it does your public image(such as it is) no good at all...

No.

I can't believe that Avalon believe that Stewart Lee wrote the Edinburgh piss-take. It shows how much attention they've paid to his work though....dear oh dear.

I like being famous enough among the Corpses to warrant at least two whole mentions in this Edinburgh piss-take. I thank you :o)
I did think it was funny, before anyone starts on me!
Sian
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