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Little Britain Abroad picked up "Best Comedy" at the International Emmys this week, you can see the producer Jon Plowman picking up his awards in the photo. UK shows managed to dominate the night, winning seven out of the eight awards they were nominated for!
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Making sure our comedy streets are safe is Comedy Police Officer Midgetgems with a whopping double review! First he tackles Jimmy Carr's 'Comedian' Tour DVD, then moves on to a book review of 'Things You Can Do While You're Naked' by Jaime Andrews and Jessica Doherty:
"You know that feeling you get when Granny knits you another brown jumper for your birthday? Well imagine that multiplied by several million grey November days as you pull out a Jimmy Carr DVD and some American 'book' called 'Things You Can Do While You're NAKED' by Jaime Andrews and Jessica Doherty. Already I'm thinking that title is up there with imaginative TV shows such as 'When Weather Goes Bad'.
"Oh well, at the risk of career suicide: Jimmy fans look away now. I saw this show live two or three months ago and I want to like his act, I really do because he's a smart fella. He's not for the easily offended, but to be honest, outrage might have at least provided some form of excitement. Some of the one-liners are great but he always falls back into those samey sexual gags you laughed at when you were fourteen and for much of the show I was bored witless. The unease with which he resorted to his printed sheet of stock material when audience interaction wasn't going too well betrayed the lack of confidence confirmed in the DVD case blurb where it reads, 'Jimmy Carr is one of the biggest faces in British Comedy - literally - he has one of the biggest faces'. When you have to explain obvious gags, something ain't quite right. I only endured the second half because a friend had gone to the trouble of getting me a ticket and there was none of the usual excited chatter you get from a well entertained audience on the way out. Sorry folks but having reluctantly pulled the cellophane off the DVD case to give it a second shot, nothing in the extras changed my mind either. An unsuitable Christmas present for Granny, perhaps? No I couldn't!
"Now then - to that floppy book with photos of a flabby naked man posing around a house and some unfunny words on each page ... that must be Jaime Andrews is it? No, Jaime's a woman. Where's Jessica Doodah then? No? Oh well. Where's the 'howl with laughter' the web publicity promises with this eejit grinning to camera as he spares us the worst? Hmm... It says on the back these 'distinguished authors' (best laugh so far) have 'dedicated their lives to shedding light on important world matters through their creative writing endeavours. They have focused their passion on such topics as: Global Warming...' Shame on them for contributing to Global Warming by publishing such tat! Might be handy as a gift for the illiterate, blind gay man who needs something to prop up a washing machine. Can't wait for my new brown jumper now!"
