Modern comedy is 'cruel and cynical' says Barry Cryer
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Barry Cryer stalwart of BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue has attacked modern comedians for being "cynical" and "cruel".
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Barry Cryer part II
Keighley and Ilkley Liberal Democrat Website (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
A fabulous show! Barry is a true giant of the comedy world a man with such a long and distinguished pedigree having written for so many greats that it was sheer joy to sit and listen to him, to top it all he even read out one of my questions. My ...
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Me and Barry Cryer
Keighley and Ilkley Liberal Democrat Website (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
This evening my wife and I are going to see Barry Cryer at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax, and I'm really looking forward to it. It's been a really long week. Barry is one of my favourite comedians for more than three dozen years, he's been making me laugh both on telly and more so on the radio. One of the funniest things was on Historical Headlines on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue...
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King of the jokers
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
BARRY CRYER doesn't regard himself as a comedian but you've been living under a stone for the past 50 years if you haven't laughed at one of his jokes. He may be most familiar as a panellist on such Radio 4 shows as I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - which he's starred in since 1972 - but his career has come mostly from penning comic material for other people.
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Still Booking: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Londonist (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... Dawkins will be there, of course, but the more loveable talents of Dara O'Briain, Al Murray, Barry Cryer, Richard Herring, Ben Goldacre, Chris Addison, Mark Steele...and, well, just about everyone else you've ever heard of with a rationalist bent (Spinoza and Descartes send their apologies). Surely the best line-up since the queue to board Noah's Ark? The show's on at the HMV Apollo...
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Time, Gentlemen
Everything Has A Limit (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... with the "extra" minute. It all struck me as vaguely moronic (although the choice of Barry Cryer speaking for a minute was, paradoxically, rather a good one -- he saved the programme) but, more importantly, it missed the point. The BBC can start programmes and end them whenever they wish, but why can't the programme listings be accurate? There's no law saying that programmes...
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Top reads for Christmas gift ideas
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
ROY Hudd and Barry Cryer are men who should be knights of the realm for their services to comedy. The only thing wrong with Hudd's book is the silly title, A Fart In A Colander (Michael O'Mara, £18.99).
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Christmas gift ideas: Best books
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
ROY Hudd and Barry Cryer are men who should be knights of the realm for their services to comedy. The only thing wrong with Hudd's book is the silly title, A Fart In A Colander (Michael O'Mara, £18.99).
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Mark Steel added to Nine Lessons bill, HMV Hammersmith Apollo, 20 December
New Humanist (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... Steel joins a fantastic bill that already features Richard Dawkins , Al Murray , Dara O Briain , Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden , Simon Singh , Richard Herring , Robyn Hitchcock , Ben Goldacre , Chris Addison , Brian Cox , Shappi Khorsandi, Baba Brinkman, Martin White's Mystery Fax Machine Chamber Orchestra , all hosted by Robin Ince . Tickets are selling fast, but there are still...
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If you squint, he really does look like someone who looks a little like Simon Cowell
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... available for photos, who better than Simon Cowell. Well, to be honest, I'd say Bruce Forsyth, or Barry Cryer, James May, Nemone, Liz Kershaw; possibly Tony Dortie? Quite a few people would be better than Simon Cowell, the sort of honking show-off who would destroy any event by attempting to recast it in his own image. I'm not sure, though, if having someone who turned out to not...
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Tube Surfing: Awards, Thought Bubble Signings and Hi-Ex
downthetubes.net news blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... London SW1 tonight (18th November 2009). The dinner, whose guests and award presentes include Barry Cryer and Steve Bell , celebrates and coincides with the 21^st birthday of the Cartoon Art Trust, the charity behind the Cartoon Museum. The winners will be announced on the Trust's web site at: www.cartoonmuseum.org • Eden Court Theatre in Inverness will play host to the third...
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More CAT awards…
poldraw (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... a Matt cartoon . Other memorable moments included a simply hilarious speech by the old gag master Barry Cryer. Madness singer Suggs throwing Ollie Preston’s rather too heavy looking pen into the crowd after a mock auction, and Martin Rowson’s annual rant about the need to find young new cartooning talent so that we can break their fingers. Black tie events are a rarity for most cartoonists,...
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Memorial held for Rumpole creator
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Along with his family, there were many famous faces in attendance including, Peter O'Toole, Alan Rickman, Sir Peter Hall, Melvyn Bragg, Jeremy Paxman, Jon Snow, Peter Bowles, Anna Ford, Alan Yentob, Emilia Fox, Barry Cryer and Edward Fox.
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Al Murray and Dara O Briain added to Nine Lessons at Hammersmith Apollo
New Humanist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... a show - Murray, O Briain and Brinkman are added to a bill that already features Richard Dawkins , Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden , Simon Singh , Richard Herring , Robyn Hitchcock , Ben Goldacre , Chris Addison , Brian Cox , Martin White's Mystery Fax Machine Chamber Orchestra , the BHA Choir , all hosted by Robin Ince . Tickets are selling fast, but there are still some available...
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New issue, events and all that..
New Humanist (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The new issue of New Humanist was finally put to bed last night – watch out for it next week, with great content including Raymond Tallis on the rise of neuro-nonsense, Seth Kalichman on how to spot an AIDS denialist (one for the editors of the Spectator , perhaps'), Jewel of Medina author Sherry Jones on the dangers of self-censorship, Barry Cryer sharing gags with Laurie Taylor,...