Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David admits he never would’ve agreed to this sort of malarky had Garlin not been such a close friend. Luckily for us, the magnetic misanthrope plays nicely with others, participating in audience games and revealing deep convictions without reservation. During this off-the-cuff chat, we learn why Larry 1. would prefer to do crossword puzzles than voluntarily listen to music, 2. feels nervous at a dinner table of 12, and 3. is overly strategic in the gifting of old shirts. And you won’t believe the one mundane thing that Larry has never before done in his life.
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Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation - How To Look
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Larry David - By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin
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RSA - The Evolution of Comedy
Laughter has been long recognised as ‘the best medicine’ – medieval surgeons cracked jokes to distract their anaesthesia-free patients from the pain, and Freud argued that humour released negative psychic energy.
But what role does comedy have in ‘serious culture’? How has that role evolved, from Shakespeare’s mechanicals to Steptoe and Son and beyond? Dickens’ ‘streaky bacon’ approach alternated comedy and drama – but should they even be regarded as separate genres any more when a character like Tony Soprano terrifies us and makes us laugh in equal measure? And why is it said that dying is easy, but comedy is hard?
The RSA gathers together a panel of leading writers and producers from both sides of the Atlantic to explore these questions and many more.
Speakers: Caryn Mandabach, Emmy-Award-winning US TV comedy producer of ground-breaking shows such as The Cosby Show, Roseanne, 3rd Rock from the Sun, That 70s Show and, most recently, Nurse Jackie; Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, writers of Peep Show, Four Lions (Feature, Dir. Chris Morris), That Mitchell and Webb Look, The Thick of It; Simon Nye, writer of Men Behaving Badly, How Do You Want Me?, My Family and Other Animals and Reggie Perrin.
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The Infinite Monkey Cage: Secret Science
Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by Simon Singh, Sue Black and comedian Dave Gorman to talk codes and secret science as they discuss the extraordinary achievements of Bletchley Park.
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Louis C.K.’s Diagnosis: ‘Masterful’ : NPR
Louis C.K. decided to offer Tig Notaro: Live exclusively on his website when he saw the comedian perform a set just hours after receiving her cancer diagnosis.
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Tig Notaro On Going ‘Live’ About Her Life : NPR
Tig Notaro walked onstage hours after finding out she was diagnosed with cancer, and talked about it in a standup comedy set that Louis C.K. described in a tweet as masterful. Notaro talks with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross about the set, titled Tig Notaro: Live.
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/08/162514763/standup-comic-tig-notaro
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Podcast 8 – Regeneration Game | Festival Of The Spoken Nerd
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Shift Run Stop – Episode 63: Dave Gorman
Shift Run Stop is a free comedy podcast full to the brim with games, geeks and special guests.
Share our pleasure chatting about magic, coincidences and games with the fascinating Dave Gorman, then feel our pain as a tarry soft drink promotes the question: "What IS ‘malt’ anyway?"
Yes, it’s like a trip back in time to the early days of the show, as once again we find ourselves hijacking someone else’s office without asking, scouring the local shop for Drinks Most Likely to Withstand Nuclear Strike, and talking to someone in a room with terrible acoustics, in this all-new yet reassuringly familiar edition of Shift Run Stop.
http://shiftrunstop.co.uk/2012/07/05/episode-63-dave-gorman/
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Sacha Baron Cohen: The Fresh Air Interview : NPR
Actor and writer Sacha Baron Cohen is famous for taking his characters â Ali G., Borat, Bruno â into the real world, interacting with people who have no idea that they’re dealing with a fictional character. But his new movie, The Dictator, is a scripted comedy about a tyrant on the loose in New York.
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/21/153204627/sacha-baron-cohen-the-fresh-air-interview
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Adam Buxton - Miliband and the Deadly Robots
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