Stewart Lee on lazy journalists and blah blah insert words here: the last 24 hours in comedy

Andrew Mickel31 July 2012

Lee, Gervais, Brand and Corden: a lot of big comedy names in the news today...

Stewart Lee makes some good points and 'some other' points about the Edinburgh Fringe. Particularly fun is his refrain that 'lazy journalists' don't go off piste enough to find new shows to recommend, before suggesting people go and see his wife's show in August. Guardian

Ricky Gervais has a new pilot for online with Karl Pilkington on the way: Learn English with Ricky Gervais. British Comedy Guide

Russell Brand has defended Daniel Tosh and Dane Cook after both have made recent controversial jokes about rape and the Aurora shootings respectively. THERE IS NEVER A REASON TO DEFEND DANE COOK. Belfast Telegraph

James Corden says Gavin & Stacey will return at some point, although someone's gonna have to spring Joanna Page from her Superdrug contract. Daily Mail

Peep Show series eight has started filming. Digital Spy

And if you'd ever wondered how you would explain the Fringe to honest-to-God aliens, you should pick up some good lessons from the Wall Street Journal.

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