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All British Comedy Explained · July 30 · 1 hr 22 min

The Comedy Bureau Explained

All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky The Comedy Bureau Explained – part two of one We’ve joined forces with our good friends at The Comedy Bureau to investigate the origins of the sitcom with stand-up comedian Laura Lexx and reader in comedy performance Oliver Double. We look at how this artform developed on both sides of the Atlantic and revisit both Hancock’s Half Hour and I Love Lucy. This is part two of our conversation. For part one, check out The Comedy Bureau’s feed. https://www.lauralexx.co.uk/shows/the-comedy-bureau https://www.instagram.com/lexxlaura https://www.instagram.com/oliver.double Next time we will be answering your questions in our AMA episode, and then it’s our very exciting episode on The Fast Show so that Abigoliah can discover who Paul Whitehouse is before we interview him at our special live show at King’s Place on Saturday 12 September. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us. The podcast SEE US LIVE https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/podcast/all-british-comedy-explained/ JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56 allbritishcomedy@gmail.com https://allbritishcomedy.com https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy Abigoliah Schamaun https://abigoliah.com https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah Tom Salinsky https://thegangofthree.co.uk https://tomsalinsky.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972 https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky

The Comedy Bureau Explained – part two of one

We’ve joined forces with our good friends at The Comedy Bureau to investigate the origins of the sitcom with stand-up comedian Laura Lexx and reader in comedy performance Oliver Double. We look at how this artform developed on both sides of the Atlantic and revisit both Hancock’s Half Hour and I Love Lucy. This is part two of our conversation. For part one, check out The Comedy Bureau’s feed.

  • https://www.lauralexx.co.uk/shows/the-comedy-bureau
  • https://www.instagram.com/lexxlaura
  • https://www.instagram.com/oliver.double

Next time we will be answering your questions in our AMA episode, and then it’s our very exciting episode on The Fast Show so that Abigoliah can discover who Paul Whitehouse is before we interview him at our special live show at King’s Place on Saturday 12 September.

Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.

The podcast

  • SEE US LIVE https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/podcast/all-british-comedy-explained/
  • JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod
  • https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy
  • Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56
  • allbritishcomedy@gmail.com
  • https://allbritishcomedy.com
  • https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained
  • https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod
  • https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod
  • https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social
  • https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

Abigoliah Schamaun

  • https://abigoliah.com
  • https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah
  • https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah
  • https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah

Tom Salinsky

  • https://thegangofthree.co.uk
  • https://tomsalinsky.co.uk
  • https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky
  • https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky
  • https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972
  • https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social
  • https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky

All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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