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David Walliams on censorship, comedy taboos and his advice to Adele

David Walliams on censorship, comedy taboos and his advice to Adele

Having sold more than 56 million books to youngsters, the comedian is concerned about “sanitising” children’s classics.

  • by Michael Lallo

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Jerry Seinfeld tells activists they’re in the wrong place at his Australian shows. Here’s why they persist

Jerry Seinfeld tells activists they’re in the wrong place at his Australian shows. Here’s why they persist

The comedian has become the target of pro-Palestinian protesters over what has been interpreted as his support for Israel’s response to the October 7 attacks by Hamas.

  • by Karl Quinn
Jerry Seinfeld and pro-Palestinian protester in heated exchange at Australian show

Jerry Seinfeld and pro-Palestinian protester in heated exchange at Australian show

The US comedian was heckled during his Sunday night performance, and video shows a man being escorted out by security.

  • by Karl Quinn
Julia Louis-Dreyfus hits back at Seinfeld’s political correctness remarks

Julia Louis-Dreyfus hits back at Seinfeld’s political correctness remarks

The former Seinfeld co-stars have different views on political correctness and comedy.

  • by Nell Geraets
The voice that filled Australian lounge rooms  

The voice that filled Australian lounge rooms  

For a few heady decades, John Blackman was The Voice, widely heard on TV and radio but not seen. He was once described as being “as Melbourne as the MCG”.

  • by Debi Enker
Give me back my landline, my desk drawers, and my dreary old office
Opinion
Comedy

Give me back my landline, my desk drawers, and my dreary old office

The modern office space is a noisy, annoying, overcrowded travesty.

  • by Richard Glover
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Have you heard the one about the scientist who does stand-up?

Have you heard the one about the scientist who does stand-up?

Scientists are increasingly crossing over into comedy.

  • by Daniel Herborn
A male listener hated feminists like her, but then she made him laugh

A male listener hated feminists like her, but then she made him laugh

Deborah Frances-White was surprised when a man emailed her saying he’d listened to 18 months worth of her show, The Guilty Feminist.

  • by Wendy Tuohy
I signed up for a one-way ticket to hell and (somehow) came out transformed
Opinion
Musings

I signed up for a one-way ticket to hell and (somehow) came out transformed

Group fitness: the term is a combination of two of my least favourite things.

  • by James Colley
Eight pressing questions I’ve left unanswered for decades
Opinion
Comedy

Eight pressing questions I’ve left unanswered for decades

The answers are surely a quick Google away. But do I really need to know?

  • by Richard Glover
Did woke culture really kill the sitcom?

Did woke culture really kill the sitcom?

Jerry Seinfeld claims that the “extreme left” is to blame for the death of comedy on TV – but is he right?

  • by Thomas Mitchell