The Business of Show
There’s no business like it. If you’re not in it, you won’t know how true that is – and why would you? But now you should take a look. By…
Guilty confessions, low-bar NY resolutions, and a return to the stage/ screen
Happy New Year! This is a blog version of the Serious Comedy Newsletter I sent out on 18 January 2021. I hope you had a chance to catch a breath…
I joined the RSPCA
I recently joined the RSPCA. Look, they got me where I was weak. As some of you know, I am a fairly new cat parents, inheriting my partner’s cat Dixie…
Ovaries? More like explodaries! How I got hospitalised from laughing too much.
Given that Edinburgh is where I (and most of the Serious Comedy artists) would be around this time of year, I wanted to share one of my story of how…
Simon Palomares’ recipe for French Apple Tart (or Tarte Tatin)
On Friday 8 May, Simon Palomares ventured into the Serious Comedy pop-up broadcasting studios for a Live Lockdown Comedy Special which was broadcast via Zoom. In our most ambitious segment…
Andrew McClelland: A Somewhat Rambling History of the Dim Sim
This has been adapted from Andrew's regular segment on ABC Radio Melbourne "The Past Less Travelled". You can hear Andrew on Monday mornings on Breakfast with Sammy J at around…
Yianni Agisilaou & Chris Taylor: Covid-19 (a tribute song to Redgum and Covid-19)
If there’s one thing that coronavirus has been lacking, it’s a (humorous) folk ballad that we can all rally around. So my mate Chris and I (under the supervision of…
Yianni Agisilaou & Chris Taylor: You Gotta Have Space Space Space (a George Michael / Covid-19 tribute song)
With Yianni in lockdown with flu like symptoms on the night Comedy Festival was going to open (sob) instead he and Chris Taylor are dropping another fun COVID inspired parody…
Carrie’s Adventures in Spreadsheets
In mid-late March, everything I was working on shut down. Like, everything. Nobody was really sure how to cancel though. The implications for insurance claims were muddy (global pandemics are…
Yianni Agisilaou: How to Create Your Very Own Conspiracy Theory
Jealous of all the crazy flying around right now? Want to get in on the act? Here’s ‘How to create your very own conspiracy theory'. Here goes. 1) Make a…