Press clippings
Lenny Henry given Legend Of Comedy award
Lenny Henry has been named a Legend Of Comedy in the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2021. Other prize winners include Patrick Monahan, Esther Manito, Ahir Shah and Jonny Awsum.
British Comedy Guide, 29th March 2021Leicester Comedy Festival 2021 Awards nominees
The nominees have been announced for the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2021. Nominees include Tim Key, Esther Manito, Stuart Laws and Fin Taylor.
British Comedy Guide, 26th February 2021Comedy podcasts round-up 2: from home and abroad
We're still some way off being able to see live performances in actual clubs and theatres, but here are some more comedy podcasts to keep your laughter quotient healthy in the meanwhile.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 6th January 2021Latitude Review: Pappy's
There was an end-of-school, pressure-off, demob happy feel to their nonsense. They didn't seem to have a care in the world.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd July 2014Badults, currently and mystifyingly enjoying a second series, continues to spray out a veritable diarrhoea of terrible jokes that even the Chuckle Brothers would have put a line through at first-draft stage. Like this one: "I'm on the five:two diet. I eat five breakfasts and two dinners!".
Rik Mayall certainly didn't do the show any favours by dying and reminding everybody that Badults is basically a very poor copy of The Young Ones with no Rick, Neil or Vyvyan, but three Mikes.
The main problem with Badults, apart from the script, is that the protagonists - fringe legends Pappy's - are virtually indistinguishable except by their hairstyles. It is a show that would definitely benefit from the introduction of a little character comedy or, failing that, some characters. Jokes, even good ones, quickly become boring unless you have some sort of emotional investment in the people making them.
I have it on good authority that Pappy's are quite brilliant live, but whatever their stage alchemy may be it is signally failing to translate to the screen.
Harry Venning, The Stage, 19th June 2014Matthew Crosby interview
The Pappy's comedian and star of Badults talks hot dogs, Netflix and whether he's a good or bad adult...
Susanna Lazarus, Radio Times, 2nd June 2014TV Review: Badults, BBC3
I certainly still find Pappy's very funny, but whereas onstage the childishness is knowing, on television if you were unaware of their history you might think that you were watching a children's programme that had been badly scheduled.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd June 2014Pappy's interview
I spoke to Pappy's to find out all about what to expect from the new series, who their comedy heroes are and what they make of the decision to move BBC Three online.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 31st May 2014Interview: Pappy's
Hold on to your takeaway pizzas, Matthew Crosby, Ben Clark and Tom Parry return to BBC3 on June 2 for the second series of Badults.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th May 2014Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown to be developed for TV
The production company Hat Trick have optioned the hit panel show podcast format Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown in the hope of turning it into a TV show.
British Comedy Guide, 27th May 2014