John Fleming (I)
- Journalist
Press clippings Page 59
An extravaganza of comic political ego at the Fringe
I am at the Edinburgh Fringe to see comedy shows, so what better this afternoon than a 90-minute play about a disgraced Socialist leader?
John Fleming, The Huffington Post, 18th August 2012Comic offers hug for £5, tongue kiss for £20
I woke up this morning to an e-mail from amiable American actor, comic, raconteur and fat, bald, loud American guy Craig Shaynak.
John Fleming, , 17th August 2012Fleming's Fringe: Seeking some stunts most cunning
Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards organiser and prolific blogger John Fleming writes...
John Fleming, ThreeWeeks, 14th August 2012Two Jews jabbering about sex, drugs and suicide
At the Edinburgh Fringe, I know comic Lewis Schaffer and bumped into comic Laura Levites. It turns out they were both brought up in Great Neck, New York, but had never met. I suggested we should have a chat. Two New York Jewish comedians. What was I thinking? I hardly got a word in.
John Fleming, The Huffington Post, 10th August 2012Lifting groin flaps on Austrian flyerers
This is Otto's fifth time at the Fringe. Before, he has performed with fellow German Henning Wehn.
John Fleming, , 4th August 2012The £1,000 publicity stunt worthy of an award?
Stuart Goldsmith has got a bit closer to a potential Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award nomination by posting on YouTube a cleverly thought-out stunt.
John Fleming, , 7th July 2012What comedy club owner Noel Faulkner thinks
"I think 'arena comedy' has really done it damage, because 60,000 people at a time can go and see comedy now."
John Fleming, Giggle Beats, 4th July 2012Why was this Edinburgh Fringe show title banned?
Alan Anderson's show will not now be titled Alan Anderson: Whisky Fir Dummies 2.0 because US publishers John Wiley & Sons have a series of ...For Dummies books and they have threatened to sue him.
John Fleming, , 17th June 2012I was there the night Tommy Cooper died live on TV
On the 15th April 1984 Tommy Cooper died on stage during the Live From Her Majesty's TV show. A friend of mine who worked for LWT at the time told me: "I was there in the theatre that night, standing at the back of the Circle."
John Fleming, , 26th May 2012'I was there in the theatre that night'
Comedy scriptwriter Nigel Crowle - tells me: "I was working for the Presentation Department at BBC Television Centre that night"
John Fleming, , 26th May 2012