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Comedy videos to raise your spirits
Self-isolating comedians are working from home to bring a little light relief to the nation. Here's a roundup of some of the funniest.
Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 30th March 202025 funny jokes from comedians to cheer you up
If you're feeling in need of a bit of light relief, enjoy these one-liners from top stand-ups and rising stars of the comedy scene.
The Telegraph, 30th March 2020Laura Lexx interview
The award-winning comedian, actor and writer on the things that make her laugh the most.
The Guardian, 27th March 2020A comedian walks into a coronavirus crisis...
For the nation's stand-up comics, jokes about Covid-19 are being delivered through gritted teeth -- for an industry that was the first gig economy, the total shutdown of most comedy venues means the nation's gagsters are short of cash and short of an audience.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 22nd March 2020Laura Lexx's Jurgen Klopp fantasy goes viral
Brighton-based stand-up Laura Lexx tweeted the following: "If I ever met Jurgen Klopp I'd say omg if we have a baby we should call it Klipp, just so he'd raise an eyebrow at me and tell me I'm a moron and I'd be so naked by the time he'd finished doing that." And sure enough it went viral. In less than a day the tweet has received nearly a thousand retweets and nearly 30,000 likes.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th March 2020Laura Lexx on her most memorable gigs
Laura Lexx, who is currently on tour with her stand-up show Knee Jerk, recalls her five most memorable gigs...
Chortle, 3rd March 2020Laura Lexx interview
"We won't learn until something big happens to shock us."
Blizzard Comedy, 31st January 2020Laura Lexx: 'It's really hard to be a good person'
Award-winning rising star takes Knee Jerk on tour.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 29th January 2020Words are weapons in insult comedy - but should you go sledgehammer or stiletto? That's the dilemma facing standups Laura Lexx and Tom Livingstone as the sanctioned slanging match returns for a fourth season, with regular refs Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan joined by guest judge Noel Fielding.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 20th January 2020Interview: Laura Lexx
She talks about how hard it is to be a good person, whether she really wants to live her life on the internet, and why stand-up is her true calling.
Mike Cobley & Brian Donaldson, Brighton Magazine, 14th January 2020