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AI knows who Malcolm Hardee was but can't copy his inimitable comedy...
(Photograph by @felipepelaquim via Unsplash) As regular readers of this blog will know, I have an interest in Artificial Intelligence and its ability to mine facts and opinions… largely because it is interesting how misinformation spreads and how Chinese Whispers result in cumulative errors. Last Friday (5th January) was the late comedian Malcolm Hardee’s birthday. He was born in 1950. He died…
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Comic Malcolm Hardee remembered by Australian performer Matthew Hardy...
Comic Malcolm Hardee remembered by Australian performer Matthew Hardy…
Malcolm Hardee on the Thames (Photo by Steve Taylor) In yesterday’s blog, Australian performer Matthew Hardy remembered British comedian Sean Lock, who died earlier this week. Matthew also mentioned the late comedian Malcolm Hardee – oft called ‘the godfather of British alternative comedy’ – as “the most outrageous individual I’ve ever known”. Eight days after Malcolm’s death by drowning in…
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UK comic Sean Lock remembered by Australian performer Matthew Hardy
UK comic Sean Lock remembered by Australian performer Matthew Hardy
(Image by comedy website Chortle.co.uk) The British comedian Sean Lock died of cancer on Monday, aged 58. I remember him in the 1990s as highly intelligent, a very very funny stand-up and, most of all, a kind man unspoilt by any discernible ego. I don’t think he changed when he became successful. Here, Australian performer Matthew Hardy pays tribute to Sean… (L-R) Matthew Hardy, Malcolm Hardee,…
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Comedian and legendary stunt-puller Malcolm Hardee and John Stonehouse
Comedian and legendary stunt-puller Malcolm Hardee and John Stonehouse
The bare image promoting the Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards
This blog is mostly just an excuse to run an extract from the late comedian Malcolm Hardee’s autobiography I Stole Freddie Mercury’s Birthday Cake. Malcolm drowned in London in 2005.
But, on August 23rd, in the Hive venue at the Edinburgh Fringe, the squatters who were evicted from Malcolm’s boat The Wibbley Wobbley earlier this year, are…
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Ban for life from massaging musicians at the Vancouver Folk Festival - Why?
Ban for life from massaging musicians at the Vancouver Folk Festival – Why?
Anna Smith – as ever, thinking blue sky
I have said it before and I will say it again.
Yes I will.
Anna Smith, this blog’s occasional Canadian correspondent, leads an interesting life, sometimes on the boat where she lives in Vancouver.
Yesterday morning, I got this email from her:
“Guess what. I just got banned for life from massaging musicians at the Vancouver Folk Festival.”
“Why?” I asked.
T…
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How to win an increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award...
How to win an increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Award…
Comic legend Malcolm Hardee knew a little bit about Africa. (Photograph by Vincent Lewis)
The Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe are all about originality. This blog is a lazy re-hash of a piece I wrote last year.
But, as Malcolm would have said – indeed, often did say – “Fuck it! It don’t matter. There are people starving in Africa. Not all over. Round the edge… fish.”
The…
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The wreck of the Wibbley Wobbley As a sad PS to several recent blogs about the removal and rumoured scrapping of comedian Malcolm Hardee’s floating pub venue The Wibbley Wobbley, here is a photo taken by Stephen Mccreadie.
Malcolm Hardee, the squatters and the upcoming Cunning Stunt in Edinburgh
Malcolm Hardee, the squatters and the upcoming Cunning Stunt in Edinburgh
The Wibbley Wobbley in its original berth at Greenland Dock
In November and December last year, I posted a series of blogs about the late comic Malcolm Hardee’s former floating pub/comedy club The Wibbley Wobbley.
There were squatters living on board in November.
In December, the boat was towed away from Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe to nearby South Dock Marina and, a few days later, towed away to…
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