ISSN 2040-610X (Print); ISSN 2040-6118 (Online)
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
INTRODUCTION pp. 3-4(2) Author: Edge, Brainne
The roots of alternative comedy? – The alternative story of 20th Century Coyote and Eighties Comedy pp. 5-21(17) Author: Peters, Lloyd
Aristophanes’ Cloudcuckooland to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: Comedy as social conscience pp. 23-33(11) Author: Smith, Eve
Objects of humour: The puppet as comic performer pp. 35-46(12) Author: Price, Jason
Why is improv funny? The centrifugal forces of Johnstonian improv pp. 47-57(11) Author: McLaughlin, James A.
Conflict and slapstick in Commedia dell’Arte – The double act of Pantalone and Arlecchino pp. 59-69(11) Author: Peacock, Louise
A recipe for comedy: Come Dine With Me, incongruity and the observational voice-over pp. 71-82(12) Author: Harbidge, Lesley
‘You being funny again?’: Comedy and the everyday in Glenn Patterson’s The International and Number 5 pp. 83-94(12) Author: Crook, Lynne
‘Hit me with your rhythm stick’: ‘Punchman’ John Styles pp. 95-101(7) Author: Moon, Tony
Comedy on the spectrum: An interview with Asperger’s Are Us pp. 103-110(8) Author: May, Shaun
REVIEWS pp. 111-128(18) Authors: Ritchie, Chris; Miles, Tim; Ritchie, Oscar; Ritchie, Oscar; Ritchie, Oscar
Withnail and I: ‘We’ve gone on holiday by mistake’ pp. 129-135(7) Author: Hetherington, Donna
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