Funny...

Film Fun. Yes. Masked Dan was very funny as were the films of his comedy troupe The Replica Goose Egg. Scarlet Lights, a few of whose members I know (one of their number was in Off Their Trolleys), were rather good too. And Ladma's work about useless free runner Sebastien Foucault was a splendid, unexpected treat. Hull Comedy Festival, bless the damn thing, runs until 9 November.

Ha...ha...ha...

There's a comedy festival going on in Hull right now. It's called The Hull Comedy Festival (how do they think of these things?). It's like a lot of other comedy festivals up and down the country, in that it appears to coincide with a fair few gigs by comedians that would have been happening anyway, with or without the festival. But it's no bad thing that we have started on the journey to become the next Edinburgh Fringe Festival and I hope it all goes with a tremendous bang. Anyway, I'm going to see an 'event' called Film Fun this afternoon, mainly because my nephew's involved but also because I'll probably be eating a sandwich in the venue Lamp. I notice on the festival website that Film Fun will "be compared by Local heroes the Hull Blokes (as seen on BBC2) and their lively comedy". I wonder what they and their lively comedy are comparing it to? I shall let you know later!

Tags: Hull Comedy Festival