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What we have learned over the last three weeks

This article is from 2008.

Carol Leifer

Carol Leifer's hours only last 45 minutes.
And Felix Dexter's are only 50 minutes.
Free comedy isn't always free.
Free comedy isn't always shit.
Steven Berkoff has a penchant for Gregg's.
Scottish kids TV legend and all-round lovely man Glen Michael is 82 years old.
Christine Hamilton's lap is a cosy place to have a nap mid-show.
Do not sit behind a row of teenagers in a sexually explicit play.
Achtung Pal is almost certainly the worst comedy show in the history of the Fringe. Four one-star reviews at this year's Beano.
Saggy Y-fronts do not make good costumes.
If you work for a comedian try not to laugh hysterically before the punchlines, it kind of jars.
Just because the flyer says 'sexually explicit' doesn't mean it is.
Don't pay to see children or animals.
Some people actually give thanks for bad reviews of their shows. It helps them 'grow and improve as artists'.
A great strategy for getting through to the theatre or comedy editor of your choice: phone up The List offices claiming someone just phoned your number and you missed the call. We fell for it loads.
Simon Amstell is the most-spotted man at the Fringe, despite not having a show on. And he looks good in Raybans.

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