Back in the 1970s, male prime-time comedians mainly resembled Mr Potato Head. The terrifically popular 'Wheeltappers and Shunters Club' was a comedy show populated mainly by men with 44-inch waists, jowls and NHS glasses. — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and could do in order to be successful touring comedians, and those were mainly observational comedians who had a very strict structure of… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
