What’s humorous in the present day? In our age of shock the artwork of comedy is both tougher than ever or, when it comes to demand, going via a golden age — whether or not you’re a political satirist or a peddler of pure silliness. However which jokes are acceptable and which cross the road? Have platforms like TikTok modified the panorama for ever?
To reply these and different urgent questions, we gathered a bunch (a cackle?) of 9 main comedians to share their ideas. Chris McCausland, winner of final yr’s Strictly Come Dancing, expressed his trepidation about political comedy, Jenny Eclair admitted a few of her outdated materials was “bizarre, dated and a bit foolish’, whereas Harry Hill argued the one comedians who stand the take a look at of time are