Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-253) and index.
Contents:
From alternative to cult : mapping post-alternative comedy -- Britain's top light entertainer and singer : Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and the cultification of light entertainment -- 'Careful now' : Graham Linehan--a case study in post-alternative sitcom -- Patchy in places : developments in post-alternative sketch comedy -- Community and intimacy : from laugh track to commentary track -- The 'Zooniverse' and other (furnished) comic worlds -- Are you sitting uncomfortably? : from 'cringe' to 'dark' comedy -- Near the knuckle? It nearly took my arm off! : British comedy and the 'new offensiveness'.
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