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1. 1. Despite US' renaissance, Lewis still has plenty to rant about

   CityLife, Monday 04 May 2009 LESS so over here – for the time being at least – but certainly back in his native US Lewis Black is well known for his irascible rants.

2. 2. Sandy's new direction gives us something to smile about

   CityLife, Friday 10 October 2003 THE Live Floor Show, on BBC1 earlier this year, brought a bigger profile to a number of comics, not least Scots funster Sandy Nelson.
   

3. 3. Manchester Comedy Festival: Best Bits October 17-20

   CityLife, Friday 14 October 2011 THERE might be nothing funny about this weather we're having, but if there's something else that bonds us as firmly as talking about our inclement climate it's having a good laugh. Sarah Walters previews the opening week of the Manchester Comedy Festival.

4. 4. Interview: Ross Noble

   CityLife, Friday 24 September 2010 Ross Noble talks to us about his new show, which comes to the Opera House on Wednesday and Thursday (September 29 and 30).

5. 5. Stone's paid to moan

   CityLife, Thursday 08 November 2007 WHEN most of us have a good rant about whatever is niggling us, it just sounds like whining, but Jewish comedian Ian Stone has put it to much greater effect.

6. 6. The joke's on Channel M's Byron

   CityLife, Monday 22 September 2008 IT'S enough to make most of us cringe just thinking about it, but Channel M's self-confessed comedy 'mongrel' Byron Evans tried his hand at being a stand-up comedian. Here, he reveals how he got on.

7. 7. New festival to bring us movies of mirth

   CityLife, Friday 19 August 2011 Have you heard the one about the film-makers who started up a festival in Manchester to foster new comic talent?

8. 8. Jupitus gets Totally Looped at Lowry

   CityLife, Friday 06 February 2009 STAR of TV panel shows like Never Mind The Buzzcocks and QI, Phil Jupitus talks to Marissa Burgess about his ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ career of music, poetry and comedy.

9. 9. Kirshen to build on US experience in Manc

   CityLife, Tuesday 16 June 2009 THOUGH many a successful Brit comic spends time trying to break the States, Matt Kirshen is in the unusual position of currently being better known in the US than his native UK.

10. 10. My whinge about the Edinburgh Fringe

    CityLife, Thursday 23 August 2007 SITTING here in Edinburgh, the sun is shining through the windows, the kettle has just boiled and I'm about to make myself a lovely cup of tea.

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