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The Rest Is HistoryMarch 4, 2021

28. The Kings of Comedy

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About This Episode
Comedian Al Murray joins Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to discuss the history of comedy as well as the funny side of history. Has comedy changed through time? When and why are we not allowed to laugh at events? Al Murray has made a living out of making people laugh, while also frequently placing history at the heart of his humour.
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1066 and All That
Sellars and Yeatman

“The first funny book I ever read about history, Al, was 1066 and all that. And that's actually, for a lot of people, that's the sort of, the ur-text of sort of funny history or history as funny.”

ASIN: 0413772705
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The Last 100 Years Give and Take
Al Murray

“I wrote a book last year during lockdown, which in itself was an extremely... I found very, very challenging as a comic writer, because after all, when you write a...”

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