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Our video of the week is a vintage interview from 1965, when Allen was deep in the stand up circuit. He has just made his first venture into film – writing the screenplay for What’s New Pussycat? This is before Woody Allem started answering every question with a joke, and he is surprisingly frank and […]
This fun clip is taken from the Merv Griffin Show from 1969. It’s Allen still very much in stand-up comic mode, and out promoting Take The Money And Run. It’s interesting to think how adverse to interviews he is these days, when he used to be so good at it. He’s natural wit is there, […]
On 1st December 2012, Woody Allen turns 77. To celebrate, we tried to find the earliest video of Woody Allen we could find on YouTube. We think it could be this one – Woody Allen performing a stand-up set on the Jack Paar Show – 14th December 1962 – almost 50 years ago. It’s amazing […]
LOCO Film Festival are an organisation that supports and promotes comedy in British film. But this year, they’ve found time to celebrate Woody Allen, and are holding the first ever Woodystock at Hackney Picturehouse in London. A night of film, comedy, readings and music, it will be held on December 1 – Woody Allen’s 77th […]
Andy Williams passed away a couple of weeks ago, losing his fight with bladder cancer. He is perhaps best known as a singer, having many hits including ‘Moon River‘ and our personal favourite ‘Music to Watch Girls By‘. Williams also hosted his own show, ‘The Andy Williams Show‘, for almost ten years. Woody Allen was […]
This is possibly the the most famous of all of Woody Allen’s stand up routines. Allen’s stand up and TV career was thriving before he became known for his film making. The definitive version can be found on any of the Woody Allen comedy albums still in print. This version comes from an English TV […]