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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks Kevin! I think I’m entering my “embrace the nerdy” phase of life!

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Kevin @yellingatsoccer.bsky.social · 4h

I'm absolutely loving this podcast, it's so nerdy.

Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5h

This is my thing that I made because I wanted to make something of substance. It’s about comedy, which might seem frivolous, but actually I think comedy opens up conversations on the whole of human nature: podfollow.com/the-comedy-b...

The Comedy Bureau

Deep in the depths of the University of Niche Interests lies The Comedy Bureau – a long forgotten department dedicated to studying the ins, outs, whys and wherefores of all things comedy. Staffed by L...

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks Paul!

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Paul Bradbury @journopaulb.bsky.social · 4h

This is great! It’s hitting a sweet spot between my enjoyment of comedy and my sociology degree.

Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5h

This is my thing that I made because I wanted to make something of substance. It’s about comedy, which might seem frivolous, but actually I think comedy opens up conversations on the whole of human nature: podfollow.com/the-comedy-b...

The Comedy Bureau

Deep in the depths of the University of Niche Interests lies The Comedy Bureau – a long forgotten department dedicated to studying the ins, outs, whys and wherefores of all things comedy. Staffed by L...

podfollow.com

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5h

I’d love you to watch/listen, or if you have already please rate and review. It’s been a monumental slog to make, and now the job is sharing it far and wide.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5h

I wanted it to be a cross between the “two comedians navel gazing insightfully about their own comedy” genre and a history/education podcast/YouTube show.

I think it’s come out pretty well.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5h

Each episode is a well researched and explained dive into a single aspect of the world of comedy. Discussing the nature of what makes us laugh, how it’s doing it and often what this reflects about the world around the comedy.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 5h

This is my thing that I made because I wanted to make something of substance. It’s about comedy, which might seem frivolous, but actually I think comedy opens up conversations on the whole of human nature: podfollow.com/the-comedy-b...

The Comedy Bureau

Deep in the depths of the University of Niche Interests lies The Comedy Bureau – a long forgotten department dedicated to studying the ins, outs, whys and wherefores of all things comedy. Staffed by L...

podfollow.com

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 20h

For a lot of them yeah 🤣 although I just finished checking off the last 3 episodes in the series and they have a bit more obvious answers!

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 1d

Ah I’m so glad you’re loving it! Have you heard ydays ep on Incongruity? I think by the end of the three I felt like I knew how I felt on comic theory but each theory alone doesn’t quite fit the bill entirely

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 1d

I heard Gabby Logan ask him about it on a podcast and you've never listened to someone sidestep a question with more grace. An art.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah.

The front cover of my book - Klopp Actually

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man the hours of my life taken up by doing The Comedy Bureau. I didn't feel not busy before this but now suddenly every waking moment is getting something finessed for the show. I'm really enjoying it now it's out and you can actually see people enjoying it

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 2d

If I say, “why yes I am allergic to tea and milk?” Will I still get my tea?

Is it just to be warned of ingredients by them if I were to have an allergy?

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 2d

I was in a long queue at a railway station coffee bar and I ordered a tea.

“With milk?”
“Yes?”
“Any allergies?”
“No, just the tea please.”

He was unimpressed and I was, of course, being a less than model customer BUT it got me thinking.

What happens if I say yes?

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 3d

It really and truly is. The next three weeks are really quite nerdy

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 3d

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 3d

The next episode of The Comedy Bureau is out tomorrow… we’re starting a 3 part mini series with each one focusing on a different one of the big three comic theories.

Tomorrow is Incongruity.

You asked for more weeds. We’re delivering big weeds.

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 7d

I’m confident it’s made from the skin of Randall from Monsters Inc

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 7d

But did you watch it with people in the house?

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 7d

People out there gagging to watch Mean Girls but holding out until it’s the 00s again

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a setting not a serving suggestion

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 7d

I hate when people are like “omg you watched a Christmas film in OCTOBER?!”

Yeah, and I also watched Titanic on dry land 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 8d

People over 7 get literally zero guidance on how much toothpaste to use and no one is talking about it.

We go from “hey you’re 6 use a pea size amount buddy” to “ah well you’re 7 now squirt the whole fucking tune into your mouth and then mash the brush around for all I care”

this needs to stop

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Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social · 8d

Episode 4 of The Comedy Bureau is out now btw… “Are Women Funny?” A really interesting episode where we chart the rise and fall and rise of women in comedy

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