The Definitive Guide to Comedy
As I wrote in Decider: Whether or not you already know who Simon Amstell is, you can figure out rather quickly just by looking at and listening to him that the idea of Amstell attending a sex party is fodder for high comedy. But that’s just one story of several …
Simon Amstell returned to Conan on Wednesday night’s show to report that he’s in a great relationship with his current boyfriend. The only potential downsides to that? What didn’t happen in his previous relationships, and what’s happening in his dreams. Amstell is on tour, and will hit up some American …
The American audience in last night’s Tonight Show was very happy to see British stand-up Simon Amstell. Perhaps they knew he’d be up for mocking his queen. Perhaps they knew he’d also be standing up against sexism. Or just perhaps they all expected a happy journey to the middle. As …
Simon Amstell returned to Late Show with David Letterman on Friday night, a little older, a little less cheeky? That’s his worry. Well, one of his worries. Amstell jokes about his fragile ego and having to live in competition with others for happiness. Perhaps a trip to Peru is in …
Simon Amstell is a young chap from the U.K. on his own on the road and at home. And despite his youth, he has some honestly dark and amusing insight into a life lived in isolation. No rules! Perhaps there should be some rules. Or at least one rule. Failing …
For someone who grew up on camera in front of much of England the United Kingdom, and performs his one-man shows around the world, Simon Amstell remains socially awkward, lonely and depressed. That much Amstell is quick to remind his audiences in his latest one-man show, Numb. “That’s the hour!” …
