New Oxford Comedy Archive (Palin, Munnery, Atkinson, Lee & Herring, et al)

[Mobbd]

Rare comedy archives to be released

Footage from Rowan Atkinson, Michael Palin, Stewart Lee and Richard Herring in their student days

Chortle story with clips: https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2024/07/01/55913/rare_comedy_archives_to_be_released

Link to where the archive is scheduled to appear on July 18th (currently a dead link that will hopefully spring into life soon):
https://www.oxfordcomedyarchive.com/

I'm particularly keen to see the "fist-fighting Simon Munnery," which will presumably be his Andy Kaufman tribute women's wrestling thing (unless it's something else) and new interviews:

The archives – which go live at  www.oxfordcomedyarchive.com  on July 18 – will be supplemented by more than 11 hours of exclusive audio interviews with many of the people who were there, including Atkinson and Palin.

I'll keep an eye on it and bump this thread when the site goes live.

[madhair60]

awesome, can't wait for this. thanks!

[Mobbd]

The link still isn't working. No placeholder or anything. Wonder if it's happening at all or if Chortle got the link wrong.

[Mobbd]

It's online and seems to be working.

I went straight for the 1980s Lee & Herring, David Schneider, Armando stuff, but there's alsorts on there.

Here, you will find a wealth of rare audio recordings from the 1950s to the present day, many of which have never been legally published anywhere before. 102 highlight clips are found in the seven main 'exhibits', while the 'Library' contains many complete shows. The Archive also includes over 11 hours of world-exclusive audio interviews with the people who were actually there, along with a snapshot into Oxford's present-day stand-up scene

[Theoretical Dentist]

There was another thread about it when it lauched, started by someone who made the site (or claimed to).

[Mobbd]

There was another thread about it when it lauched, started by someone who made the site (or claimed to).

Ah, look at that. Well well. Thanks.

[rainstopsplay]

I did indeed make the site! I hope you're enjoying it - if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to let me know! It's very much an always-in-progress thing!

[Mobbd]

I did indeed make the site! I hope you're enjoying it - if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to let me know! It's very much an always-in-progress thing!

Thanks for all that you do! I've barely scratched the surface but it looks extremely good. I've been enjoying the 90s material very much.

[rainstopsplay]

You're too kind! I always thought the 90s content in the Archive was lacking - I chose the time periods in each Archive 'exhibit' based on what audio or video material I could find, and for whatever reason, no one thought to produce any of that in Oxford during that decade. If something does crop up (perhaps from the collections of someone on this very forum), I'll go back and add some more - I'll be much more able to invest time in it in a month or so!