Christmas Links #5

'They threw sausage rolls!' Christmas gigs bring no cheer for standups:
"During the festive season, comedy clubs can be hijacked by drunk, obnoxious audiences. Dave Johns, Maff Brown and Jessica Fostekew recount their worst experiences."

Hashtag hunger: Are Britain’s supermarkets profiting from food poverty this Christmas?
"Sainsbury’s “#ShopForOthers” campaign and other such schemes invite customers to buy extra for people going hungry."

The £100 Christmas ad that blows John Lewis out of the water:
"Move over, Excitable Edgar! The most life-affirming Christmas advert of 2019 is here – and it’s for a tiny family-run hardware store in Wales."

I celebrated Native American Heritage Month by ruining a comedy podcast:
"Last week, I guested on the popular Earwolf series How Did This Get Played, a weekly comedy podcast dedicated to reviewing the worst and weirdest video games." [via]

12 Spirited Facts About How the Grinch Stole Christmas:
"Each year, millions of Americans welcome the holiday season by tuning into their favorite TV specials."

Pastime Paradise:
"One of my pet projects over the past few years has been trying to work out which Doctor Who scripts exist. After all, if you’re writing an article for Doctor Who Magazine, or a book for The Black Archive, it helps to know what is out there. So I’ve put together a rough guide."

How Artists on Twitter Tricked Spammy T-Shirt Stores Into Admitting Their Automated Art Theft:
"Yesterday, an artist on Twitter named Nana ran an experiment to test a theory."