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Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy

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Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
AuthorGraham Linehan
LanguageEnglish
PublisherEye Books
Publication date
2023
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages288
ISBN1785633066

Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy is a book by the Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist Graham Linehan.[1][2]

Linehan gives an account of his career as the co-creator or creator of the sitcoms Father Ted, Black Books, and The IT Crowd. He also describes the backlash he received when he began publicly criticising what he calls "gender ideology", which he says led to the breakdown of his marriage and lost him work in the television industry.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Carrell, Severin (15 August 2023). "Edinburgh arts venue axes Graham Linehan event after complaints". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023. An arts venue in Edinburgh has cancelled an event featuring the gender-critical scriptwriter Graham Linehan after complaints from customers.
  2. ^ Sources covering Linehan's anti-transgender views:
  3. ^ "Graham Linehan: how my transgender views cost me my marriage". Irish Independent. 14 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-14. Rejection of his recent projects created financial uncertainty. This put an unbearable strain on his 16-year marriage to Helen Serafinowicz.