{{Short description|Comedy genre}} {{refimprove|date=December 2008}} thumb|Al Murray as the Pub Landlord '''Character comedy''' is a genre in which a stand-up comedian performs as a character they have created. Examples include Al Murray's crotchety Pub Landlord and Rich Hall's musician "uncle" Otis Lee Crenshaw; both of these won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Diane Morgan's character Philomena Cunk and Steve Delaney's Count Arthur Strong are further examples.<ref>{{cite book |last=Blake |first=Marc |date=2021 |title=How To Be A Comedy Writer: Secrets from the Inside |pages=39–40 |publisher=Andrews UK |isbn=9781789825107}}</ref>
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