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The joke's on us

From penny-pinching misers to sentimental soaks, Scotland has no shortage of comedy stereotypes. But, asks Graeme Virtue on the eve of the Magners Glasgow Festival, do we also have a national sense of humour?

IN a recent episode of Mock The Week - one that's probably being repeated on Dave as you read these words - Frankie Boyle uncharacteristically lost his comedic thread.