Is Brendon Burns right that alternative comedy is dead?
Standup Brendon Burns suggests that putting comedians in pigeonholes doesn't make sense. Plus: old-school laughs on the Free Fringe, and comics have the last laugh on the football fieldNo alternative?Brendon Burns wrote a piece for the Scotsman the other day, about the state of comedy. I don't agree with his main argument, which is that too many comics are trying to be clever instead of funny. But I was sympathetic t…