The latest news on Australian comedian Josh Thomas from the Guardian.
February 2024
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Josh Thomas: ‘Everyone is always working on their five-year plan – I’m just trying to have a nice day’
Josh Thomas: Let’s Tidy Up review – comedian returns to the stage with stories of ADHD and autism
March 2020
Screen bites
Autism, sex and consent: Everything’s Gonna Be Okay breaks ground with a story that rings true
Clem Bastow
Josh Thomas’s show has offered a nuanced take on a lived reality that rarely makes it to screens, writes Clem Bastow
January 2020
Unforgettable Australian TV
Please Like Me raised the bar for Australian TV comedy. It also tore my heart out
Benjamin Law
Not only did Josh Thomas’s show set the standard for The Family Law, but it gave us a new expectation of what TV comedy can do
Australian TV review
Everything's Gonna Be Okay review – Josh Thomas's Please Like Me follow-up misses its marks
Based on the first two episodes, the comedian’s US-made show suffers from disjointed direction and soap opera shots – but there are hints it will get better
Josh Thomas on diversity, autism and pitching to America: 'You have to be very vocal'
The creator of Please Like Me says his new TV show Everything’s Going to be Okay may be the first sitcom to star an actor with autism as an autistic character
May 2019
Everything's Gonna be Okay: watch the trailer for Josh Thomas's new show – video
In his second TV series the Australian actor, comedian and show-runner plays Nicholas, 'a neurotic 25-year-old still living at home with his single dad and two teenage half-sisters'
September 2017
Cory Bernardi attacks 'wear a dress' fundraiser – but instead pushes up donations
Comedian Josh Thomas says Australian Conservatives senator is ‘bullying’ children for trying to help underprivileged
August 2017
Tears of clowns: who are the saddest of TV's sad comedians?
Television shows built around standup comics have taken a turn for the despairing. Louis CK has a lot to answer for
December 2016
TV's hits and misses in 2016: MasterChef, Eurovision and Please Like Me
How Please Like Me became one of TV's most honest and devastating shows
Steph Harmon
November 2016
Josh Thomas on Please Like Me season four: 'We're doing so many sex scenes'
The television series has covered everything from MDMA to abortion to underarm hair but its creator and star is still trying to break new ground
October 2015
Please Like Me: this millennial comedy is more than just the Australian Girls
The bond between real-life best friends Josh Thomas and Thomas Ward has inspired a show that’s funny, realistic and launching a third season on Pivot
January 2015
Aacta awards 2015: red carpet highlights - video
The weekly beast
The Weekly Beast: who'll stock Charlie Hebdo, Logies lobbying, Queensland votes
October 2014
Australia culture blog
Josh Thomas's Please Like Me nominated for international Emmy
Media blog Australia
Comedian Josh Thomas slams MP Bob Katter on Q&A for views on gay people – video
