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"Holly Walsh has defended the use of panel games as a means of showcasing comedians on TV. The stand-up has appeared on several such shows in the past two years, including Would I Lie To You, You Have Been Watching, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Mock The Week. Asked if the popular format had a negative effect on the UK comedy landscape, Walsh told DS: &amp;quot;I can only speak for myself, and I really enjoy doing panel shows. I love writing jokes and I love the fact that you can&amp;#039;t rely on your old material - you have to come up with new stuff. &amp;quot;I quite enjoy watching them. There are stand-up shows, but they&amp;#039;re usually tried and tested people, and I think panel shows are quite a good way of showcasing new comedians. &amp;quot;On Mock The Week they&amp;#039;ve had Seann Walsh and Andi Osho, who are really good new people coming through, and I think it&amp;#039;s really good to have that opportunity to do it.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;She added: &amp;quot;When you do TV stuff you have to be really good, but the way to learn how to deal with that kind of thing is just by doing it. It&amp;#039;s a really good way of starting off. Sean Lock is amazing - he&amp;#039;s amazing anyway - but he&amp;#039;s also done it a lot and that&amp;#039;s how he&amp;#039;s leant to do it. &amp;quot;I just really enjoy doing them and having the opportunity to learn how it all works and how TV is made. And being on a team of six people or whatever, you get that experience without it being just you for half an hour.&amp;quot;  Walsh&amp;#039;s Popcorn Comedy night returns to the Edinburgh Festival this month with several shows at the Pleasance Dome. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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