Take my husband: Stewart Lee, Bridget Christie and the rise of comedy couples

With alliances between standups increasingly common, relationship gags are entering a brave new era in which both parties get to air their dirty linen on stage As comedy gets ever bigger, and as its age-old gender imbalance erodes, so we encounter a new(ish) phenomenon: husband-and-wife (or girlfriend-and-boyfriend) standups. The outstanding Edinburgh fringe example is Bridget Christie and Stewart Lee, but they're not alone. Sara Pascoe tells jokes about her beau, John Robins, in her show and vi...