New Pennis menace
Irritant Dennis plans comeback
29/07/2002 … Spoof interviewer Dennis Pennis is to be resurrected, four years after he was killed off.
2002 Archives
Mon 29 July 2002
Clips with everything
29/07/2002 … Dozens of Fringe performers are to record one-minute extracts of their Fringe shows to appear online.
Sheppard blasts Fringe - again
'In the world of laughter, the clowns have to pay'
29/07/2002 … The Edinburgh Fringe has been accused of elitism by excluding working-class acts in favour of the rich.
Sun 28 July 2002
New mag Pokes fun
'First satirical launch in 23 years'
28/07/2002 … A new national satirical magazine is to be launched at the Edinburgh Festival.
Sat 27 July 2002
Homer silenced
Comic banned from using Simpsons voice
27/07/2002 … Homer Simpson has been silenced on a stand-up comedy album following a legal row.
Reading aloud
27/07/2002 … Ross Noble, Sean Lock and Phil Kay are among the comics appearing at this year's Leeds and Reading festivals.
Fri 26 July 2002
Alien culture
Radio's foreigners-only comedy show
26/07/2002 … Greg Proops is to front a new Radio 2 comedy series giving an outsider's perspective of the UK.
Doddy: Did he diddle?
26/07/2002 … Ken Dodd's famous tax-evasion trial is to be raked over for a new Channel 4 documentary.