Chong's bongs go wrong
Jail term for selling drugs paraphernalia
12/09/2003 … Tommy Chong, half of the Cheech and Chong double act, has been sentenced to nine months' jail for selling drug paraphernalia.
2003 Archives
Fri 12 September 2003
Thu 11 September 2003
A slave to comedy...
11/09/2003 … Comics are to appear alongside fetish cabaret acts in a bizarre new show.
Wed 10 September 2003
Crouches no slouches
Sitcom debut pulls 3.2million viewers
10/09/2003 … BBC 1's black sitcom The Crouches has got off to a solid start in the ratings.
21 years of laughs
Smith hosts Montreal festival tribute
10/09/2003 … Arthur Smith is to host an eight-part radio series celebrating 21 years of Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival.
This Python has ceased to be
Cleese says reunion 'unlikely'
10/09/2003 … John Cleese has all but ruled out a Monty Python reunion, claiming the surviving members are too busy.
Tue 09 September 2003
Out of the frying pan...
Comic taunts David Blaine with fry-up
09/09/2003 … Henry Naylor has been given a police warning after attacking David Blaine with a full English breakfast.
From Persia with love
Iranian Djalili wows US critics
09/09/2003 … Omid Djalili has been lauded by critics for his prime-time American TV debut The British-Iranian stand-up landed a major role in Whoopi Goldberg's new sitcom Whoopi,…
Mon 08 September 2003
It's Dara Eau Briain
08/09/2003 … Dara O'Briain is to appear in Perrier's London season - even though he has never been nominated for the prestigious award.