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Weekly trivia file

12/09/2008 … ‘I think sitcoms are dinosaurs.

Comic faces jail for insulting Pope

Italy invokes contempt law

12/09/2008 … A comedian is facing a five-year jail sentence for joking about the Pope.

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12/09/2008 … ROSS NOBLE has announced a 61-date spring tour today.

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12/09/2008 … PAUL MERTON will examine Alfred Hitchcock's early silent film in a new programme for BBC Four.

Louis CK on the N-word

Frow his Chewed Up show

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Jerry Seinfeld's second Bill Gates ad

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Goodbye cruel comedy world

New act Paul Case on quitting stand-up

11/09/2008 … Obviously, me giving up comedy is no massive blow to the comedy world – I’ve been going a year, and it was only in the last three months that I felt I had a…

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11/09/2008 … AMERICAN 'blue collar' comedian Ron White was arrested for possession of 20g marijuana as he stepped off a plane in Florida.