'Jerry Seinfeld ruined my life'
Divorce after Marriage Ref appearance
27/06/2011 … A New Yorker has blamed Jerry Seinfeld for his divorce – after an appearance on the comedian’s reality show The Marriage Ref caused a rift between him and his…
2011 Archives
Mon 27 June 2011
Better late than never...
Russell Howard show is a hit – on catch-up
27/06/2011 … Russell Howard’s Good News has been named as one of the biggest successes of the BBC’s on-demand iPlayer.
' If you fuck this up it’s over for you – you can’t do anything else'
In an extract from his new book, Simon Day recalls his first stand-up gig
27/06/2011 … Malcolm Hardee was what people call a character, but that’s like saying Mohammed Ali was a boxer.
Jethro review
27/06/2011 … Cornish comedian Jethro isn’t exactly the height of cool, largely dismissed these days as a passé old-school throwback with little more than a bumpkin’s accent…
Sun 26 June 2011
Plagiarism row comic threatens to sue
Sid Bowfin hits back at Jim Tavare claims
26/06/2011 … The comedian accused of stealing Jim Tavare’s stage persona says he might sue over the claims.
Sat 25 June 2011
Funny People by Roy Smiles
25/06/2011 … In the Happy Families of life, what else could Mr Smiles be, other than a comedy writer? Briefly in a double-act called Smiles and Kemp, Roy has forged a much more…