The Hollywood hustle
Yianni Agisilaou files a dispatch from the LA comedy scene
26/05/2012 … ‘How long have I got left?’ the act on the stage enquires.
2012 Archives
Sat 26 May 2012
Fri 25 May 2012
BBC launches its New Comedy Award
25/05/2012 … The BBC has launched its New Comedy Award for 2012.
Tony Gerrard dies
Comic's career spanned 44 years
25/05/2012 … Tony Gerrard, who had performed for almost 45 years on both the mainstream and the Jongleurs circuit, has died.
This sucks!
Ice lolly joke winner wasn't entirely original
25/05/2012 … It has proved a successful PR stunt to put the LOL back into lolly.
Was this gag really worth the lolly?
Ross Wagman on the £5,000 ice-cream joke winner
25/05/2012 … Originality is quite difficult when it comes to puns.
Radio 4 orders an all-star litcom
Six-part spoof of the Bloomsbury Group
25/05/2012 … Radio 4 has commissioned a sitcom spoofing the literary Bloomsbury Group.
'The point of comedy is to annoy people'
25/05/2012 … ‘The whole point of stand-up comedy is to annoy people.
Why should comics pay to play Edinburgh?
Bob Slayer launches his alternative
25/05/2012 … This week, we launched the Alternative Fringe manifesto, taking a stand against the 'pay-to-play' that is rife at the festival.