HBO threatens to sue Fringe comic
TV giant fires off a $50,000 warning letter
21/08/2013 … American broadcaster HBO has threatened to sue comedian Darius Davies for trademark infringement, after he called his Edinburgh Fringe show his HBÖ Special.
2013 Archives
Wed 21 August 2013
BFI celebrates the comedian
Season to mark revival of acclaimed book
21/08/2013 … The British Film Institute is to host a season dedicated to comedians, to mark the revival of an esteemed book about comedy.
Rude, intelligent and funny
Dave Callan chooses his comedy favourites
21/08/2013 … The Magic ChristianThis is really weird and fantastic and I love it.
Tue 20 August 2013
Is this really the funniest joke of the Fringe?
20/08/2013 … An awful pun about chocolate has been named the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Gary Colman: Grind
20/08/2013 … A vegan communist who became a soldier, a former diving and snowboarding instructor, a man so taken with his wife on first meeting that he drove through the night…
Michael Che: Cartoon Violence
20/08/2013 … Don’t be surprised if Michael Che ends up being one of America’s top comedians.
Jay Foreman: No More Colours
20/08/2013 … Musical comic Jay Foreman is performing at the Pleasance Green, an inflatable igloo, half-filled with beanbags for seating, primarily designed for children’s shows…