Can you be a comedian and a judge?
A US legal panel is about to decide
26/02/2013 … An American judge may have to give up his sideline as a stand-up comic after an ethics committee said it could compromise his legal authority.
2013 Archives
Tue 26 February 2013
Mon 25 February 2013
Blandings star dies
25/02/2013 … The porcine star of BBC comedy-drama Blandings, The Empress, has died.
Grow your own gig
Tom Glover says every comedian should run a club
25/02/2013 … In comedy club dressing rooms - otherwise known as the cleaning cupboard at the back – I often hear tales of terrible gigs set up by new acts who didn’t know…
'I find this hysterical... but am I supposed to?'
Will Franken chooses his comedy favourites
25/02/2013 … The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Box SetA bit of a cliche, perhaps, but structurally I'd be nowhere without Monty Python, especially the Flying Circus episodes.
The Comedy Store: Raw And Uncut
Cinema review by Steve Bennett
25/02/2013 … ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, Mr Paul Tonkinson!’ It takes effort to override years of conditioning and not applaud – for this is not…
Being gay is the 47th most interesting thing about me
Sue Perkins on her new comedy Heading Out
25/02/2013 … Sue Perkins has written a new six-part comedy for BBC Two, Heading Out, in which she also stars as Sara, a successful 40-year-old vet who has yet to tell her parents…