Pete Helliar Gives Zero Flips
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
03/04/2024 … Is a doyen of mainstream Australian TV like Pete Helliar really going anarchist? Well, the fact he’s using ‘flip’ as the F-word in the title demonstrates…
2024 Archives
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Tue 02 April 2024
Tom Segura set to star in Tony Clifton movie
Comic to play Andy Kaufman's alter-ego, and his pal Bob Zmuda
02/04/2024 … American comic Tom Segura is reportedly lined up to star in a forthcoming film about Andy Kaufman’s alter-ego Tony Clifton.
Tim Robinson to star in HBO comedy pilot
The Chair Company revolves around a conspiracy
02/04/2024 … Cult sketch comic Tim Robinson is set to star in a new comedy show about a man investigating a conspiracy.
© ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo Trevor Griffiths, playwright who foresaw alternative comedy, dies at 88
Comedians depicted clash of old comics and new sensibilities
02/04/2024 … Trevor Griffiths, the dramatist who foresaw the rise of the alternative comedy scene with his groundbreaking play Comedians, has died at the age of 88.
Where did Greg Davies and Rhod Gilbert drive in World's Most Dangerous Roads?
02/04/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Be Funny Or Die
Review of Joel Morris' book about 'how comedy works and why it matters'
02/04/2024 … It’s an unwritten rule that any book about comedy starts with the EB White quote, refined by Barry Cryer, that analysing a joke is like dissecting a frog,…
Series 2 and live dates for Northern News
Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill's podcast returns
02/04/2024 … Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill are taking their comedy podcast Northern News on the road.
Comic Ella Al-Shamahi becomes a World Service presenter
New host of The Conversation, about impressive women
02/04/2024 … Comedian, explorer, palaeoanthropologist and evolutionary biologist Ella Al-Shamahi has become co-host of the BBC World Service programme The Conversation.