Franken finally wins Senate seat
Comic's victory, eight months late
01/07/2009 … Comedian Al Franken has finally become a US Senator – eight months after the election.
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Tue 30 June 2009
Pauly Shore 'to sue' over Bruno
Comic claims his gag was stolen
30/06/2009 … Jokes about adopting African children have been going around ever since Angelina Jolie and Madonna began the celebrity trend.
Alexander Armstrong to play Clive Sinclair
30/06/2009 … Alexander Armstrong is to star as computer genius Sir Clive Sinclair in a new comedy-drama set in the early days of the PC industry.
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30/06/2009 … GAVIN AND STACEY, The Inbetweeners, My Family and Outnumbered have all been nominated for best comedy in the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards; while Ant & Dec’s Saturday…
Keep away from children
School chiefs' anger at Bruno photoshoot
30/06/2009 … Los Angeles education chiefs are the latest to be offended by Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno – after the character posed for provocative pictures with a high school…
Avoiding the issue
Ivor Dembina on why Jewish comedy is in retreat
30/06/2009 … I hadn’t yet read Simcha Weinstein’s book Shtick Shift: Jewish Humour in the 21st Century but, after reading the review on Chortle, I already felt ill-disposed…