Making One laugh

BBC unveils autumn comedies

11/07/2007 … BBC One has unveiled its autumn schedules, boasting a host of new comedy shows.

Now for something completely different

It's the Monty Python ballet

11/07/2007 … After the musical and the oratorio, Eric Idle is planning a BALLET based on Monty Python.

And the real Springfield is....

Vermont town wins Simpsons premiere

11/07/2007 … Springfield, Vermont, has beaten 13 other towns with the same name to host the premiere of the new Simpsons movie.

Win JJ's CD

New stand-up disc up for grabs

09/07/2007 … Stand-up Jason John Whitehead has released his first CD – and we have five copies to give away.

09/07/2007 … FORMER Doctor Who Peter Davison is to take over the lead role of King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot in the West End from 23 July.

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09/07/2007 … ALMOST 40 live shows, featuring such acts as Tommy Tiernan, Emo Phillips, Adam Hills and We Are Klang, will be staged in marquees in Dublin's Iveagh Gardens on the…

09/07/2007 … RUSSELL BRAND is the 75th most important person in British media - the only comic to make a rundown published in The Guardian today.

Tackling authority with gags

08/07/2007 … Comedians have the power to challenge authority because the defence 'it's only a joke' give them a licence to say the unsayable.