Cpt Wanker and the flashers

This week's comedy trivia

16/02/2007 … Arthur Smith’s first choice of stage name when registering with actors’ union Equity was ‘Captain Wanker’.

The buzz about Fuzz

Pegg movie's great opening

16/02/2007 … Simon Pegg’s cop spoof Hot Fuzz took almost £1m in its first day of release in the UK alone.

Gamble pays off

Chortle's first student finalist

16/02/2007 … Durham Revue member Ed Gamble won the first heat of Chortle’s student comedy contest last night.

Langham denies theatre assault

Actor enters his pleas

15/02/2007 … Chris Langham has denied indecently assaulting a young girl at a West End theatre.

A Brit of a to-do

Hundreds complain about Brand’s gags

15/02/2007 … Russell Brand attracted hundreds of complaints for jokes he cracked while hosting the Brits on Wednesday night.

More Lager?

New sitcom from Two Pints team

15/02/2007 … The team behind Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps are working on a new teenage sitcom.

Quantity over quality

O'Hanlon's dismay at Irish stand-up

15/02/2007 … Standards are slipping in Irish comedy because there are too many stand-ups tackling too few subjects, Ardal O'Hanlon has claimed.

grammy15

15/02/2007 … US comedian Lewis Black has won the 2007 Grammy for best comedy recording for his CD of The Carnegie Hall Performance.