The full Montre
Canadian fest ends on box office high
23/07/2002 … The Montreal comedy festival has drawn to a close - shattering box office records.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 July 2002
A little bit of politics...
Ben calls for all drugs to be legalised
23/07/2002 … Ben Elton has called for hard drugs like heroin and crack cocaine to be legalised.
Mon 22 July 2002
Seinfeld's Family ties
Did comic's dad have mob links?
22/07/2002 … Jerry Seinfeld's bar mitzvah was paid for by the mob, a new book claims.
Sun 21 July 2002
This premiere has ceased to be...
Unseen Chapman sketches will stay that way
21/07/2002 … A legal row has scuppered plans to premiere previously unseen Graham Chapman sketches at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sat 20 July 2002
Doubt over Chapman 'finds'
Sketches had been performed before
20/07/2002 … EXCLUSIVE The 'unseen' Monty Python sketches due to be premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe are not as much as a revelation as had been claimed.
Kielty plans stand-up return
Chat show host to hit the road
20/07/2002 … Patrick Kielty is planning a return to stand-up.
Fri 19 July 2002
Simpsons go easy on Bush
Dubya-bashing show axed after 9-11
19/07/2002 … An episode of The Simpsons ridiculing George W Bush was axed in the wake of September 11, its top producer has revealed.
Top of the Billy
Connolly biog tops bestsellers
19/07/2002 … The biography of Billy Connolly by wife Pamela Stephenson has jumped to the top of the bestseller list.