Slater gets the pox
30/07/2004 … Christian Slater may have to pull out of the Edinburgh Fringe production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest after contracting chicken pox.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 30 July 2004
Big Yin's big gigs
Connolly to play to 67,000 fans
30/07/2004 … Billy Connolly has announced a run of 18 dates in London this autumn.
Thu 29 July 2004
A-ha for Hollywood!
Partridge may head for the movies
29/07/2004 … Steve Coogan is hoping to revive Alan Partridge for a big-budget Hollywood movie.
Scotch on the rocks
29/07/2004 … Film-makers are planning a remake of the 1949 Ealing comedy Whisky Galore! Producers have launched a fundraising drive to find the £400,000 needed to start…
Wed 28 July 2004
A bronze Bob
28/07/2004 … A statue has been erected to veteran American comic Bob Newhart in Chicago.
It's homo Simpson
Cartoon favourite to come out the closet
28/07/2004 … One of the regular characters in The Simpsons is to surprise fans by revealing they are gay.
Tue 27 July 2004
Taking the peace
Mason rapped over anti-Muslim remarks
27/07/2004 … America’s largest radio station is facing a probe by watchdogs after Jackie Mason made anti-Islamic remarks.
Mon 26 July 2004
Thanks a billion
Montreal boasts vast TV audience
26/07/2004 … A billion people will see footage from this year’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, its president has claimed.