No *%@!ing way
14/07/2005 … America’s second largest cinema chain has refused to screen The Aristocrats – the film featuring a string of famous comedians telling the world’s…
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 14 July 2005
Beeb's boost to comedy
14/07/2005 … The BBC plans to give comedy a boost by creating a new division dedicated to the genre.
Wed 13 July 2005
Ventriloquism for dummies Win David Strassman tickets
13/07/2005 … American ventriloquist David Strassman is brining his dark-edged show to London next week, ahead of his run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Putting the Al in altitude
13/07/2005 … This is Al Murray, throwing himself out of a plane at 15,000ft with a small Serbian strapped to his back.
I smell a Borat...
Ali G star dupes US TV station
13/07/2005 … Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen duped an American TV station into interviewing his bogus Kazakhstani journalist Borat live on air yesterday.
Tue 12 July 2005
Comedy? We're laughing
12/07/2005 … The BBC has congratulated itself on its comedy output – but admits that it is struggling to find a mainstream hit for BBC One.
Mon 11 July 2005
Dumb and dumber Win Bushisms DVD
11/07/2005 … It’s a truth universally accepted that President Bush is a moron with the IQ of a slightly backward chimp.
I quit... or do I?
Comic baffles his radio audience
11/07/2005 … Comic Toby Foster stunned listeners to his Radio Sheffield show by announcing he was quitting live on air.