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Brit comics celebrate NZ success
19/05/2005 … British comics have been celebrating the end of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, following a string of sell-out gigs.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 19 May 2005
We're no gag thieves
O'Briain hits back over HIGNFY joke
19/05/2005 … Dara O'Briain has hit back at claims he stole a joke from a lesser-known Scottish comic to use on Have I Got News For You.
Wed 18 May 2005
Super, smashing
Jim Bowen to make Edinburgh debut
18/05/2005 … Jim Bowen is to make his Edinburgh Fringe debut this year - with a show about Bullseye.
One careless owner...
Charlie Chaplin's suit sold for £3,5000
18/05/2005 … The first tramp suit won by Charlie Chaplin has been sold at auction for £3,500.
More Office hours
America's NBC orders a second series
18/05/2005 … The American version of The Office has been recommissioned - despite a disappointing performance in the ratings.
Dara blasted over Elton gag
Activists' fury over 'anti-gay' joke
18/05/2005 … A gay rights group has called on the BBC to apologise for a gag about Sir Elton John that Dara O’Briain cracked on Have I Got News For You.
Tue 17 May 2005
I'm gonna be Rich
Epps lands role as Richard Pryor
17/05/2005 … Former Def Comedy Jam stand-up Mike Epps is to star as Richard Pryor in a new biopic about his life.
Ellen: My abuse
Stepfather groped me, comic reveals
17/05/2005 … Ellen DeGeneres has revealed that she was molested by her late stepfather when she was a teenager.