'Just like The Muppets'
31/03/2006 … The Mighty Boosh are planning a variety show, described as a cross between Morecambe and Wise and The Muppets.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 31 March 2006
Wed 29 March 2006
Game for a laugh?
29/03/2006 … The Melbourne comedy festival is worried the Commonwealth Games could hit ticket sales.
The word of pod
Gervais's podcasts become a book
29/03/2006 … Ricky Gervais’s record-breaking podcast is to be turned into a book, The World According to Karl Pilkington.
Head of the heard
29/03/2006 … Chris Addison, Lee Mack and the Flight Of The Conchords are all up for the most prestigious prize for radio comedy.
Tue 28 March 2006
Danny La Rue ill
Drag queen comic, 78, suffers stroke
28/03/2006 … Danny La Rue has suffered a stroke and cancelled all his future work.
It's OK to mock
28/03/2006 … Jay Leno has won an important legal battle for comedians working in the States.
LOLs to Newcastle
28/03/2006 … The Newcastle Comedy Festival is set to make a comeback after a year’s absence.
Six for One
BBC orders half a dozen comedy pilots
28/03/2006 … BBC One has ordered six comedy pilots from the likes of Jennifer Saunders, Ronni Ancona and Omid Djalili.