The week's comedy trivia

• A character in Russia's version of Little Britain is "the only gay milling machine operator in Chelyabinsk".

• Roseanne Barr has landed herself in trouble with her sizeable gay fanbase after saying: ‘Never once in my 54 years have I ever once heard a gay or lesbian person who's politically active say one thing about anything that was not about them. They don't care about minimum wage, they don't care about any other group other than their own self because you know, some people say being gay and lesbian is a totally narcissistic thing and sometimes I wonder…’ She later apologised, saying: ‘I love gays. I am just a big idiot with a big mouth sometimes.’

• Eddie Izzard knew he’d made it as a stand-up when ‘I could go into a café whenever I wanted and ask for sausage, egg and chips. It was a very tiny amount of being rich but it felt great. I was earning money for talking rubbish.’

• Kali Bowyer of Georgia has filed court papers claiming Chris Rock is the father of a child she had 13 years ago. She wants child support, medical coverage and attorney fees from him,

• Kirstie Alley wants acting tips from Dawn French – but is too embarrassed to ask. She says she has written French a letter seeking ‘tips on how not to screw it up’ when she stars in the US remake of The Vicar Of Dibley, but admits ‘I haven’t had the courage to mail it yet.’

• Harry Enfield, who’s about to return to our screens, pitched a sketch show idea to the BBC One 18 months ago, only to be told: 'You're a bit too old for sketch shows now. They're a young person's game.'

SOURCES: Popbitch, 365Gay.com, Daily Telegraph, Statesboro Herald, thelondonpaper, Independent

Published: 13 Apr 2007