© BBC Cpt Wanker and the flashers
16/02/2007 … Arthur Smith’s first choice of stage name when registering with actors’ union Equity was ‘Captain Wanker’.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 16 February 2007
© BBC
© Working Title The buzz about Fuzz
16/02/2007 … Simon Pegg’s cop spoof Hot Fuzz took almost £1m in its first day of release in the UK alone.
Gamble pays off
Chortle's first student finalist
16/02/2007 … Durham Revue member Ed Gamble won the first heat of Chortle’s student comedy contest last night.
Thu 15 February 2007
Langham denies theatre assault
15/02/2007 … Chris Langham has denied indecently assaulting a young girl at a West End theatre.
A Brit of a to-do
Hundreds complain about Brand’s gags
15/02/2007 … Russell Brand attracted hundreds of complaints for jokes he cracked while hosting the Brits on Wednesday night.
More Lager?
New sitcom from Two Pints team
15/02/2007 … The team behind Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps are working on a new teenage sitcom.
Quantity over quality
O'Hanlon's dismay at Irish stand-up
15/02/2007 … Standards are slipping in Irish comedy because there are too many stand-ups tackling too few subjects, Ardal O'Hanlon has claimed.
The new Messiah
Idle plans Life Of Brian oratoria
15/02/2007 … Eric Idle is planning a new musical based on Monty Python’s Life Of Brian.