‘You attention-seeking shithouse'
17/10/2008 … ‘I don't think a comedian should even be concerned with being cool or sexy - as soon as you do, you aren't a comedian any more.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 17 October 2008
Thu 16 October 2008
Jongleurs owner slips into loss
16/10/2008 … The owner of Jongleurs has plunged into loss as sales slumped 13 per cent.
Call to ban 'extremist' comic
Protest over Real McCoy reunion
16/10/2008 … Campaigners have launched a protest about a stage revival of hit sketch show The Real McCoy because one of its stars supports a militant black Muslim group.
CNN gets funny
Comic given a show on news channel
16/10/2008 … International news channel CNN is launching its first comedy show.
Wed 15 October 2008
Red tape could kill live comedy
15/10/2008 … Publicans are fighting planned new rules that could effectively kill off the live comedy circuit.
Laurel & Hardy statue finds a home
...four years after it was made
15/10/2008 … Council chiefs have finally found a location for a bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy – four years after the sculpture was finished.
It's the Kay-ser Chiefs
Kay performs at another music gig
15/10/2008 … Peter Kay has unexpectedly taken to the stage during another music gig.
Tue 14 October 2008
TV spin-off for Down The Line
Whitehouse & Higson's new show
14/10/2008 … Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson are working on a TV spin-off from their spoof Radio 4 phone-in, Down The Line.