Carlin honoured at private service
'90 per cent of it was laughter'
30/06/2008 … Larry Sanders star Garry Shandling was among those paying tribute to George Carlin at a private memorial service in Los Angeles yesterday.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 30 June 2008
Sat 28 June 2008
Making his Marc on America
28/06/2008 … American comedian Marc Horowitz has driven across the US, following the route determined by his signature on a map.
BBC comedy budgets hit
American arm withdraws funding
28/06/2008 … BBC comedy budgets are set to be squeezed further after the corporation’s commercial US channel has announced that it won’t be investing in any new shows.
© HBO Religious zealots to picket Carlin's funeral
28/06/2008 … Far-right religious zealots are to picket George Carlin’s funeral in protest at his atheism and bad language.
Fri 27 June 2008
Heckle put-downs land comic in court
Homophobic tirade 'infringes human rights'
27/06/2008 … A comedian is facing a human rights tribunal after two lesbians took offence at his heckle put-downs.
Sex, masturbation and Morris dancing
27/06/2008 … ‘I’m just a highly sexed, intellectualised, fucking dangerous, little working-class fuck.
A captive audiece
Comics perform in Barlinnie jail
27/06/2008 … Three stand-ups have performed a gig in Glasgow’s tough Barlinnie jail, in a bid to help improve inmates’ mental health.
© HBO Conchords' Emmy hope
27/06/2008 … Flight Of The Conchords and the US version of The Office are among the comedies on a ‘longlist’ of potential Emmy nominations.