'Like being circumcised with a weed-wacker'
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09/05/2008 … Russell Brand has been scaring the neighbours in Hampstead, North London.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 09 May 2008
Talking shop
09/05/2008 … Top names in TV comedy are holding another industry conference to share tips about getting ideas onto the screen.
Thu 08 May 2008
It's the same old Gong...
US TV revives brutal talent show
08/05/2008 … The Gong Show, that comedy club favourite in which oddball acts face a very public humiliation, is being revived on American TV.
Five-star Brandi
Tribute gig honours stand-up Borr
08/05/2008 … Friends of comedian Brandi Borr, who died of breast cancer earlier this year, have organised a benefit gig in her memory.
© BBC She was robbed!
British Comedy Awards were rigged
08/05/2008 … Catherine Tate was robbed of a prize at the 2005 British Comedy Awards, ITV has admitted.
My city's funnier than yours...
Connolly on the origins of comedy
08/05/2008 … Billy Connolly says the secret of good comedy is… immigration.
Wed 07 May 2008
Take a hike!
Comic's long road to Edinburgh
07/05/2008 … Stand-up Mark Olver is to walk the 410 miles to the Edinburgh Fringe from his home in Bristol.
Radio Ricky
Gervais to help launch radio station
07/05/2008 … Ricky Gervais is to host a two-hour show to help music paper NME launch its new radio station next month.