All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC ...but it's not based on personal experience, honest
13/04/2009 … Ben Miller is to direct a new comedy film about a feuding double act – but insists it’s not based on his own experiences with Alexander Armstrong.
...but church charity tuns down the proceeds
13/04/2009 … Tommy Tiernan has set a new world record for the longest solo stand-up show, after performing for just over 36 hours.
Another financial blow for Edinburgh
12/04/2009 … Another sponsor has pulled out of the Edinburgh Fringe, with the Assembly Rooms losing an estimated £60,000 a year from drinks firm Bellhaven.
Builder's threat to Pub Landlord
11/04/2009 … A builder is threatening to sue Al Murray after the Pub Landlord mocked him on stage.
10/04/2009 … Jo Brand has accused male stand-ups of creating a ‘new wave of misogyny’ in comedyShe says the majority of male comedians are instinctively sexist, citing Jimmy…
Comic turned game show host was 70
09/04/2009 … Eighties comedian Lennie Bennett has died at the age of 70.
© Comedy Central 09/04/2009 … Earlier and shorter than usual because of the Great Jesus Comeback holiday…Seth Rogan on criticism his films are peurile: ‘Nowhere on my radar is the thought,…
09/04/2009 … Ricky Gervais has been forced to rename his next movie after The Men From The Pru was vetoed by the Prudential insurance giant.
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