Stupid Blunt
24/07/2009 … James Blunt has blocked Weird Al Yankovic from parodying his biggest hit, You’re Beautiful.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 24 July 2009
Thu 23 July 2009
Puppet comedy for BBC Three
23/07/2009 … BBC Three has commissioned an adult puppet comedy described as 'Avenue Q meets Family Guy'.
BBC orders cop comedy
They're sexy, but they're complicated
23/07/2009 … BBC Two has ordered a comedy drama about a pair of ‘bright, sexy’ police detectives and their complex personal lives.
Cleese in hospital
Python star cancels Montreal gig
23/07/2009 … John Cleese has been admitted to hospital suffering from an inflammation of the prostate gland.
Wed 22 July 2009
'I could never be a stand-up'
22/07/2009 … Movie comedian Jonah Hill has given up hopes of a career in stand-up – because he was terrible at it.
Pirates ahoy!
Steve Coogan to star as Blackbeard
22/07/2009 … Steve Coogan is set to star as pirate Blackbeard in a new family comedy – after Robin Williams dropped out of the role.
Will Sky poach Harry?
Rumours of big-money deal to jump ship
22/07/2009 … Could Harry Hill’s contract with ITV be up for grabs, by any chance?Today’s Sun newspaper reports that he is ‘set to quit’ the channel after Sky offered…
Tue 21 July 2009
End of a North-East legend
Sunderland comic Bobby Knoxall dies
21/07/2009 … Sunderland comedy hero Bobby Knoxall has died at the age of 75.