Brand: I will not lose my edge
14/11/2009 … Russell Brand has stood up for comedians’ right to make offensive jokes – and says the ‘Sachsgate’ furore won’t make him tone down his behaviour.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 14 November 2009
Fri 13 November 2009
E4 orders Phoneshop series
Sitcom script edited by Ricky Gervais
13/11/2009 … E4 has ordered a full series of PhoneShop, on the strength of a pilot that airs tonight.
© C4 'I'm scared I'll lie in dog poop.'
13/11/2009 … Jerry Seinfeld thinks stand-up is like being a plumber - 'because you can take time off when you want to'.
Chuckles writer bites the dust...
Sitcom writer Lloyd dies at 75
13/11/2009 … Sitcom writer David Lloyd, whose credits include Taxi, Cheers and Frasier has died of prostate cancer at the age of 75.
Hanks for nothing...
Kelsey Grammer's new sitcom axed
13/11/2009 … Kelsey Grammer’s new sitcom Hank has been cancelled by America’s ABC network after just five episodes.
Thu 12 November 2009
Boosh present Python tribute
12/11/2009 … Mighty Boosh stars Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt are to host a radio series about Monty Python’s comedy albums.
Noel Fielding cancels tour
To concentrate on film and album
12/11/2009 … Noel Fielding has pulled the plug on his 2010 stand-up tour.
Pranks again
Fonejacker to return – without the phones
12/11/2009 … Channel 4 has commissioned a new series of Fonejacker, with creator Kayvan Novak pulling practical jokes face to face, rather than over the phone.