© 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'.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 13 November 2009
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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.
Brooker to host R4 panel show
Comics asked for the 'wrongest' answers
12/11/2009 … Charlie Brooker is to host a new Radio 4 panel series next year.
© Showtime BBC2 calls for Nurse Jackie
Controversial US hit snapped up
12/11/2009 … BBC Two is set to court controversy after snapping up an American comedy about a drug-addicted nurse.