Come laugh at the MP...
01/07/2009 … With all the scandal over MPs’ finances, you might expect most politicians to keep their head below the parapet – and certainly not take up a second job.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 01 July 2009
Brydon can finally be himself
01/07/2009 … Rob Brydon can be himself on Twitter – after finally securing the user name robbrydon.
Lewis goes Nutty on Broadway
Jerry to become stage director – at 83
01/07/2009 … Classic comedy film The Nutty Professor is to be made into a Broadway musical – with original star Jerry Lewis as director.
Franken finally wins Senate seat
Comic's victory, eight months late
01/07/2009 … Comedian Al Franken has finally become a US Senator – eight months after the election.
Tue 30 June 2009
Pauly Shore 'to sue' over Bruno
Comic claims his gag was stolen
30/06/2009 … Jokes about adopting African children have been going around ever since Angelina Jolie and Madonna began the celebrity trend.
Alexander Armstrong to play Clive Sinclair
30/06/2009 … Alexander Armstrong is to star as computer genius Sir Clive Sinclair in a new comedy-drama set in the early days of the PC industry.
Keep away from children
School chiefs' anger at Bruno photoshoot
30/06/2009 … Los Angeles education chiefs are the latest to be offended by Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno – after the character posed for provocative pictures with a high school…
Gervais: British TV comedy is rubbish
30/06/2009 … Ricky Gervais has renewed his attack on British TV comedy – saying it is so bad he cannot bear to watch it.