WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• 'When comedians get together with other comedians it's phenomenally boring.' Lee Mack

• Charlie Brooker manager to baffle the poor researchers at Newsnight this week, after agreeing with David Mitchell’s wonderfully argued defence of the BBC in The Observe. The Screenwipe frontman showed his support by tweeting that he ‘couldn't disagree less’ with Mitchell’s sentiments – but the phase confused BBC Two’s flagship current affairs show – as they asked me on to argue with Mitchell.

• Dave Gorman suffered a tough side-effect from his cycle tour of the UK: numb-penis syndrome. 'It lasted for 11 days,' he complamed. 'It is what is sounds like; it isn’t another syndrome that was discovered by Dr Numb-Penis. I didn’t tell anyone, apart from my girlfriend. That was 11 days, including a weekend in Brighton to celebrate my girlfriend’s birthday, so it was tricky.'

• The Metro this week reported that Alexei Sayle was making a long-awaited return to stand-up. But no it's a book reading of his forthcoming memoir: Stalin Ate My Homework

• Jason Manford seems to have put his finger on the 'roast' idea that Channel 4 is importing from the States, Tweeting: 'At Bruce Forsyth Comedy Roast I realised there's only so many jokes you can do about someone being old and having a big chin – and we did em all.'

• Britain has its first 'topless comedian'. Prepare to be disappointed:
  

• Bike fiend Ross Noble is joining Charley Boorman on a 5,000km ride from Cape Town to Victoria Falls this summer. A team of just 22 bikers are paying up to £6,500 to take the trip.

• Johnny Vegas has a Plan B if his comedy career goes tits-up: becoming a Susan Boyle. 'It's always good to have a backup, I don't mind doubling for Susan,' he said.

SOURCES: Portsmouth News, The Latest, Twitter, Metro/Chortle, Twitter, YouTube, Twitter, Daily Star

Published: 12 Mar 2010