WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• Joan Rivers has ditched a gag about Michelle Obama from her routine - because she feared she'd be accused of racism. She said: ‘I was going to compare her to Jackie O, but call her Blackie O.’

• Before he wrote his new autobiography Under The Microscope, Dave Spikey says he went to a practitioner of ‘past-life regression’ to find out about his previous incarnations. Turns out he was a dervish, Noah’s son Ham, a daddy long-legs, a solder called Yannis at the siege of Troy – and a cauliflower.

• Harry Hill may have made the front cover of the Dandy, but he is isn't the first comedian to appear as a comic strip. In 1954’s Star TV & Radio comic both Bob Monkhouse – ‘TV’s top tickler’ and Morecambe and Wise ‘from the Music Hall stage’ had their own strips:
  

• Jim Davidson has admitted that his act is 'awful, bigoted stand-up'. In an interview to promote his upcoming panto performance in Glasgow, the comic admitted he was looking forward to ditching his usual approach for a family audience. 'This is more the way I am normally, without the swear words or the vodka,' he said. 'I don't have to be filthy - that awful, bigoted stand-up'

• An eyelash technician turned comedian called Jimmy Dean gets a rough ride on America's Got Talent:
  

• Sir Norman Wisdom's gravestone will be inscribed with the words Lucky Little Devil - if the church allows it.

• Tweets of the week:
  Rob Delaney (@robdelaney): The best way to destroy an enemy is to turn him into a friend! The 2nd best way is to drop a stove on him from a helicopter.
  H Anthony Hildebrand (@hahildebrand): The penguin is mightier than the swordguin.
  Chris Addison (@mrchrisaddison): Idea: Gameshow called 'NOW Who's Being Racist?' Just a title at the moment, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

SOURCES:Independent , Under The Microscope, Star TV & Radio Comic, Daily Record, Daily Mirror, Twitter

Published: 29 Oct 2010