Florets Gump: Dave Spikey's previous lives
29/10/2010 … Joan Rivers has ditched a gag about Michelle Obama from her routine - because she feared she'd be accused of racism.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 29 October 2010
Gerrard Kelly dies at 51
Star of Extras and City Lights
29/10/2010 … Actor and comedian Gerard Kelly has died at the age of 51 after suffering a brain aneurysm earlier this week.
Noel Fielding's new show
...Plus news of Chris Addison and the Inbetweeners
29/10/2010 … Noel Fielding, Chris Addison and the stars of The Inbetweeners have all been given new shows by Channel 4.
Thu 28 October 2010
Like a US Inbetweeners - in the 80s
28/10/2010 … E4 has snapped up the rights to American teen comedy Glory Daze.
Charlie Chaplin and the mobile phone riddle
28/10/2010 … A film producer has found footage of a 1928 Charlie Chaplin film premiere that appears to show a woman on a mobile phone.
© BBC Him & Her to return
28/10/2010 … BBC Three has commissioned a second series of its comedy Him And Her, its most successful sitcom to date.
Wed 27 October 2010
Comic rapped for 'hate speech'
Hindus complain over radio sketch
27/10/2010 … A radio station has been officially rapped for propagating ‘hate speech’ after a comedian made fun of Hindus – joking that it was not use killing them because…
Inbetweeners sells 1m
27/10/2010 … The Inbetweeners sold 40,000 newly-released DVDs on Monday alone – bringing the total sales for the show above the 1million mark.