Dane Cook's brother jailed
He admits stealing millions from comic
14/10/2010 … Dane Cook’s half-brother has been sent to prison for embezzling millions of dollars from the comic.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 14 October 2010
Police shut top comedy venue
XS Malarkey awaits its fate...
14/10/2010 … Police have shut down one of Britain’s best-loved comedy venues after a fight broke out in the street outside.
Wed 13 October 2010
Is Whites going cold?
Audience slump for Alan Davies sitcom
13/10/2010 … Alan Davies’s new kitchen comedy Whites has lost nearly a million viewers – more than a third of its audience – in two weeks.
Tue 12 October 2010
Wogan to present Buzzcocks
12/10/2010 … Terry Wogan will guest host Never Mind The Buzzcocks next series.
Lee Evans to tour again
50-night stadium run announced
12/10/2010 … Tickets have gone on sale for Lee Evans's next mammoth stadium tour – with 50 dates lined up for 2011.
This could be a problem...
Venue books Chubby Brown and Indian dignitary on same night
12/10/2010 … A venue is rejigging its schedules – after double-booking Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown and a business dinner with the Consul General of India on the same night.
Dynamite news!
Cult movie to become animated comedy
12/10/2010 … The 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite is to be made into an animated comedy in the States.
New BBC curbs on comedy
12/10/2010 … Comedy is to come under even tighter scrutiny at the BBC as new guidelines banning ‘derogatory remarks’ come into force.