Bo Burnham announces UK tour
First for Edinburgh award-winner
17/02/2011 … Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Bo Burnham is to embark on his first tour of the UK this summer.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 17 February 2011
Jerry! Goodbye!
Seinfeld's 'Uncle Leo' dies at 88
17/02/2011 … Seinfeld star Len Lesser, who played Jerry’s eccentric Uncle Leo in several episodes, has died at the age of 88.
Wed 16 February 2011
Walliams gets the rounds in
16/02/2011 … David Walliams is to host a 24-hour-long panel show for Comic Relief.
Brand and Gervais up for US comedy awards
16/02/2011 … Russell Brand and Ricky Gervais have both been nominated in new comedy awards in the States.
Car for Mr Izzard
Eddie to star in animated sequel
16/02/2011 … Eddie Izzard is to voice one of the characters in the sequel to the animated hit Cars.
Tue 15 February 2011
What's the deal with airline comics?
15/02/2011 … Three stand-ups are to perform a gig at 35,000ft in an attempt to set a record for the world’s highest comedy gig.
Tough gig? Try therapy
Club employs psychologist for comics
15/02/2011 … A comedy club is employing in-house clinical psychologists to help stand-ups deal with their emotional problems.
'If ratings are important, Hitler was right'
15/02/2011 … Ben Elton has defended his struggling Australian sketch show, invoking the image of Hitler to attack his critics.