WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• 'All comics have mental problems of varying degrees, that's a fact.' Daniel Sloss

• The name of Jonathan Ross's former house band is clearly  a little too strong for the good people of Camberley in Surrey. The website Camberley People - part of the Daily Mail group's Northcliffe Media – currently has a preview piece hailing the return of 4 ***s and a Piano to the local theatre. (See). The unfortunate side-effect is it looks very much like the Poofs have become 4 Cunts And A Piano...

• Noel Gallagher apparently demanded to be given another hotel room because he couldn’t bear looking at Russell Brand’s giant face. The former Oasis star was moved after initially being given a room in Los Angeles overlooking a giant poster of Brand, promoting his Arthur film. Brand says: ‘He said they showed him the room and the bloke asked, “Is there anything you'd like to change, sir?” He said, “Yeah. That fucking poster. I want another room.” So they moved him.’ But the pair are mates, so perhaps the story should be taken with a pinch of salt…

• Tom Basden is driving in a 785-mile ‘Gumball rally’-type trip from Maidstone in Kent to the Austrian Alps this weekend. Hundreds of clubbers will be making the Volvo Roadtrip, while Basden has paired up with his pal, T4 presenter Rick Edwards, for one of the celebrity teams that also includes Example, Proferssor Green and, erm, Mr Motivator.

• A genuine WTF video:
  

• Talk about determination: ‘I swore to myself when I was 10 that I would work in showbusiness, no matter what.’ Shappi Khorsandi.

• A lot’s been made of how you can get a break in comedy on the internet, but one woman who’se not impressed is New York club owner Caroline Hirsh – the Caroline of Caroline’s. ‘YouTube and Twitter haven't made a difference,’ she says. ‘Comedians still need stage time. No matter how many videos they may make, it's still about working the room, and developing their persona.’

• British jazz outfit Kairos 4Tet have today released a track Hicks, named after Bill.

• ‘I could probably insert some semen into every woman who’s here to interview me today and shine some sort of radioactive light.’ Russell Brand (of course).

• Tweets of the week:
  @NickMotown: When Philip Glass is part way through his meal, I prefer to think of him as being 'half empty'.
  @TonyCowards: I've just written a play about a man with a huge penis, it's a two hander.
  @Danatkinson: Now that he has defected, I hope Moussa Koussa gets a job as a producer.

SOURCES: The Scotsman, Camberely People, The Sun, YouTube, Glasgow Herald, New York Daily News, Metro, Metro, Twitter

Published: 1 Apr 2011