WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• ‘I got into comedy because I loved watching comedy as a child. I later discovered that’s like loving burgers as a child and deciding to be cow.’ Frankie Boyle.

• My Family star Kris Marshall has been charged with failing to supply a breath test while in charge of a car, after being stopped in a Tesco car park in Wells, Somerset, last weekend.

• You probably haven’t heard of Oregon comedian Aaron Jamison, who died this week at the age of 38. But wen he was diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago, he sold advertising space on urns to pay for his funeral costs. The best went to campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which booked the ad: ‘I've kicked the bucket - Have You? Boycott KFC.’

• ‘If you haven't seen me live, you're in for something quite special.’ Jim Davidson.

• Russell Brand stars in the video for the debut solo single from his pal Noel Gallagher, High Flying Birds - AKA... What A Life!, playing an evil sorcerer type who force-feeds a girl a magic potion which knocks her out. Here it is:
  

• If Jason Manford thinks he can put his Twitter flirtation scandal behind him, he’s got another think coming. Even Victoria Coren took a pop on BBC Four’s erudite quiz show Only Connect this week, saying that her programme was ‘more convoluted that Jason Manford’s explanation for his desktop folder marked “boobs”.’

• ‘I can't do Mock The Week – I can't get into the mind space of giving a shit about what Lady Gaga has on her head.’ Craig Campbell

• Want to live like Sacha Baron Cohen? Well, now you can rent the Borat star’s four-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills, for a mere $11,000 per month. The comic and his wife, Isla Fisher have moved to the nearby Laurel Canyon estate, so put the home on the rental market. Click here to have a snoop on an estate agents’ webstie

• Here’s what happened at a New York comedy club when the audience really turned on a couple of hecklers:
  

• Tweets of the week
  Steve Death (@ Its_Death): There is a cat. There is no cat. There is a cat. There is no cat. Lovely. Theresa May & Kenneth Clarke are continuing Schrodinger's work.
  Tony Cowards (@ TonyCowards): Bloody cancer, coming over here and stealing our Jobs
  Neil Diamond (@ NeilDiamond): iSad.

SOURCES: Work! Consume! Die! by Frankie Boyle, Daily Record, Washington Post, camden Advertiser Australia, YouTube, BBC Four, The Skinny, Realtor.com,YouTube, Twitter

Published: 7 Oct 2011