Let's build a statue to Bill Hicks!
04/08/2012 … Fans of Bill Hicks have launched a campaign to erect a statue to him in Houston, the city where he began his comedy career.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 04 August 2012
BBC to show Russell Brand smoking heroin
Old footage for addiction documentary
04/08/2012 … Footage of Russell Brand smoking heroin in a dingy flat are to be show in a shock TV documentary about the power of addiction.
Fri 03 August 2012
I won't work unless you show me your boobs
03/08/2012 … A'There's been a turn toward an uber-cynical point of view [in comedy], and it's borderline mean.
Mobile phones are ruining comedy
03/08/2012 … Chris Rock says he would return to the comedy clubs – but only if they introduced a zero-tolerance policy to filming on mobile phones.
Wed 01 August 2012
A real victim of gag theft
Now Lopez wants his notebooks back
01/08/2012 … Comic Ignacio Lopez has appealed for the return of his joke notebooks after they were stolen from a Swansea club.
Somali comedian murdered
Marshale had mocked terror groups
01/08/2012 … One of Somalia's top comedians has been shot dead in the capital, Mogadishu.