Bad taste comics are lazy plagiarists
04/12/2012 … Jerry Sadowitz has laid into bad-taste comics, claiming they lazily regurgitate his ideas without giving it any thought.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 04 December 2012
Mon 03 December 2012
Simpsons 'mocks God and incites murder'
03/12/2012 … A Turkish TV station has been fined more than £18,000 for airing an episode of The Simpsons said to have ‘mocked God’ and encouraging murder.
Now Katt's arrested in a bar fight
03/12/2012 … Problems are heaping up for Katt Williams after he was arrested again.
© BBC Mrs Brown slips down DVD charts
As McIntyre takes the comedy No 1 slot
03/12/2012 … Michael McIntyre outsold Mrs Brown’s Boys last week, to take No 1 in the new live comedy DVD charts.
Rare Hancock scripts to be sold
03/12/2012 … A collection of rare radio scripts recorded by the likes of Tony Hancock, Frankie Howerd, and The Goons is to be put up for sales.
Jason Manford to host review of 2012
03/12/2012 … Jason Manford is to host a prime-time review of the year for ITV.
'This is sacrilege'
Catholic Church demands apology for Communion sketch
03/12/2012 … The Catholic Church has demanded an apology for a TV sketch showing a man spitting into a bucket before receiving Holy Communion.
Third series for Sarah Millican
And good news for Chris Ramsey, too
03/12/2012 … The BBC has ordered a third series of the Sarah Millican Television Programme.