Jimmy Carr pulls out of 'dodgy' tax scheme
Comic apologises for his affairs
21/06/2012 … Jimmy Carr has pulled out of the controversial tax-avoidance scheme that even David Cameron has referred to as ‘dodgy' and a ‘scam’.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 21 June 2012
Take a trance on me...
Rufus Hound to host hypnotism show
21/06/2012 … Rufus Hound is to host a new ‘comedy hypnotism gameshow’ for ITV2.
Wed 20 June 2012
Comic to pay for reviews
£100-a-time 'bribe' to win Fringe coverage
20/06/2012 … Comedian Caimh McDonnell has come up with a novel way of getting his Edinburgh show seen by critics .
Carr: I pay what tax I have to
20/06/2012 … Jimmy Carr has defended his tax affairs saying: ‘I pay what I have to and not a penny more.
Sorry for calling you prostitutes
William Shatner apologises for HIGNFY gag
20/06/2012 … William Shatner has apologised to the people of Ilfracombe after suggesting it was rife with prostitution on Have I Got News for You.
‘Dudes are funnier than chicks'
Says Adam Carolla, so it must be true
20/06/2012 … Comic Adam Carolla has claimed mediocre women fare better in comedy because there are fewer genuinely funny females.
Arrested by the thought police
Jail threat for promoting 'crippled' comic
20/06/2012 … A comedy promoter has been charged with disorderly conduct after describing a comedian as ‘crippled’ – even though the act uses the same word herself.
Tue 19 June 2012
The most controversial Fringe act revealed
19/06/2012 … Forget Frankie Boyle, the most controversial comedy act at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe was a physical duo called The Two Wrongies.