'Weird Al' launches $5m lawsuit
03/04/2012 … American musical comic ‘Weird Al” Yankovic is suing his record label, claiming he is owed more than $5 million in royalties.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 03 April 2012
Oh my God! They revived Kenny
BBC4 Everett biopic in the works
03/04/2012 … Kenny Everett is to be the latest comedy great to get the BBC Four biopic treatment.
Sun 01 April 2012
Student Awards: Voting opens
People's Choice slot up for grabs
01/04/2012 … The heats are over, and the judges have made their initial decision.
Fri 30 March 2012
Simon Pegg, you're a brick...
30/03/2012 … ‘Comedy, in all its forms, has a very short shelf-life but every fart is funny.
Award nod for Milton Jones's axed show
30/03/2012 … Milton Jones has been nominated for a Sony Radio award – just minutes after Chortle revealed that Radio 4 decided to axe the show.
Radio 4 doesn't want to keep up with Jones
30/03/2012 … Radio 4 has axed Milton Jones’s comedy series after five series.
Jack Dee prepares to tour
...with his debut at Kilkenny festival
30/03/2012 … Jack Dee is to make his debut appearance at the Cat Laughs festival in Kilkenny, as he prepares for his first ever stand-up tour in six years.
Armando Iannucci writes his first novel
30/03/2012 … Armando Iannucci is writing his debut novel, a satirical fantasy about a for-profit language.