The Onion disciplines gag writers
26/02/2013 … The Onion is promising a clampdown on its writers after sparking a Twitter storm over an Oscars gag.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 26 February 2013
Can you be a comedian and a judge?
A US legal panel is about to decide
26/02/2013 … An American judge may have to give up his sideline as a stand-up comic after an ethics committee said it could compromise his legal authority.
Mon 25 February 2013
Blandings star dies
25/02/2013 … The porcine star of BBC comedy-drama Blandings, The Empress, has died.
Sun 24 February 2013
Romesh is the best of Leicester
Ranganathan wins new act crown
24/02/2013 … Romesh Ranganathan has won this year’s Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award, following in the footsteps of Rhod Gilbert, Jason Manford and Johnny Vegas.
Sat 23 February 2013
The history of comedy in four hours
David Mitchell's new R2 series
23/02/2013 … David Mitchell is to trace the evolution of British comedy in a four-part series for Radio 2.
Fri 22 February 2013
Radio series for Cochrane and Tuck
22/02/2013 … Radio 4 has commissioned new comedy series from Alun Cochrane and Thom Tuck.
Men thrash women in gag survey
98 per cent say blokes are better at jokes
22/02/2013 … The depth of sexism female comedians have to overcome has been revealed by a new survey.
Holy smoke! Billy tokes on the Bible
22/02/2013 … ‘Your average comedy audience – their lives are so horrible that they go crazy at weekends and they feel they haven’t had a good night out unless they’ve…