WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• Of course Frankie Boyle upset the easily outraged with his tweet last night ‘Nelson Mandeadla.’ But a tabloid-style pun hardly seems offensive enough, given his reputation.

• Nothing compared to the often-told story of fellow Glaswegian Jerry Sadowitz, of course. And now seems an apt time to revive it. He once decided to shock the politically correct audience at the Comedy Store with the worst line he could think of, while Mandela was still languishing in prison. ‘Why don’t you say, “Nelson Mandela - what a cunt”,’ fellow comic Nick Revell dared him So he did… but although he had nothing to follow it up with, spent the rest of his set desperately trying to win the room back. Realising he needed a punchline Sadowitz promised to come back the next night with a payoff. And that’s exactly what he did. ‘Nelson Mandela – what a cunt,’ he said. ‘You lend some people a fiver and you never fucking see them again.’

• Meanwhile, here’s Chris Rock on Mandela:

• Posters for the fake film Rochelle, Rochelle have started appearing in New York. Seinfeld fans will recognise the movie – ‘a young girl’s strange erotic journey from Milan to Minsk’ – from its repeated mentions in the hit sitcom. The posters, a replica of those seen in the series (bottom centre of the montage below), were put up on a closed cinema by artist Jason Shelowitz, aka Jay Shells, who says he might make adverts for other fictional films from the show, such as Sack Lunch or Chunnel. It’s not the first time Rochelle, Rochelle has been envisaged – and there’s even a Pennsylvanian band by that name.

• Comedy dance duo New Art Club were the half time entertainment at the Rugby League World Cup Final last Saturday, playing to 75,000 people. They tweeted afterwards: ‘Old Trafford was incredible on Saturday. Even accounting for those peeing and Queueing for pies I reckon 50,000 people saw our dance.

• Hype gone mad? We’ve today received an email from a leading PR firm that ‘Comedy legend xxxxx has just announced his UK tour’. Who could it be? Answer: John Robins. One of the box-holders from Sarah Millican's episode of Celebrity Deal Or No Deal… (And a pretty good stand-up… but legend? Really?)

• Ruby Wax says that when cab drivers asked her why she was no longer on TV, she would silence them by saying: ‘Because I have terminal cancer…’

• Builders have moved in to demolish the home of Wernham Hogg, the fictional paper company where The Office was set. Ricky Gervais has said it was 'sad news' that the drab Crossbow House on the Slough Trading Estate was being pulled down. The building featured in the opening titles.

•Tweets of the week
Robin Flavell (@RobinFlavell): I'm not saying George Osborne is a wanker, but he likes a strong pound.
Gary Delaney (@GaryDelane): Doctor, Doctor
Who's there?
I keep my premises mixed up
I keep getting my premises mixed up who?
To get to the other side.
David O’Doherty @phlaimeaux): Nobody says it because they don't want to think about it but TINSEL IS WHAT ROBOTS PISS

Published: 6 Dec 2013