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© David Shankbone 24/12/2015 … KEVIN ROPER, the driver of the Wal-Mart truck that crashed into the limo carrying 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan last year, has been charged with first-degree aggravated…
Comic's 550-mile quest – without spending a penny
23/12/2015 … Stand-up Damian Kingsley is to travel from Land's End to Edinburgh, without spending a penny.
...and this is why they were never made
23/12/2015 … Peter Kay and Paddy McGuinness have written more episodes of Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere.
© Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Obama to appear in Seinfeld's web series
22/12/2015 … Barack Obama is to appear on Jerry Seinfeld's web series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.
Politician releases 30 Rock spoof
22/12/2015 … Tina Fey famously skewered Sarah Palin with her impersonations on Saturday Night Live.
Exclusive: Sunny D pilot picked up for a series
21/12/2015 … Dane Baptiste has landed his own BBC Three sitcom, after the success of a pilot earlier this year.
Satirical programme seeks new writers
21/12/2015 … Political comedian Matt Forde is piloting a new satirical show for BBC Two.
Show rapped over Homer's hanging
21/12/2015 … It's a familiar scene in the Simpsons: a frustrated Homer with his hands around Bart's neck, muttering: 'Why you little…'But now TV watchdogs have ruled that…
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