Pauly Shore to take over the LA Comedy Store
...according to mum Mitzi's will
08/08/2018 … Pauly Shore is to take over the running of the Los Angeles Comedy Store following the death of his mother Mitzi earlier this year, it has been reported.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 08 August 2018
© ITV/Big Talk Filming starts on Timewasters series 2
New supporting cast as the action shifts to the 1950s
08/08/2018 … Shooting is to start on the second series of ITV2’s time-travelling comedy next week.
Tue 07 August 2018
ChuckleVision lands on iPlayer in tribute to Barry Chuckle
Full series 21 available to you, to see
07/08/2018 … The final ever series of ChuckleVision is being released on BBC iPlayer as a tribute to Barry Chuckle, who died on Sunday at the age of 73.
Free advice on showbiz contracts
...offered at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
07/08/2018 … Writers can get free legal tips to help them negotiate the world of contracts at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
America ges a $50m comedy museum
Comedians help launch attraction in Lucille Ball's home town
07/08/2018 … America now has its first museum dedicated to comedy, built in Lucille Ball’s home town of Jamestown, New York.
Guests revealed for A League Of Thier Own series 13
Including Alan Carr, David Walliams, Josh Widdicombe
07/08/2018 … Alan Carr, David Walliams, Josh Widdicombe, Rob Beckett and Tom Davis are the comics who will be appearing in the next series of Sky One's A League of Their Own…
Mon 06 August 2018
Comic Strip co-writer Peter Richens dies at 65
'He was a huge talent who died too young'
06/08/2018 … Pete Richens, who co-wrote more than two dozen of the Comic Strip films, has died at the age of 65.
Hangover Games for Matt Richardson and Ken Cheng
E4 orders gameshow with a twist
06/08/2018 … Matt Richardson and Ken Cheng are to host a new E4 gameshow called The Hangover Games.