All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Celebs call for schools' mandate to be lifted
06/03/2021 … Lee Hurst has been mocked on Twitter after putting his name to a letter complaining that secondary school pupils wear masks in schools when they reopen on Monday.
Katy Wix and Adam Drake's new podcast, and the rest of the week's comedy on demand
06/03/2021 … The week's best comedy on demand.
John Cleese writes a film about a strange bit of history Rob Schneider
06/03/2021 … John Cleese has co-written a film about the Australian army losing a war with emus, loosely based on a true story.
Cambridge-educated satirist also edited National Lampoon and launched Spitting Image
05/03/2021 … Tony Hendra, the veteran comedy writer who played Spinal Tap’s manager Ian Faith in the 1984 rock mockumentary, has died at the age of 79.
Comic 'humiliated' socialite at 2007 MTV aweds
05/03/2021 … It may have been 14 years ago, but Sarah Silverman has apologised to Paris Hilton for making her the butt of jokes at an awards bash.
© Tiger Aspect Why some jokes leave us baffled... but we repeat them anyway
05/03/2021 … Two-thirds of people will laugh at a joke they don’t understand - just so they fit in better.
Comedian's series billed as 'the new Goosebumps'
05/03/2021 … Stand-up Bec Hill has signed a deal to write three children’s books, with her first title out in September.
© Joseph Lynn ...as does Vic Reeves' ex-wife and others
04/03/2021 … Noel Fielding has received ‘substantial damages’ after his phone was hacked by tabloid newspapers.
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