Fetch-a-sketch
America picks up another Brit hit
20/05/2004 … The American version of ITV1’s Sketch Show – fronted by Frasier star Kelsey Grammer – has been given the green light by network chiefs.
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Thu 20 May 2004
Wed 19 May 2004
Spray alert shuts club
19/05/2004 … Hundreds of people have been evacuated from a comedy show after pepper spray was apparently released into the theatre.
Odd Couple star dies
Tony Randall also a Letterman favourite
19/05/2004 … Tony Randall, the comic actor who starred in TV”s The Odd Couple has died at the age of 84.
Office in awards shock
19/05/2004 … The Office’s dominance of award shows could be over, after judges barred it from entering one of the most prestigious global accolades.
Mon 17 May 2004
Gift of the gob
Spitting Image 'set for return'
17/05/2004 … Spitting Image could be heading for a TV comeback, according to newspaper reports.
Satire impressario dies
17/05/2004 … The impresario who saved Private Eye and helped Peter Cook set up The Establishment Club has died at the age of 66.
Brits invade Montreal
17/05/2004 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival has announced this year’s line-up, with Tim Allen, Jackie Mason and the voices behind the Family Guy cartoon…
A Sporting chance
Trevor's World to return... on radio
17/05/2004 … Axed BBC1 comedy Trevor’s World Of Sport is to enjoy a new lease of life – as a radio show.