Bruce's bonus
27/03/2004 … Lenny Bruce has been named the best stand-up ever.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 27 March 2004
Putting on the writs
Smith 'to sue' over bad review
27/03/2004 … Scottish comedian Elaine C Smith is planning to sue a critic who gave her a vitriolic review.
Fri 26 March 2004
Comic's mugger jailed
26/03/2004 … An unlicensed minicab driver has been jailed for four years for robbing comic Greg Burns.
Thu 25 March 2004
Bernard's not a hoot
Angry footy fans axe Manning gig
25/03/2004 … Sheffield Wednesday has scrapped a gig by Bernard Manning after a barrage of complaints from disgusted fans.
Croft work
Veteran writer pens autobiography
25/03/2004 … Veteran scriptwriter David Croft is to publish his autobiography next month.
Coming of age
25/03/2004 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the third biggest event in the worldwide comedy calendar kicks off tonight.
Wed 24 March 2004
Looking 4 laughs
24/03/2004 … Channel 4 has launched two appeals in the hunt for new comedy talent.
Back from the dead
Life Of Brian cashes in on Gibson row
24/03/2004 … Monty Python's Life Of Brian is to be resurrected to cash in on the furore created by Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ.