Seinfeld's Family ties
Did comic's dad have mob links?
22/07/2002 … Jerry Seinfeld's bar mitzvah was paid for by the mob, a new book claims.
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Mon 22 July 2002
Sun 21 July 2002
This premiere has ceased to be...
Unseen Chapman sketches will stay that way
21/07/2002 … A legal row has scuppered plans to premiere previously unseen Graham Chapman sketches at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sat 20 July 2002
Kielty plans stand-up return
Chat show host to hit the road
20/07/2002 … Patrick Kielty is planning a return to stand-up.
Doubt over Chapman 'finds'
Sketches had been performed before
20/07/2002 … EXCLUSIVE The 'unseen' Monty Python sketches due to be premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe are not as much as a revelation as had been claimed.
Fri 19 July 2002
Iranian storms Canada
Djalili attracts Montreal heat
19/07/2002 … Omid Djalili is proving a hit at the Montreal comedy festival.
Top of the Billy
Connolly biog tops bestsellers
19/07/2002 … The biography of Billy Connolly by wife Pamela Stephenson has jumped to the top of the bestseller list.
Simpsons go easy on Bush
Dubya-bashing show axed after 9-11
19/07/2002 … An episode of The Simpsons ridiculing George W Bush was axed in the wake of September 11, its top producer has revealed.
Wed 17 July 2002
BBC2
Governors heap praise on sitcom
17/07/2002 … BBC governors have singled out The Office as the single defining programme of BBC2.