A bad Korea move?
25/02/2002 … American chat show host Jay Leno has sparked an international incident with a joke about the Winter Olympics.
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Mon 25 February 2002
Brief encounter
When lawyer Bob was mugged by a client
25/02/2002 … Bob Mortimer has told how he was once mugged by one of his legal clients.
Sun 24 February 2002
Your hero
24/02/2002 … Eddie Izzard has beaten the likes of John Cleese, Eric Morecambe and Tommy Cooper to head Chortle's poll of the funniest comedians of all time.
Sat 23 February 2002
Comedy thrives in poverty
Says millionaire Billy Connolly
23/02/2002 … Comedy goes down better when life is hard, according to Billy Connolly.
Izzard relishes Egg role
23/02/2002 … Eddie Izzard is to revive his role in A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg for the BBC.
Ross sidekick launches comedy club
23/02/2002 … Andy Davies, known to TV and radio audiences as Jonathan Ross's sidekick, is to launch a new comedy club.
Fri 22 February 2002
When Lily met Bette
22/02/2002 … Lily Savage creator Paul O'Grady is to 'meet' his heroine Bette Davis in a one-off ITV show.