When God gives you lemons...
31/01/2020 … Quote of the week ‘People have got sick of hating me’ Ben Elton Tweets of the week When God gives you lemons, ask Him/Her for…
2020 Punching Up
Fri 31 January 2020
Off-the-wall comedians
Bill Murray pub gets a new mural
31/01/2020 … London’s Bill Murray stand-up venue has had a makeover – with new portraits of comedy icons spray-painted on to its walls.
Tue 28 January 2020
Comic reveals his run-in with a very distinguished heckler
28/01/2020 … It is an irritant every stand-up has faced: audience members whispering to each other unaware at how distracting their self-absorbed lack of engagement is for everyone…
Sun 26 January 2020
Jason Manford: The time I nearly cost my employers £50,000
Comic admits screwing up a radio competition
26/01/2020 … Jason Manford has revealed how he almost cost a radio station £50,000 when he accidentally gave away the answer to a big-money competition.
Fri 24 January 2020
The car battery died...
24/01/2020 … Tweets of the week I’m never jogging behind a Council van in Winter again, he said through gritted teeth.
Red faces over blue passport
Daily Express falls for Monty Python spoof
24/01/2020 … The Daily Express has long lobbied to bring back blue passports as some tangible benefit of Brexit.
What else could you see for Dave Chappelle's £316?
Just 18 nights of the best names in British comedy...
24/01/2020 … You could go to a different comedy show for 18 consecutive nights, seeing some of the biggest names in British comedy, for the price of a single ticket to see Dave…
Wed 22 January 2020
Now THAT's how to throw a sickie...
Russell Brand's audacious lie to get off work
22/01/2020 … Russell Brand is not known for doing things by halves – and even before he got into comedy he pulled the most audacious sickie of all time.