Jo Brand: It's hard work, emotionally, not being so attractive
And why women are better than men
17/08/2021 … Jo Brand said it was ‘hard work emotionally’ not being attractive as a teenager.
2021 Punching Up
Tue 17 August 2021
Joe Thomas: I shaved my head like a monk
17/08/2021 … Joe Thomas has shaved his head into a monk-like tonsure for a TV show.
Fri 13 August 2021
© Yan Krukov/Pexels Where do mathematicians go when they die?
13/08/2021 … Tweets of the week Where do mathematicians go when they die? The symmetry — Robyn (@RawBeanCoal) August 10, 2021 Password tip for married men.
Wed 11 August 2021
Joe Lycett's orchestral manoeuvres in the park
Comic used to 'conduct' flowers as a 'fabulously queer' child
11/08/2021 … Joe Lycett says that he was a 'fabulously queer little creature' as a child.
© UKTV Sara Pascoe: 'I performed at Hugh Grant's birthday party'
...but as a prank on the actor, who hated her material
11/08/2021 … Sara Pascoe has revealed she was asked to perform stand-up at Hugh Grant’s birthday – but only as a cruel joke to wind him up.
Fri 06 August 2021
The truth about Yoda jokes...
06/08/2021 … Tweets of the week Jokes about the way Yoda speaks are out of order.
Mel Brooks: it's all about the timing
Why his memoirs are only coming out now
06/08/2021 … Some people might be surprised that – at the age of 95 – Mel Brooks hasn’t written his memoir before now.
Wed 04 August 2021
Charging down the pitch...
Football ground named after Robert Llewellyn's YouTube channel
04/08/2021 … A YouTube channel fronted by Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn has joined the ranks of global financial giants and financial airlines – in having a football…