Piff clones his assistant, Mr Piffles
Comedy magician spends $60,000 to get a new sidekick, with the same DNA
31/07/2024 … Comedy magician Piff the Magic Dragon has cloned his assistant, Mr Piffles.
2024 Punching Up
Wed 31 July 2024
Tue 30 July 2024
Edinburgh show is just Michael Caine saying 'never' for an hour
Stuart Laws's off-the-wall idea
30/07/2024 … Comedian Stuart Laws is staging an Edinburgh Fringe show in which he imitates Michael Caine saying ‘never’ – for a full hour.
Wed 24 July 2024
© Ricardo Liberato/CC BY-SA 2.0 'Benny Hill was a bad motherfucker'
Snoop Dogg on his unexpected love for a comedy icon
24/07/2024 … He’s not the obvious Benny Hill fanboy, but Snoop Dogg has been waxing lyrical about his love of the old-school British comic, despite him long falling out…
Sun 21 July 2024
Talk about joke theft!
Dara Ó Briain is the victim of a ‘shocking’ crime
21/07/2024 … Dara Ó Briain has been the victim of a ‘shocking’ crime on the supposedly genteel island of Guernsey.
Sat 20 July 2024
How Bob Newhart's wife kept him grounded
Comic was married to Ginnie for 60 years
20/07/2024 … The Times Diary column today recounts a lovely story about how Bob Newhart’s wife Ginnie kept his feet on the ground.
© TPapi/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 I used to be addicted to Whack-a-mole...
20/07/2024 … Tweets of the week No wonder Microsoft is buggered, just spotted Clippy now working in Waverley Station pic.
Fri 19 July 2024
When Stewart Lee was mistaken for a tramp
...and the year he was cut out of the Baftas
19/07/2024 … He might be one of Britain’s most respected comedians – but not everybody recognises Stewart Lee.
Tue 16 July 2024
I'm not flyering - I'll do tarot readings instead
Andrew Clover on doing a pared-back Edinburgh Fringe
16/07/2024 … Fringe performer Andrew Clover is shunning flyers and will instead promote his show via an alternative route – tarot cards.