The telltale squeak
How Frank Skinner knew Bob Monkhouse was nicking his gags
06/08/2024 … Bob Monkhouse’s reputation for being light-fingered when it came to material is well documented.
Tue 06 August 2024
Fri 02 August 2024
'Being a single mother was not a struggle'
Comedian also talks about freezing eggs, Shania Twain and podcasting
02/08/2024 … Katherine Ryan has spoken about how being a single mother was not a struggle for her, calling it a ‘wonderful decade’.
Wed 31 July 2024
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.
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.