Cut it out...
Jewish fury over 'scissors' gag
19/09/2006 … The ‘rock-scissors-paper’ gag about the Second World War that was at the centre of a plagiarism row last year has hit the headlines again, after it offended…
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 19 September 2006
The voice of Rhod
19/09/2006 … Stand-up Rhod Gilbert has been signed up to host a weekly radio show on BBC Radio Wales.
Borat exclusive
See his film six weeks before it's out
19/09/2006 … MySpace are hosting an exclusive screening on Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Borat film tomorrow (Wednesday) – and we have five pairs of tickets to give away.
Sun 17 September 2006
You old romantic
17/09/2006 … Ricky Gervais is planning to take on Hollywood by writing a mainstream romantic comedy.
Sat 16 September 2006
Extras' 3.5m viewers
...but it's down on last series
16/09/2006 … The return of Ricky Gervais's sitcom Extras attracted 3.
The secret's out
16/09/2006 … The line-up for this year’s Secret Policeman’s Ball has been announced – with Chevy Chase heading the bill Comics performing at the Amnesty…
Fri 15 September 2006
A Lotte of aggro
GagSlag #3, in which Vegas gets drunk...
15/09/2006 … You might have thought they’d seen this one coming: inviting Johnny Vegas onto the inexperienced Charlotte Church’s chat show – then plying…
Thu 14 September 2006
The end? My arse
Tomlinson predicts more Royle sagas
14/09/2006 … Next month’s Royle Family special could open the door for more episodes, star Ricky Tomlinson claims.