WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• According to Popbitch, James Corden was recently mistaken for Clare Balding at an event…

• At the Chortle Awards on Wednesday, reality star Sophie Lawrence managed to read out the name of Russell Brand's Messiah Complex tour as 'Messier Complex'. Though maybe she has a point:

• Meanwhile, the London Evening Standard seems to have taken a spoof acceptance speech Michael Legge gave, allegedly on behalf of double award-winner Bridget Christie, at face value…

• As well as the videos and the photos the event was also captured by 'live scriber" Peter Morey, a cartoonist who sketches out events as they happen. It's traditionally been a corporate thing, but he's recently turned to comes gigs with the likes of Phil Kay, Al Murray, Tony Law and The Weirdos. Find out more about his work here. And here's his interpretation of the Chortles:

• London's Monkey Business comedy club has been taken in by a man who claimed Sir Cliff Richard wanted to try his hand at stand-up, kicking off with a mere two-hour gig. Owner Martin Besserman was convinced that Eithne Pozzi was the singer's personal assistant, even though he misspelled his alleged boss's surname 'Richards' more than once. 'Sir Cliff is famous for his hit singles like Congratulations. Cliff would like to try his hand at stand up .Would you be interested in having Sir Cliff performing stand up set at Monkey Business,' Pozzi emailed. After Bessman said yes, he replied: 'Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Sir Cliff Richard is sitting opposite me right now and has given me a big thumbs up. A big thumbs up and a smile that could light up Lisbon.' Pozzi swore Besserman to secrecy, but the promoter couldn't help but post the news on his Facebook page, promoting a telling off: 'Oh Martin - that was very unprofessional, PLEASE DO NOT TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THIS. Sir Cliff Richards is now having a serious rethink.' The next day he repented: 'OK Martin, Sir Cliff Richard has said, "These things happen. Martin is clearly the man."' Pozzi then asked for the two-hour slot, but to maintain secrecy wanted to be listed as 'Sir Harry Webb' – Cliff's real name, and not exactly a secret. Eventually Besserman twigged, after Pozzi refused to hand over any sort of contact number. 'Sir Cliff Richards is not happy we have to be so cautious,' he posted. 'Jesus be with you.'

• Hearing of this, Vikki Stone rang up Besserman during her Fubar Radio show, and pretended to be Annie Lennox's agent looking for a stand-up gig. There's not much more to the prank than that – the phone call, due to be broadcast tonight, is mainly admin, as you can hear about 12 and half minutes into the clip below – but at this rate Monkey Business's published line-ups will start looking like Glastonbury:

• Talking of pranks, comic James Billington has been causing chaos in Stafford by setting up a bogus account in the name of the town's mayor. His tweets included 'Did you know the average mayor chain weighs 3kg but the Stafford mayor chain weighs over 4 Stone? This is because #Stafford is awesome.' His post 'Sharing a meeting with the Mayor of Shrewsbury today. Never liked him. Reminds me of one of the bad guys from Superman 2' caused something of a localised diplomatic incident, with official calls for Billington to be stopped in case any more people were duped. 'Nobody minds a bit of fun on social media but it is unacceptable that this person is purporting to be the mayor of Stafford and making disparaging remarks about another mayor. This is bringing the mayoralty into disrepute,' said real mayor Angela Loughran.

• Australian newspaper the Herald Sun sent along comedian Dave Hughes's wife to review his show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – and she found out a few things made his set that he never normally talks about when he knows she's in the room. 'I don't remember him mentioning getting an erection on a massage table when I saw his act in Adelaide,' she said.

• Still Game and Chewin The Fat fan Ian Gentles, a plasterer from Clackmannanshire, has had the characters Jack and Victor tattooed onto each of his thighs (See). The 38-year-old said: "It's something I always fancied. I thought it would be really smart to get Jack and Victor.' Define 'smart' exactly…

• Education Secretary Michael Gove has come out as a fan of cabaret act Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer. 'I am strangely addicted to chap hop rapper Mr B,' he said last weekend. The comic, real name Jim Burk, is no fan of the Tories, however, with one of his songs entitled They Don't Allow Rappers In The Bullingdon Club. But unlike some of David Cameron's inner circle, Gove did not go to Oxford where the rowdy club was formed.

• David Walliams has revived the voice of Charley – the cat in the classic series of public information films who also became the subject of a Prodigy dance hit – for a new video about electrical safety. He's following in the footsteps of Kenny Everett, who voiced the original. Watch:

• Tweets of the week
Pete Sinclair (@ pete_sinclair ): George Michael's album is now in the shops - just like his car was.
Boothby Graffoe (@boobygraffoe): Drama teacher takes out contract on Marcel Marceau Tribute act he helped to train. It's his own mime he's wasting.
David O'Doherty (@phlaimeaux): IF i was in charge of a city bus fleet, they'd be single decker BUT WITH A BASEMENT #idontthinkyoureready #forthisbusjelly

Published: 28 Mar 2014