WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• 'I met Paul Chuckle of the Chuckle Brothers and I absolutely lost my shit. I was so excited.' Jack Whitehall

• So he'd probably like to see the 'to me, to you' duo dancing with Tinchy Stryder. Who wouldn't?

• Nina Conti has a new dummy – Prince Harry. The ventriloquist was booked to perform at Harry's private 30th birthday bash at Clarence House, and dragged him up on stage to take part in the the 'human dummy' act. Using a jaw mask, she could make him say what she wanted... though presumably it was nothing too treasonous. A source told The Sun that Harry was reluctant to join in but 'took it well and had everyone in stitches'. Musical comic Adam Kay also performed at the event.

• A London pub has been proudly promoting a comedy night featuring Malcolm Hardee – even though he drowned more than nine years ago. The Proud Archivist in Haggerston displayed posters promoting Zip Zip Comedy With Malcolm Hardee earlier this month. It's assumed the confusion was because double-act Ellis and Rose, who were listed as performing, are a previous winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award. The posters didn't last long – but long enough to be reported back to comedy blogger and ghost-writer of Hardee's autobiography, John Fleming.

• Looks like Stephen Fry is to make an appearance on American Dad after he tweeted: 'Just played an @AmericanDadFOX character. My life is complete.'

• Academic Dr Matthew Bartley has completed a PhD in Only Fools And Horses. The 34-year-old looked at the depiction of community in the sitcom to attain his University of Sunderland doctorate. 'I’m a massive fan,' he said.

• A street artist has created a tribute to Robin Williams in a Norwich underpass. Dave Nash – aka Gnasher – said he hoped the work would brighten up the Pottergate subway but chose an image that 'has sadness behind the eyes, but that tells the whole story.' Nash previously painted a tribute to Rik Mayall on doors of the Harlow Playhouse in Essex.

• Unlikely as it seems, mild-mannered James Acaster has been slammed for being a homophobe – and all because a punter misheard him. The triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee was the subject of complaints to the venue, his management and online when he performed in Liverpool last year. 'But he had misheard me use the word quitters and thought I’d said the word queers,' Acaster told The Skinny magazine. 'It made no sense. It was the last line of the whole show. It was double bad because he wrote a review online where he said the show was a work of genius apart from the homophobic ending.' Under pressure from Acaster's agent, the cloth-eared fan eventually, and reluctantly changed his review to say 'The ending may have been a bit harsh for me.' Homophonic, not homophobic....

• God help us, there are Mrs Brown’s Boys tribute acts now. There seems to be a handful, here’s just one:

• Oh, and here’s a mime act version:

• Irish comics PJ Gallagher and Eric Lalor are among a group of 60 bikers taking part in a 2,400-mile trip along America's Route 66. It aims to raise €250,000 for sick children.

• Tweets of the week
Craig Deeley (@craiguito): "Put it there" - feng shui adviser greeting
Daniel Edison (@DanielEdison_): My Scottish friend likes jewellery inscribed with Indian writing. He's in favour of Hindi pendants.
Ian Power (@IHPower): "Aaaah me RTs!" I said as I looked at how well all my #TalkLikeAPirateDay tweets had done...

Published: 19 Sep 2014