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01/02/2010 … THE Peacock and Gamble podcast has returned to Chortle.

Colbert wins a Grammy

...and has an iPad

01/02/2010 … Satirist Stephen Colbert has won the Grammy award for the best comedy album of the last year.

Women are slower to get jokes

...but prefer sophisticated humour

01/02/2010 … Women are slower to get jokes than men, but when they do, they find them much more rewarding, research suggests.

American Dad: A Jones or a Smith

Fox preview clip

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Richard Rycroft at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final

Review by Corry Shaw

01/02/2010 … Richard Rycroft arrives looking like a geography supply teacher and is quick to point out he is an act and not someone’s dad.

Alyssia Kyria at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final

Review by Corry Shaw

01/02/2010 … As Ariadne The Greek Wag, Alyssa doesn’t seem to have anything to say, but she uses a lot of words to prove it.

Tim Vine: Joke-amotive tour

Review by Steve Bennett

01/02/2010 … Comedians, by and large, present their art surprisingly seriously.

Vote in the 2010 Chortle awards

31/01/2010 … Use this form to vote in the 2010 Chortle Awards.