Fri 30 August 2013
Dave Chappelle booed off stage
Watch video as rowdy audience defeat his comeback
30/08/2013 … Dave Chappelle walked off stage to a chorus of boos and heckles last night after a rowdy audience ruined his stand-up comeback.
Thu 29 August 2013
'Pay what you want' for comedy specials
29/08/2013 … A new model for selling comedy specials has been launched – with buyers choosing what to pay.
Netflix orders more stand-up specials
From Marc Maron and Kathleen Madigan
29/08/2013 … Netflix has commissioned stand-up specials from comics Marc Maron and Kathleen Madigan to go out on its on-demand service.
So You Think You're Funny?
29/08/2013 … Since it began in 1988, So You Think You're Funny? has kick-started the careers of dozens of the country’s top comics including Dylan Moran, Peter Kay…
© BBC/Talkback Thames/Brian J Ritchie 'Unfortunate' - but not offensive
QI airs paedophile limerick before Jimmy Savile report
29/08/2013 … QI has escaped censure from the BBC’s governing body for a limerick about paedophilia – which aired minutes before a Newsnight report on the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Is it time to extinguish the stars?
Chortle editor Steve Bennett on the review rating system
29/08/2013 … To quote David O’Doherty: ‘Stars are celestial and infinite.