Fri 19 April 2013
Moms the word
Whoopi Goldberg's film tribute to a comedy pioneer
19/04/2013 … Whoopi Goldberg is making her directorial debut with a documentary about pioneering comedian Moms Mabley.
Thu 18 April 2013
For sale: Milton Berle's joke archive
Thousands of gags on file cards
18/04/2013 … The famed archive of jokes that American comedian Milton Berle collected over his lifetime is to be auctioned in Los Angeles next month.
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18/04/2013 … CHRIS RAMSEY has announced a 38-date tour for autumn/spring called The Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning Television, based on the incident when he was thrown…
Kate McLennan and Wes Snelling: Standard Double
18/04/2013 … Site-specific events are always a welcome addition to comedy festivals; and hotels have proved a particular favourite in which to set them.
Genevieve Fricker: Party Pooper
18/04/2013 … Somewhere beneath Genevieve Fricker’s aloof, whimsical hipster facade there’s an interesting back-story gnawing to get out.
Jack Post: 10 Songs Each Better Than The Last
18/04/2013 … ‘I’m brand new at this guys!’ gushes twentysomething Jack Post near he top of his first festival offering.
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18/04/2013 … EDDIE IZZARD is to star in a ‘new take’ on the Jekyll and Hyde story, made by soap producer Tony Wood.