In defence of racist jokes
John Fleming sticks up for Bernard Manning
31/01/2011 … I once put on a show at the Hackney Empire theatre in London where a top-name comic refused to introduce or be on stage with comedian Jimmy Carr because, in the…
Mon 31 January 2011
'It’s me against the world now'
Jay Richardson meets Jim Davidson
31/01/2011 … When black comic Matt Blaize first met Jim Davidson, he told him: ‘Every time you were on TV, I would dread going to school the next day because my life would…
© Fox Gervais returns to The Simpsons
31/01/2011 … Ricky Gervais is to make a second appearance in The Simpsons – this time as an awards show host.
Sun 30 January 2011
frye30
30/01/2011 … AMERICAN impressionist David Frye, best known for mimicking President Richard Nixon, has died at the age of 77.
The school the Chuckle Brother built
30/01/2011 … Chuckle Brother Barry Elliott is setting up his own school.
Sat 29 January 2011
© BBC Come Fly With Me 2 cleared for take-off
29/01/2011 … Matt Lucas and David Walliams are to make a second series of Come Fly With Me.