Wed 29 June 2011
We had groupies – a right rough load of tarts, they were
Final extract from Simon Day's memoirs
29/06/2011 … In 1998 we performed The Fast Show live at Hammersmith Apollo: thirty nights sold out! This was the cherry on the cake for me personally.
Gervais to hit Edinburgh TV festival
Sharing tips on breaking America
29/06/2011 … Ricky Gervais is to give a talk at the Edinburgh International Television Festival about how to break into American TV.
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The Stand takes over Assembly Rooms
Fringe coup for Edinburgh comedy club
29/06/2011 … The Stand comedy club is to move into Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms next year, ousting the operation that has run Fringe shows there for 30 years.
He's at it again...
Joke thief Jordan Paris exposed again
29/06/2011 … The comedian who stole Lee Mack’s material has been plunged into a new row over joke theft – despite claiming to have cleaned up his act.
Spymonkey's Love In
29/06/2011 … Like love itself, the latest show from knockabout comedy mainstays Spymonkey can be uplifting and joyous – but also frustrating when it doesn’t quite fulfil…
Tue 28 June 2011
GK Chesterton, he knew his comedy
The writer thought humour was the key to the serious, says Ian Ker
28/06/2011 … Everybody who knows anything about the writer G.