Boyle quits over Michael Jackson jokes
Paper wouldn't publish his gags
28/06/2009 … Frankie Boyle has quit writing his column for Scotland’s Daily Record – because they wouldn’t print his Michael Jackson jokes.
Sun 28 June 2009
Jackson joke cut from Bruno
28/06/2009 … A Michael Jackson gag has been cut from Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Bruno film less than two weeks before its release.
Fri 26 June 2009
© BBC More wine?
Longest-running sitcom recommissioned
26/06/2009 … The BBC is to make another six episodes of Last Of The Summer Wine, quashing rumours it was set to be axed.
Why it's OK to laugh at Michael Jackson's death
26/06/2009 … As Luke Fox thundered on this site earlier today, people have been responding instantly to famous deaths with jokes since Henry VIII.
C4 pulls Jackson gag
Revealed: Why TNT Show was cut short
26/06/2009 … Channel 4 pulled the plug on its new topical comedy programme The TNT Show last night – because it contained a gag about Michael Jackson.