Now it's Burpgate
Hill in another phoney 'offensive comedy' row
30/11/2009 … Sensitive TV viewers have complained about a Harry Hill sketch in which he compared a Vienetta ice cream to German tanks rolling into Poland.
Mon 30 November 2009
We get 100s of scripts – and rejected them all
Peep Show chief's advice to writers
30/11/2009 … The executive producer of Peep Show has delivered a blow to would-be comedy writers by revealing that his company has NEVER made a sitcom from an unsolicited script,…
McIntyre's still No 1
DVD outsells all other comedians
30/11/2009 … Michael McIntyre’s DVD has slipped down to No 5 in the charts – but remains Britain’s bestselling stand-up title.
Dave Spikey: Best Medicine tour
30/11/2009 … If laughter is the best medicine, the first half of Dave Spikey’s show should probably be classed as a sedative.
Sun 29 November 2009
wrestle29
29/11/2009 … THE fan – and hate – mail the late US comic Andy Kaufman received for his wrestling bouts with women have been compiled into a book, Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate…
'Comedy is dying'
Become more challenging, comics told
29/11/2009 … Stand-up is in danger of becoming a dead art form because comedians are afraid of taking risks, one of the founding fathers of alternative comedy has warned.
The office jokers
Danny Robins on the comedy venue in a disused office block
29/11/2009 … I’m about to do a show in a very unusual venue.
qinz29
29/11/2009 … QI is to be shown in New Zealand from 2010, after the BBC sold the rights to free-to-air channel Prime.