'I've wanted this for so long...’
Interview with if.comedy winner Brendon Burns
11/09/2007 … Comedians, as a rule, feign indifference towards awards, fearing that blatantly chasing the glittering prize should dent their iconoclastic cool.
Tue 11 September 2007
© Bravo Jesus gag sparks outrage
US comic Kathy Griffin to be censored
11/09/2007 … American comic Kathy Griffin is to be censored by TV chiefs after enraging hardline Christians with a joke about Jesus.
© ITV Shock news: Davidson is offensive
11/09/2007 … Jim Davidson has left reality show Hell’s Kitchen after making homophobic comments.
Mon 10 September 2007
Crazy about the Gang
Matthew Coniam pays tribute to the brilliant sextet who set the music hall alight
10/09/2007 … In 1962, John Betjeman wrote an affectionate poem about the many hours he spent ‘as peanuts cracked, with my tie askew and my waistcoat undone’ in London’s…
'Fat, white bastard'? That's fine...
Sir Trevor cleared over Manning jibe
10/09/2007 … Sir Trevor McDonald has been cleared of making offensive comments about Bernard Manning in the week of his death.
© Paula Solloway A 'Buzzcocks' – but for comedy
10/09/2007 … The BBC is working on new radio quiz game, based on archive comedy clips and comedy trivia.
pyhtonday10
10/09/2007 … 500 FANS, most in fancy dress, celebrated the third annual Monty Python Day at Doune Castle, Scotland, on Sunday with silly games such as the coconut conga.