© BBC Ronni loses her figures
Audience slump for Ancona & Co
30/05/2007 … Ronni Ancona’s new sketch show has lost half its audience in a week.
Wed 30 May 2007
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Fringe first
30/05/2007 … Chortle today reveals a sneak preview of some of the hundreds of comedy shows coming to the Edinburgh Fringe this August.
Sick Rik
30/05/2007 … Rik Mayall’s fans have been increasingly worried about his health after he pulled out of a number of tour dates.
Donald Mack – Original Review
30/05/2007 … Donald Mack is a confident, gregarious performer; the sort of comic and audience instinctively feels safe with, happy to let him shepherd them towards the gags.
Nathan Stokes – Original Review
30/05/2007 … Newcomer Nathan Stokes can string a sentence together and is confident speaking in public, so he meets the minimum requirements for a comedian – but little more.
Robin Cousins – Original Review
30/05/2007 … A long-time fixture on the open-mic scene – longer, perhaps, than most hopefuls would endure - Cousins is finally producing the sort of dependable set that might…
Tue 29 May 2007
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Judge rejects Family Guy lawsuit
29/05/2007 … A Los Angeles judge has thrown out comedian Carol Burnett’s lawsuit against Family Guy.
Taking Time Out
Hay quits as Time Out comedy editor
29/05/2007 … Malcolm Hay is quitting as comedy editor of Time Out magazine after more than 20 years in the job.