The Frank Skinner elocution lessons
The week's comey trivia
- Ardal O’Hanlon has admitted: ‘I never really loved the material in My Hero.’
- The Mighty Boosh was named funniest TV programme in this year’s Loaded Lafta awards yesterday. Not bad since their last series was two years ago…
- Frank Skinner was drafted in as a voice coach when David Tennant struggled to pick up a Brummie accent for a play. The comic was hired after a chance meeting with the Dr Who star at a radio station.
- Jimmy Carr says: ‘I keep on getting mistaken for Alan Carr. So what I’ve done is, I’ve stopped sucking men off.’
- Jade Goody went to see Ricky Gervais at the Royal Albert Hall this week. Wonder what she made of his routine about her own-brand perfume: ‘What smell is that? Chip fat?’
- After dalliances with Noel Fielding and Russell Brand, a friend of Courtney Love says how she ‘loves to date British comedians’. Watch out Johnny Vegas, you could be next…
- Lee Mack says the first girl he kissed became a dental hygienist: ‘I’ve always wondered if that was because of me…’
- Gotta love Sarah Silverman for staying calm in the face of provocation. She eked her playful revenge on a video paparazzo bombarding her with questions on the streets of New York this week, giving his nipples a cheeky twist. Video evidence here. And she showed remarkable restraint when harangued by a heckler when she stopped to sign autographs. Video of that one here.
- Jo Brand says her biggest regret was that she’s never appeared in a Western. ‘I wish I’d had the chance to ride the High Chaperral, round up the herd and watch the stars come out,’ she says.
- Russell Brand is giving a secret gig for his neighbours to raise money for local charity the Mayhew Animal Home. Why? Fundraiser Angela Humphreys, explains: ‘A lady who lives in his street who is rather blonde and leggy knocked on his door with a plate of brownies and asked if he would be prepared to help… He said yes.’
- And in case you haven't seen it yet, here's Amy Winehouse, aged 14, in The Fast Show:
SOURCES: Buxton Advertiser, Chortle, The People, Chortle, London Lite, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Mirror, TMZ.com, The Observer, Camden New Journal, YouTube
Published: 5 Oct 2007
