All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Cambridge-educated satirist also edited National Lampoon and launched Spitting Image
05/03/2021 … Tony Hendra, the veteran comedy writer who played Spinal Tap’s manager Ian Faith in the 1984 rock mockumentary, has died at the age of 79.
Comic 'humiliated' socialite at 2007 MTV aweds
05/03/2021 … It may have been 14 years ago, but Sarah Silverman has apologised to Paris Hilton for making her the butt of jokes at an awards bash.
© Tiger Aspect Why some jokes leave us baffled... but we repeat them anyway
05/03/2021 … Two-thirds of people will laugh at a joke they don’t understand - just so they fit in better.
Comedian's series billed as 'the new Goosebumps'
05/03/2021 … Stand-up Bec Hill has signed a deal to write three children’s books, with her first title out in September.
© Joseph Lynn ...as does Vic Reeves' ex-wife and others
04/03/2021 … Noel Fielding has received ‘substantial damages’ after his phone was hacked by tabloid newspapers.
Episodes streaming after comic settles his dispute
04/03/2021 … The Chappelle Show has landed on Netflix in the UK after its star settled his dispute over the rights.
© ITV 04/03/2021 … Joel Dommett is to host a Masked Singer spin-off, The Masked Dancer.
Star says the money just isn't there
04/03/2021 … The Captain Pugwash film starring Nick Frost in will never get made, the actor has said.
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