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Sun 21 June 2015
Sat 20 June 2015
Netflix orders Maria Bamford series
To be produced by Arrested Development creator
20/06/2015 … Maria Bamford is to make an 'occasionally surreal' comedy show for Netflix, produced by the creator of Arrested Development.
Free speech? Only if you're black or gay
Jackie Mason goes off on one...
20/06/2015 … Jackie Mason has complained that free speech is 'only for black people and homosexuals'.
Fri 19 June 2015
A global Catastrophe
Channel 4 comedy sold to 10 more countries
19/06/2015 … Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe has gone global – signing deals to be shown in ten more countries.
Burbs star dies at 62
19/06/2015 … CANADIAN comedian Rick Ducommun has died in Vancouver at the age of 62 from complications due to diabetes.
Phone joke rings a bell...
19/06/2015 … • 'I don't have to be good-looking - I'm funny.
Thu 18 June 2015
From El Superbeasto to Groucho
Horror director to make Marx Brother's biopic
18/06/2015 … Horror director Rob Zombie is to make a new biopic about Groucho Marx.
Gary: Tank Commander rolls into the Hydro
Three arena gigs for Greg McHugh's creation
18/06/2015 … Gary: Tank Commander is to play three arena gigs at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro.