My mother-in-law is so litigious...
Comic wins legal fight to joke about family
05/05/2010 … An American stand-up has won her legal fight to joke about her family – after her mother-in-law sued her over the gags.
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Wed 05 May 2010
Tue 04 May 2010
The comic's comic
Frankie Boyle creates graphic strip
04/05/2010 … Frankie Boyle and Jonathan Ross are writing comic strips for a new magazine from the creator of Kick-Ass.
Aussie comic sacked for her Tweets
Deveny joked about Bindi Irwin
04/05/2010 … An Australian comedian has been sacked as a newspaper comments after Tweeting jokes about Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s 11-year-old daughter.
Mon 03 May 2010
BBC pilots comedy chat show
03/05/2010 … Adam Buxton is to star in a new BBC comedy chat show, based in a fictional small village.
Sat 01 May 2010
What would Bernard say?
First female comic at his Embassy club
01/05/2010 … Bernard Manning’s comedy club is to be dragged into the last century… by allowing its first ever female comedian to take to the stage.
Marco's Kitchen Byrne-out
01/05/2010 … Jason Byrne has followed fellow comedian Mark Watson in being voted off Marco's Kitchen Burnout on his very first appearance.
Fri 30 April 2010
Oswalt shames jokes thief
30/04/2010 … Patton Oswalt has named and shamed a fellow stand-up for stealing ‘huge chunks’ of his act.
Anchorman sequel dead
Studio puts the kibosh on comedy follow-up
30/04/2010 … Plans for a sequel to cult comedy blockbuster Anchorman have been permanently shelved – after the Paramount studio turned down the idea.