Why good jokes are hard to remember
22/03/2009 … Good jokes are harder to remember than bad ones, scientists have discovered.
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Sun 22 March 2009
Fri 20 March 2009
Sponsor pulls out of comedy awards
...but they will survive, insist organisers
20/03/2009 … Organisers of the biggest comedy prize at the Edinburgh Fringe have vowed that this year’s accolades will still be awarded – despite losing their sponsor.
'I am a Scout, we are the cyber virus'
20/03/2009 … James Corden: 'Mat and I would love to continue working together for a long time - but I don't think we've got any aspirations to be Cannon and Ball.
Jacko 'furious' over Now Show joke
Singer set to lodge complaint, newspaper claims
20/03/2009 … Michael Jackson is said to be furious after Radio 4's Now Show made a joke comparing him to the IRA.
Thu 19 March 2009
David Cross pens C4 pilot
New Comedy Showcase series ahead
19/03/2009 … American comic David Cross has written a sitcom pilot for Channel 4.
Call 999! It's a holy hand grenade
19/03/2009 … The bomb squad evacuated buildings after being called out to defuse… Monty Python’s Holy Hand Grenade Of Antioch.
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Catherine lands role in Gulliver's Travels
19/03/2009 … Catherine Tate has landed her first Hollywood role, appearing in the new version of Gulliver’s Travels.
Wed 18 March 2009
Hill and Kay triumph at RTS awards
So do Peep Show and Outnumbered
18/03/2009 … Peter Kay, Harry Hill and Peep Show were among the winners at the Royal Television Society Awards last night.