'I'd look weird with a foot-long knob'
30/01/2009 … ‘I have no talent apart from telling jokes.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 30 January 2009
Russell Brand announces O2 date
Massive gig for supposedly 'shamed' star
30/01/2009 … Russell Brand is to perform at London’s O2 Arena for the first time.
Izzard announces UK tour
30/01/2009 … Eddie Izzard is to tour Britain for the first time in six years.
Thu 29 January 2009
Kelvin McKenzie tries stand-up
We review ex-Sun editor’s only gig
29/01/2009 … Outspoken former Sun editor Kelvin McKenzie has tried his hand at stand-up for a new TV programme.
Brooker takes on TV news
29/01/2009 … Charlie Brooker is to launch a spin-off from his BBC Four show Screenwipe, concentrating on TV news.
Fonejacker jacks in the phone
New pranks will be face-to-face
29/01/2009 … Fonejacker Kayvan Novak is working on a new comedy prank show… but without the phone.
Burying the hatchet...
Letterman to air axed Hicks routine
29/01/2009 … The Bill Hicks routine controversially dropped from the David Letterman show will finally be aired on the programme – 15 years after the comic's death.
Wed 28 January 2009
Legendary venue to reopen
Stand-up night for Woolwich Tramshed
28/01/2009 … The legendary Woolwich Tramshed, one of the original homes of alternative comedy, is to echo to the sound of laughter again.