Another one bites the dust...
London club closes after 20 years
03/01/2008 … One of London’s longest-running comedy venues is to close – to be converted into a snooker hall.
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Thu 03 January 2008
Seven hours of Dane Cook
03/01/2008 … American comic Dane Cook has performed a marathon seven-hour stand-up set to unsuspecting punters.
A little less of Edna
Barry Humphries has appendix op
03/01/2008 … Dame Edna Everage creator Barry Humphries has undergone an emergency appendix operation.
Minns on the mend
Beaten-up comic set for stage return
03/01/2008 … Norwich comic Karl Minns is to return to the stage after being attacked after a gig almost three weeks ago.
Leno, the scab?
Jay crosses picket lines for show
03/01/2008 … Jay Leno has crossed writers’ picket lines to bring his chat show back to American TV.
Tue 01 January 2008
Surgery? It's a Doddle
01/01/2008 … Ken Dodd has promised to be back on stage next month after undergoing hernia surgery.
Mon 31 December 2007
'Fairy' on top of the tree
31/12/2007 … Alan Carr has overtaken Billy Connolly to become the bestselling stand-up DVD in Christmas week.
In cinemas... with a fridge
31/12/2007 … Tony Hawks is making a movie version of his hit book Round Ireland With A Fridge.