Blackface, blackballed
25/01/2007 … A club has axed a white comic who ‘blacks up’ as part of his drag act in the face of furious protest.
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Thu 25 January 2007
Dying to get on TV
25/01/2007 … A wake is to be held for Bernard Manning later this year.
Wed 24 January 2007
The heats are on...
24/01/2007 … The line-ups for the 12 regional heats of Chortle’s hunt for the best student comedians in Britain have been revealed today.
Jim's cancer tribute
Star-studded thank-you to son's carers
24/01/2007 … Jim Tavare is organising a star-studded charity gig to thank the hospital that treated his eight-year-old son’s cancer.
Tue 23 January 2007
Is this joke PC?
Meet the computerised stand-up
23/01/2007 … What could be the world’s first computerised comedian has made its debut on the UK circuit.
Mon 22 January 2007
Fringe boss quits
22/01/2007 … Edinburgh Fringe director Paul Gudgin is quitting after eight years, and will step down before this year’s event.
Very old jokes
'Stand-up' gags aired after 130 years
22/01/2007 … Jokes that haven’t been heard for more than 130 years are to be performed on the Blackpool stage this week.
Sun 21 January 2007
Down with this sort of thing
21/01/2007 … Fans of Father Ted have planned a bizarre festival celebrating the show – causing a war of words between two remote Irish islands.