'Earl' could be king...
Redemption comedy is critics' favourite
01/06/2006 … The American version of The Office and My Name Is Earl were the best shows of the past 12 months, according to US television critics.
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Thu 01 June 2006
Elton: Legalise crack
Ben calls for drug laws to be scrapped
01/06/2006 … Ben Elton has called for crack cocaine to be legalised.
Wed 31 May 2006
An Ed start
First 250 Fringe shows revealed
31/05/2006 … Chortle can today reveal details of almost 270 Edinburgh Fringe shows – including a visit by a voice of The Simpsons.
Bad korma
31/05/2006 … Bruce Forsyth has offended Oxford students by making a joke about curries to an Indian woman.
Sun 28 May 2006
The gospel of St Michael
28/05/2006 … Michael Palin is to publish his private diaries from the time he was with Monty Python.
I'm not a celebrity...
Iannucci rejects reality TV approach
28/05/2006 … Armando Iannucci has been asked to be on the next series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! However the satirist admits the approach came…
Fri 26 May 2006
The jokes on us
Win World's Greatest Stand-Up DVDs
26/05/2006 … A new DVD, filmed over 23 years of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, is promising 90 minutes of the World’s Greatest Stand Up.
Thu 25 May 2006
Nautical but nice
25/05/2006 … Billy Connolly is to join wife Pamela Stephenson on a televised quest to trace the routes of her great-grandfather.