Edinburgh show is just Michael Caine saying 'never' for an hour
Stuart Laws's off-the-wall idea
30/07/2024 … Comedian Stuart Laws is staging an Edinburgh Fringe show in which he imitates Michael Caine saying ‘never’ – for a full hour.
Tue 30 July 2024
Wed 24 July 2024
© Ricardo Liberato/CC BY-SA 2.0 'Benny Hill was a bad motherfucker'
Snoop Dogg on his unexpected love for a comedy icon
24/07/2024 … He’s not the obvious Benny Hill fanboy, but Snoop Dogg has been waxing lyrical about his love of the old-school British comic, despite him long falling out…
Sun 21 July 2024
Talk about joke theft!
Dara Ó Briain is the victim of a ‘shocking’ crime
21/07/2024 … Dara Ó Briain has been the victim of a ‘shocking’ crime on the supposedly genteel island of Guernsey.
Sat 20 July 2024
How Bob Newhart's wife kept him grounded
Comic was married to Ginnie for 60 years
20/07/2024 … The Times Diary column today recounts a lovely story about how Bob Newhart’s wife Ginnie kept his feet on the ground.
© TPapi/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 I used to be addicted to Whack-a-mole...
20/07/2024 … Tweets of the week No wonder Microsoft is buggered, just spotted Clippy now working in Waverley Station pic.
Fri 19 July 2024
When Stewart Lee was mistaken for a tramp
...and the year he was cut out of the Baftas
19/07/2024 … He might be one of Britain’s most respected comedians – but not everybody recognises Stewart Lee.
Tue 16 July 2024
I'm not flyering - I'll do tarot readings instead
Andrew Clover on doing a pared-back Edinburgh Fringe
16/07/2024 … Fringe performer Andrew Clover is shunning flyers and will instead promote his show via an alternative route – tarot cards.
Rolling in the aisles...
Gary: Tank Commander to entertain Lidl shoppers
16/07/2024 … Fed up of supermarket musak? Well, Lidl will instead play comedy shows from Gary: Tank Commander in its Scottish stores next month.