How Sacha Baron Cohen ended up working in a restaurant kitchen
19/10/2020 … It sounds like a fable for our times: to work hard and fearlessly on a comedy career for decades, only to end up working in a kitchen.
Mon 19 October 2020
Fri 16 October 2020
© Nick Fewings/Unsplash My neighbour paints the social distancing markings...
16/10/2020 … Tweets of the week New Covid19 restrictions: Medium low high tier: You can throw a satsuma at a cow.
© BBC An award to light up her life
How Victoria Wood couldn't keep track of all her accolades
16/10/2020 … Victoria Wood won a lot of accolades in her esteemed career: from Bafta, the British Comedy Awards, the Royal Television Society – even Chortle.
Mon 12 October 2020
It's a dung deal!
John Oliver gets his sewerage plant
12/10/2020 … John Oliver has finally got his sewage works.
Sun 11 October 2020
Why are horrible comedians getting so rich?
Highlights from Andy Kindler's State Of The Industry Address
11/10/2020 … Stand-up Andy Kindler has lashed out at comedians who become right-week commentators in his annual State Of The Industry address.
Borat joins social media
And is quick to joke about Trump's Covid diagnosis
11/10/2020 … Borat has joined Twitter and TikTok to troll Donald Trump.
Fri 09 October 2020
© cottonbro You know what makes me angry...?
09/10/2020 … Tweets of the week "I'm afraid this line dance is dead" "What was the cause of death?" "An over dosey-doe".
How the Comic Strip changed Nicholas Parsons
'He was funnier after Mr Jolly'
09/10/2020 … Nicholas Parsons became a changed man after he took part in the anarchic Comic Strip film Mr Jolly Lives Next Door his co-star Adrian Edmondson said.