Tag: Comedy
Gervais' small-man comedy long on laughs
Ricky Gervais insists Life's Too Short, his new comedy for the BBC, is long on laughs.[MORE]
Tina Fey wins top comedy gong
30 Rock and Saturday Night Live actress Tina Fey will receive the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humour - one of the United States' highest honours in the world of comedy.[MORE]
Brand announces Oz tour
Risque British funnyman Russell Brand will perform two live shows in Australia to coincide with the premiere of his latest movie, Get Him To The Greek, in June.[MORE]
Columnist sacked over Logies Twitter 'jokes'
Controversial comedian Catherine Deveny has been sacked by The Age following her online attacks on stars at the weekend's Logie Awards. [MORE]
Gervais plans dwarf comedy
The Office creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have unveiled a new BBC2 comedy project called Life's Too Short.[MORE]
Lenny Henry, Dawn French split
Comedians Lenny Henry and Dawn French split after 25 years of marriage.[MORE]
Robin Williams offers Rudd strip club truce
American comedian Robin Williams says he loves Australia and has laughed off criticism from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, poking fun at him in the process.[MORE]
April Fool's gags catch readers out
Flying car mechanics, flavoured newspaper pages and Labour Party election posters depicting the Prime Minister as a thug were among April Fool's Day jokes awaiting Britons in their Thursday papers.[MORE]
Comedy promoter not laughing on way to bank
Police are investigating allegations of theft from the recent the Big Joke Comedy Festival in Bangalow.[MORE]
Book store defends sale of 'control a woman' toy
Melbourne woman Katie Robertson has complained to Borders book store after finding they were selling a 'control a woman' toy remote, which has buttons including, remove clothes, cook and clean.[MORE]
Conan takes his show to theatres
Former late night talk show host Conan O'Brien has unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour US and Canadian theatres starting next month.[MORE]
Ellen DeGeneres set for Idol debut
Ellen DeGeneres set to shake up the judging dynamics in her American Idol debut.[MORE]
Well-readhead: Births, Deaths and Marriages
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Leigh Sales has gone on holidays and passed the Well-readhead baton over to the not so red headed Lisa Millar. From dining on death row to quite possibly one of the greatest wedding processions of all time, Millar shares her addiction with the Births, Deaths and Marriages section of The New York Times.[MORE]
Doh! The Simpsons still young and yellow at 20
America's most famous dysfunctional cartoon family, The Simpsons, this week marks two decades of making the world laugh while offering alternative television therapy to millions of fans.[MORE]
Police find missing comedian
Police have found comedian Dave Grant who was reported missing from his Cheltenham home early this morning.[MORE]
Police search for missing Melbourne comic
Police are searching for a Melbourne comedian who has been missing since early this morning.[MORE]
Merrick and Rosso sign off after 11 years
Tim 'Rosso' Ross and Merrick Watts thanked each other and their fans as they ended their 11-year radio partnership today.[MORE]
Python members reunite after 40 years
The Monty Python comedy team has been honoured with a special award for its contribution to film and television. [MORE]
Ultra-marathon feat proves Eddie iz 'ard
'I feel dead': Eddie Izzard completes 43 marathons in seven weeks, all in the name of charity.[MORE]
Chaser to bow out with Botox bang
The Chaser's Chas Licciardello is going all out for the comedy group's last TV episode on Wednesday.[MORE]
Nine reveals Hey Hey reunion plans
Variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday will return to Australian television screens for two live reunion shows later this year, Channel Nine has announced.[MORE]
New Zealanders can't fault Cleese
New Zealanders have voted the British TV show Fawlty Towers as their favourite program of all time.[MORE]
Australia divided over Chaser suspension
There has been a mixed response to the ABC's two-week suspension of comedy team The Chaser.[MORE]
Sick kids stunt earns Chaser 2-week ban
The ABC has suspended The Chaser's War on Everything for two weeks, to allow for a review.[MORE]
TV's Leno swaps late nights for prime time
Jay Leno, the popular late-night host of America's The Tonight Show, is bowing out of his 17-year run and heading for prime time TV in a major shake-up of US network programming.[MORE]
