Comedy legend Carl Reiner has died. He was 98.
Reiner's lengthy career took in writing for comedy greats, creating the Dick Van Dyke Show, directing the hit Steve Martin movies The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains and much more.
He worked regularly with Mel Brooks, famously in the classic The 2000 Year Old Man sketch. Brooks recently celebrated his 94th birthday.
One of Carl's children is Rob Reiner, the director of This Is Spinal Tap.
Award-winning comedian and writer Alex Edelman releases his debut comedy album on 10th July, a collection of 22 jokes, entitled ‘Until Now’ via 800 Pound Gorilla Records /Ada Distribution. Alex says "These are my favorite jokes from my solo shows and TV appearances. Old ones, new ones, red ones, blue ones. I'm so excited as it will finally force people on social media to stop asking me when I'm going to put out an album."
This one-off 15-minute sitcom pilot from comedian Phoebe Walsh was scheduled to launch in early June. No specific reason was given for its delay, but now it has finally emerged on BBC Three it has been well worth the wait.
Comedian Jarred Christmas is releasing his first ever stand-up comedy special: ‘Live From A Village Pub’. Filmed back in January at his very special local (The Cross Keys in Rode), It’s been a very long time coming (22 years in fact), but is well worth the wait. His first stand-up special packs a real punch; filled with his best jokes and stories.
The Canadian queens are as follows: Priyanka, Juice Boxx, Rita Baga, Kiara, JIMBO, AnaSTARzia Anaquway, Lemon, Tynomi Banks, BOA, Ilona Verley, Scarlett Bobo and Kyne.
For the last month comedians (and real-life couple) Lucy Porter and Justin Edwards have been keeping fans amused and educated with their podcast Plenty Questions in which they fire questions at the listener and encourage you to shout back the answer before they reveal it.
Some questions are easy, some will have you grinding your teeth in frustration. And there is one cliffhanger puzzler that they don't reveal until the next podcast.
Katherine Ryan is the new host of the Comedy Central clips show Most Ridiculous.
The series, which gathers together the funniest footage from the internet, returns at 8am on July 4 with two new episodes.
Adrenaline Junkies features stupid skateboarders, outrageous BMXers and madcap motor-bikers.
And in Sports Katherine Ryan commentates on balls ups, gym goofballs and martial arts mugs.
A new, unashamedly Jewish comedy chat show for a mainstream audience launches on Friday, 26th June 2020, created and hosted by comedians Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon.
"Jew Talkin' to Me?" is a lighthearted look at being Jewish through the eyes of some of the UK’s best loved Jewish comedians, presenters, broadcasters, journalists and actors.
Mark Rylance is to play the lead role in a comedy about golf written by comedian/actor Simon Farnaby.
Rylance will play Maurice Flitcroft in The Fantastic Flitcrofts, which tells the story of a golfer who qualified for the 1976 British Open Golf Championship and then shot the worst round in Open history, making him a folk hero.
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan. The series, co-produced by Expectation and Gilligan’s production company Momo G, will return to Channel 4 next year. The news comes hot on the heels of Gilligan’s Bafta TV nomination for the first run, picking up a nod in the Entertainment Performance category, as well as his recent lockdown series Mo Gilligan’s All Star Happy Hour.
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