BBC bosses are reportedly screen testing comedians to replace Sue Barker on A Question Of Sport. The show’s producers are reportedly trying to attract a younger audience, with comics like Jack Whitehall, Mo Gilligan and Jon Richardson being considered for the job. It comes after last year Sue, 64, was tipped to be replaced by … Read more
Nick Cannon’s upcoming daytime talk show will premiere this autumn. Although it was meant to start airing last fall the program was postponed when he set off a controversy by making anti-Semitic and anti-white remarks on his podcast. However the 44-year-old’s show, which is entitled Nick Cannon, will arrive on airwaves in the fall of … Read more
‘Don’t stifle us!’: Comedians should be free to decide what jokes to tell regardless of PC culture, says Monty Python legend Michael Palin By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:47 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 01:52 BST, 29 September 2020 Sir Michael Palin has warned of the dangers of telling comedians which jokes they are … Read more
Priti Patel’s allies have hit out at a BBC comedian’s racially-charged jibe on Twitter about her not liking curry has sparked a wave of racist abuse calling her a ‘coconut’. Guz Khan, who appears on BBC3 show Man Like Mobeen, posted a photo of Ms Patel pulling a face with the message: ‘Shall we have a … Read more
Tall Scousers make us laugh – but diddy men don’t, study finds Statistician Dr Geoff Ellis studied what favourite comedians have in common He concluded that Liverpool was the funniest city in the whole of the UK To pinpoint the ‘funny gene’ he looked at siblings, age, height, star sign and more By Liz Hull … Read more
Female comedians are taking politics to TikTok amid the coronavirus pandemic – including a drunk Donald Trump and storytime with Boris Johnson. In a series of TikTok videos sweeping the web, women can be seen offering uncanny lip syncs of different political figures, but all with the same voice – a presidential moan or a condescending … Read more
Who is the man behind ‘Keep calm and do f*** all’?: Comic’s hilarious song exhorting Brits to lay on sofa or stare at wall to get through coronavirus crisis becomes massive online hit Mitch Benn, 50, called for nation to ‘indefinitely procrastinate’ in parody video The comedian racked up over 4,600 views after posting song … Read more