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Russell Howard Breaks His Fingers Which Is Genuinely Good News

November 16th, 2011 By Mof Gimmers

Russell Howard must have a terrible time with the ladies, what with him constantly displaying a wandering eye. Have you noticed how it mooches around his skull like a beetle tied to a six inch nail?

Aside from his funny eye and the fact that he’s about as funny as finding a shallow grave, Russell has had a slice of bad news while, ironically, filming his woeful ‘Good News’ show.

Basically, he was taken to hospital last night after breaking fingers. We were hoping that the mafia did it, but sadly, he was horsing around on a chair, rather than cowering under the threat of extermination.

Review: Stewart Lee and Henning Wehn at The Manchester Lowry

August 7th, 2012 By Si Sharp

It's been incredibly heart-warming to witness ?Crumpled Morrissey? Stewart Lee?s commercial ascension over the last few years. Seeing his routine in a half-full tent at Glastonbury 2005 was like a ?Beatles in the Cavern Club? moment for hecklerspray.

This comparison falls apart utterly since Lee already had a long and distinguished career in radio and TV, but at that point he had a relatively low profile for his stand-up. Seeing him use such beautifully eloquent and heavily worded analysis one minute and then to make equally successful points by saying virtually nothing at all showed a comedian with such a brilliant understanding of language both in making astute comment, but also getting a laugh for it.

We were so moved by the experience that upon our return home we promptly sent him an email. We simply had to let the man know. We imagine all stalking starts with similar self-justifications.

REVIEW: Dara O’Briain Live

September 17th, 2010 By Kris Silver

Dara O?Briain is the host of BBC comedy-news quiz Have I Got News for You Mock the Week, the show that brought the comedy stylings of, (Proclaimers look alike) Frankie Boyle and (Baby P lookalike) Russell Howard into our living rooms. His latest live show has seen him tour the UK and Ireland extensively in an attempt to prove that he's just as funny as the others.

The night starts off with O?Briain saying there will be no Papal jokes as it's just too obvious for a comedian to attack a former Nazi who is now the King of the Catholics, a church that seems almost dedicated to out nonce-ing Michael Jackson (although as yet there is no Catholic version of Bubbles, but give it some time).