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26 April 2008: Humpf: I can’t be the only one to be sad at the news that the wonderful Humphrey Lyttelton has sadly died.
29 December 2005: Oliver Twist: This year the Library Theatre Company of Manchester put on Oliver Twist. And it was superb.
14 May 2005: Chuckle times four: Thanks to our new CBBC eXtra service (currently on cable and Freeview versions of BBCi - page 570, and launching on satellite soon) I was amazed to read that Chucklevision features not two Chuckle Brothers but four.
8 May 2005: Hitchhikers Guide to the Beer: The whole world and his aunt has probably seen Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by now, but I finally saw it yesterday.
17 April 2005: The Inner Circle: Back in November I mentioned a batch of cartoons I had found and was going to put online.
17 March 2005: What Would Be Nice…: There are some things in life that I just wish were true for me.
15 November 2004: Cartoon Attack!: Funny the things you find, isn’t it? Whilst looking through some old folders, looking for bad poetry to astound you with, I found something far better. A batch of cartoons I drew back in 1996!
13 April 2004: Shaun of the Dead: Saw the wonderful Shaun of the Dead yesterday, which for those of you who don’t know is a romantic comedy. With zombies.
7 March 2004: Standing on the corner with two dogs.: Whilst at Borough Market yesterday, Catherine spotted Sue Perkins - probably best known as one half of comedy double act Mel and Sue, and less well known as host of Radio 4’s The 99p Challenge.
18 February 2004: Boo Hoo (Is Anyone Crying?): The demise of fashion retailer Boo.com was one of the great dot-com crashes if all time. It went down in such a blaze that the entire world must have known what happened. It symbolised not only the successes of the dot.com industry, but also everything that was wrong with it in the late 1990s. As such, I was interested to find out more, and a chance purchase of the book, Boo Hoo, written by Boo.com’s former CEO Ernst Malmsten looked like it might be an interesting read.
20 July 2003: Ealing Comedy Fest 2003.: It’s July. It’s hot. There’s a tent in the park. It must be the Ealing Comedy Festival.
13 July 2003: Magnolia: Magnolia is apparently ‘astonishing’ and ‘powerful’. Personally I thought it was too long and a bit dull.
3 July 2003: Nostradamus Ate My Hamster!: The oddest book I think I have ever read. Just what has Robert Rankin been taking?
4 August 2002: Harry Hill, Comedy Genius.: One of the funniest comedians in the UK, Harry Hill is great. Go see! Now!
28 July 2002: Hecklers: Hecklers abused Trev and Simon on stage for no real reason. Which isn’t very nice really.

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