Germans have no humour. Nonsense. There are always plenty of jokes. Mind you, it is possible you will not find them funny. Germans, at present need some levity in their lives.

Asking: what’s wrong with British comedy. And concluding that it’s rubbish really.

Live studio audiences are not a pretty sight at close range.

Adam Lovejoy writes from London: Have you ever seen ‘members of a live studio audience’, as they are called, at close range? No? Well I have and it’s not a pretty sight, I can tell you that. It happened outside BBC Broadcasting House on Regent Street. So that you know, the BBC records some of its humorous radio shows there, in front of live audiences. Most of these shows are not very good, but you would never know it by [...]

Comedians say taking the piss comedy is a scream.

What the hell is wrong with some people? A lot of people, actually? Millions and millions of people, to be exact. It just beggars belief what they consider to be funny or entertaining when they browse on the Internet or watch the box at home. Let us start with the ‘funny stuff’ on the web: why is it that absolutely stupid things make a lot of people laugh? Like that clip showing a man dressed as a gorilla – I [...]