comedy

Alanis Morissette put on the pigtails and went back behind a school-desk to perform with The Lonely Island for Jimmy Kimmel this week.

Almost a year ago, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong announced that he was suffering from prostate cancer. Today, he says he is cancer free.

Jack Dee is a misery guts and proud of it. He wears the whinging, grumpy, Englishman tag to a tee; it bodes him well. Dee has made talking about banal daily routine an art form and centres on the worst week of his life, which started with a blown light bulb in his garage.

Margaret Cho’s show, Mother turns out to be the “mother of all bad stand up” rather than an “untraditional look at motherhood”.

Comedy Festival fans vacated the performance by American comedian Tracy Jordan at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on Sunday night when it quickly became clear that instead of a comedy set Morgan was just delivering a sexist, racist rant.

Comedy legend Jonathan Winters has passed away in his home in Montecito, California at age 87.

The Tenacious D shows that went on sale in Sydney and Melbourne this morning sold out in minutes and new shows have been added.

Potty-mouthed cult comic and actress Sarah Silverman will perform in Australia for the first time in November.

The rock star of comedy, Brit wit Russell Brand, has announced a national tour for November and December.

Hairy concept comedy band The Beards announce a mammoth national tour.

Tim and Eric were a surprise success. Their bizarre and unexpected style of humour was a huge hit around the world with the TV show Tim and Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job lasting five seasons, which was followed by Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie.

Country icon Kenny Rogers will join rockbilly chick Lanie Lane, quirk-pop star Kate Miller-Heidke and more at this year’s Darwin Festival.

Kiwi comic folk duo Flight Of The Conchords book their third stadium show in Perth. Madness.

Sleaze metal jokers Steel Panther sell out Australian shows quick and are forced to upgrade to a bigger venue.

To combat all those leaks, acoustic metal also-rans Tenacious D stream their new album in full.

Beloved Kiwi comedy duo Flight Of The Conchords will visit Australia for their first headline tour in July.

Mock metallers Tenacious D announce their triumphant return in a video featuring Val Kilmer, Dave Grohl and Josh Groban.

British glam rock jokers The Darkness have reformed with a new single and an Australian tour for May.

National treasure Dame Edna Everage has announced her final live stage shows.

An enormous list of musicians, comedians, and performers sign on for an apocalypse-themed charity show at the Regal Ballroom.

Mock-rockers Tenacious D – Jack Black and Kyle Gass – release a teaser animation for their new album.

Mike Myers is working on a prequel to the Austin Powers films as a stage musical.

La Roux’s Elly Jackson has tweeted that she will be starring in the New Year’s Absolutely Fabulous special.

The loveable lowlifes from Canadian mockumentary series Trailer Park Boys hit Australian stages in 2012.

James Murphy, the brain behind LCD Soundsystem, will act in a comedy and appear in a doco on the act.

Comedian Kathy Griffin picked up $100 in Aussie bucks from Dave Grohl after enticing the Foo Fighters singer into her bedroom and using the time together to discuss the Dannii and Kylie Minogue.