At this week's Loaded Laftas, Tim Vine inevitably picked up the gong for 'Best Joke' with one of his latest one-liners. That gag was the simple, and brilliant: "Conjunctivitis.com - that's a site for sore eyes." The prize will have to find some space on Tim's mantelpiece alongside similar accolades from Edinburgh and elsewhere. To celebrate his latest bit of recognition, we (more)...
- 2/10/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
After a week of ranting and another sticking those rants into paragraphs, this is the last week I'm going to be scribbling down new stuff before next week's attempt to start saying it all out loud. As red line after red line goes through the page I optimistically thought of as "a set", my comedy tutor Marc Blake is doling out some important words of wisdom. The main word is "brevity". I might not be good enough for some Tim Vine wordplay, but I can definitely learn from him to make every word count. Losing all my pointless adverbs. Paring it all down to the bare bones. And targets. We mentioned targets last week but despite my best attempts, too much of the set was going nowhere. So, where I was skirting around a target, I had to narrow in with the crosshairs. If I just couldn't pin down a target,...
- 1/27/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
British comedian Nick Helm has been given an award for the best joke at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Helm was chosen for the award by a panel picked by the TV channel Dave, beating last year's winner Tim Vine. "I needed a password eight characters long so I picked 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'," Helm's joke reads. "I knew my joke was the funniest joke of all the other jokes in 2011," Helm said (more)...
- 8/27/2011
- by By Tom Ayres
- Digital Spy
Maria Fowler, Lauren Pope and Kirk Norcross attend 2011 Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards. Photo copyright Solarpix / PR Photos. Lauren Pope and Kirk Norcross attend 2011 Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards. Photo copyright Solarpix / PR Photos. Vic Reeves attends 2011 Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards. Photo copyright Solarpix / PR Photos. Tim Vine attends 2011 Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards. Photo copyright Solarpix / PR Photos. Maria Fowler attends 2011 Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards. Photo copyright Solarpix / PR Photos. 02/01/2011 - Bob Mortimer - 2011 Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards - Arrivals - Cuckoo Club - London, UK © Solarpix / PR Photos 02/01/2011 - Isy Suttie - 2011 Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards - Arrivals -...
- 2/3/2011
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
The Edinburgh Fringe has revealed the best and worst jokes at this year's festival. Quick-fire pun merchant Tim Vine won the funniest joke award, sponsored by TV channel Dave, for his one-liner: "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." The top three was completed by David Gibson ("I'm currently dating a couple of anorexics. Two birds, one stone.") and Emo Phillips ("I picked up a hitch hiker. You've got to when you hit them.") Gary Delaney was the only comedian to feature in the top ten twice with: "Dave drowned, so at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt. Well, it's what he would have wanted," and: "As a kid I was made to walk the plank. We couldn't afford a dog." Also appearing in the best jokes list were Jack Whitehall (more)...
- 8/23/2010
- by By Christian Tobin
- Digital Spy
The celebrities taking part in two Total Wipeout specials have been confirmed. Both episodes, which will be hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, will give the contestants the chance to win £10,000 for their chosen charity. Fitness expert Kevin Adams, Strictly Come Dancing's James and Ola Jordan, actor Luke Bailey, I'm A Celebrity... winner Joe Swash, stand-up Tim Vine, Fame Academy's Carrie Grant, soap star Adele Silver, javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread and (more)...
- 10/28/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Comedian Tim Vine has become the latest in a string of celebrities to film a cameo role on Neighbours, reports the Herald Sun. Vine, currently in Australia for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, stopped by the Neighbours studios on Monday to film the brief cameo role, describing it as a "dream come true". "Mum and Dad are absolutely huge fans of the show, so I'm hoping they'll just be watching it one day and I'll suddenly pop up," he said. "They'll fall forwards off their armchairs if they see me on it." The 42-year-old, (more)...
- 4/22/2009
- by By Darren Rowe
- Digital Spy
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