11 years on from the final episode of Friends, a previously unaired scene has been doing the rounds featuring an unfortunately timed joke in an airport.

Fans of Parks and Recreation, get excited. Ron Swanson and his evil sex-crazed ex-wife Tammy are coming to New Zealand.

A new teaser trailer has been released for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, showing the new host settling in on set.

Comedian Amy Poehler is under fire after a joke about Beyonce's three-year-old daughter bombed on her new web series Difficult People.

Jemaine Clement has criticised local television networks, telling a US newspaper they have "no interest in making television comedy in New Zealand at all".

If you're looking for a last-minute Christmas present for your weird nephew or odd cousin, a ticket to Tim and Eric should do the trick.

Probably most familiar to Kiwis as one of the regular funny men on the end of Graham Norton's couch, English comedy star John Bishop is heading to Auckland for the first time.

US comedian Jon Stewart says he expects to return to stand-up once he leaves The Daily Show.

He might be a bit exhausting. He does rather hurt your ears. Even by email, which is quite a feat.

Comedian Rose Matafeo is leaving New Zealand for the bright lights of the UK - and to join her boyfriend, James Acaster.

Funny-man Russell Brand loves to stir things up for a laugh - but Lydia Jenkin discovers an intellectual jester who is using his fame to change the world one joke at a time.

Delivering one-line jokes on social media has secured a Dunedin comedian a job interview with Family Guy director Seth MacFarlane.

Former Seven Sharp presenter Jesse Mulligan has spoken out about his experience fronting the show, saying it was "hard to find a place to be useful".

The 7 Days team share their resolutions for Matariki, the Maori New Year.

Cam Cumming was so keen to do stand-up, he stormed the stage at an event on Thursday night, to the initial chagrin of the star attraction.

Noel Fielding took to the stage and embraced the bare accoutrements of traditional stand-up comedy, writes Karl Puschmann.

It might be years since the end of The Mighty Boosh, but the local following that Noel Fielding earned from the surreal show will be welcoming him to this year's comedy festival.

Three makes a trend, so it's official: Amy Schumer is the new John Oliver.

I have never been a big fan of comedians who resort to crude, shock humour, riddled with curse words that would make a sailor proud. So it was refreshing to get along to Wash Your Mouth Out, at Vault at the Q Theatre, in Auckland.

Miles Allen was a struggling actor in LA when his Breaking Bad impressions went viral, making him one of the hottest tickets at this year's Comedy Festival. He talks, in many voices, to Chris Schulz.

Colin Hay, the singer of Men At Work classics like 'Down Under', returns to Auckland as part of this year's comedy festival.

Taika Waititi is returning to the small screen in Brown Eye, a satirical look at the news with a Maori perspective which is starting on Maori Television next month.

US President Barack Obama took a few humorous shots at the 2016 presidential field - and a few at his own image - in his annual comic turn at the White House.

21 comics over three-and-a-half hours became 'comedy as punishment' at last night's Comedy Gala.

With the New Zealand International Comedy Festival just around the corner, Sarah Ell caught up with comedian Jamie Bowen.

Rose Matafeo reveals what part of her Jono & Ben billboard is photoshopped, and explains why she is staging her own funeral at the NZ International Comedy Festival.