Comedian Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington attracted over 200,000 people.

Kiwi stand-up comedy series A Night At The Classic is appointment viewing, says Deborah Hill Cone.

Comedian Sarah Silverman has never been afraid of causing offence with her foul-mouthed stand-up routines. Now her frank autobiography has won plaudits from the most unlikely quarters, reports Paul Harris.

Kiwi Flight of the Conchords duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement have cemented their star status with an appearance on The Simpsons.

Liberal news satirist Jon Stewart is planning a "Rally to Restore Sanity" in Washington next month.

Watch the Irish rowing pair give and honest and hilarious interview after their sliver winning performance.

Only Bill Bailey could have a theatre roaring with laughter over the Renaissance painting The Incredulity of Saint Thomas.

David Fane has been suspended from his Radio Network job for a week for offensive comments made during an expletive-laden rant last week.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's amusing yet bittersweet debut film is a departure from their previous collaborations.

The home of the American West family is "too classy" and there's no room for a Munter in the US version of Outrageous Fortune.

Outlandish English comedian Russell Brand gets a film to call his own, playing a wastrel rock star.

An embarrassed TVNZ has been forced to apologise to viewers after it was duped into broadcasting a live-to-air interview with a fake pro-whaling lobbyist.

The state broadcaster has admitted it was duped by a prankster pretending to be a pro-whaling advocate.

They had big shoes to fill, those comedians.

Teenage comic Rhys Mathewson has disco-danced his way to a Billy T. James award.

New show Radiradirah has assembled a comedy dream team in a cast where Boy goes bro'Town and it's Fred Dagg v Flight of the Conchords. But is putting them all in a sketch show a good idea?

Opening with the eternal question - 'what do you do with a BA in English?' - Avenue Q dispenses a bright and breezy antidote to the pressures of life in the big city.

The man behind 'Chopper' - and the star of forthcoming New Zealand film Predicament - talks to Alex Perrott.

Fell, a 2010 Billy T. Award Nominee, is rude, suggestive and sex-crazed, asking the many audience members he uses during the show about their sex lives.

Timeout catches up with Trekkie Monster from puppet show-meets-theatre musical Avenue Q.

There are fewer Indian jokes this year, even though they are clearly what the audience is after - the thick accents Mohanbhai did pull out had the room roaring.

Drawing on her six decades in comedy, Betty White was the consummate host - sweet, sassy, salty, charming and clearly game for anything.

Courteney Cox's new role is her most daring and controversial yet. She tells Rebecca Barry why she's basically playing herself.

Cougar Town perpetuates some nasty stereotypes about men and women, reports Deborah Hill Cone.