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1. 1. Comedy pals toast Mike

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 26 November 2007 COMEDY writer extraordinaire Mike Craig was honoured at a special tribute dinner  - with what else, but an afternoon of laughter.

2. 2. Playing it for laughs

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 November 2007 COMEDY club Frog and Bucket puts on its first play next week, and is set to be a big draw for some familiar faces. 100 Ways To Meet That Special Someone has been written by Coronation Street casting guru Rick Laxton and stars a host of telly actors.

3. 3. Brand new start for Russell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 November 2007 FOR a man as famed for his insatiable libido as his comedy, celibacy has clearly been an uphill struggle for comedian Russell Brand. He plays here on Saturday.

4. 4. Kris not sold on estate agent job

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 November 2007 THEY often get a bad press, even though many do a good job. So Britain's estate agents may not be totally sold on a new comedy drama series called... Sold (ITV1, tonight, 9pm).

5. 5. Fred Claus (15)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 November 2007 DAVID Dobkin's new comedy, reuniting the director with his Wedding Crashers leading man Vince Vaughn, will bring out the Scrooge in even the most ardent fan of Christmas.

6. 6. Jack And The Beanstalk @ Oldham Coliseum

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 November 2007 THE Oldham Coliseum certainly knows how to put on a good panto and so they should, because they've been practising this strange 19th century  tradition of cross-dressing mingled with comedy and fairytale, for about 60 years.

7. 7. Irony, that's the life of Terry

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 November 2007 IT'S one of the many ironies of film director Terry Gilliam's career that - although he first found fame from his animations in the quintessentially English TV comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus - not only is he not English, but he never even wanted to be an animator!

8. 8. Let battle commence for Kevin

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 26 November 2007 KEVIN Whately is involved with another side of the law in a new comedy drama about divorce.

9. 9. Wilson whips it up as Tory fixer

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 November 2007 RICHARD Wilson is nearly as famous for his firmly-held socialist views as he is for playing Victor Meldrew in the long-running comedy hit One Foot In The Grave.

10. 10. Warburton earns his bread

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 November 2007 IT'S a puzzle for a comedian, deciding what they will do with all the spare time that a weekend gigging away from home presents. John Warburton plays here tonight.

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