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Islanders turn out to farewell Wisdom

<i>Conchords</i> pair on <i>Simpsons</i> (watch trailer)

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

Satirist stirs latte land over Tea Party

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

Watch: Irish Rowing Interview going Viral

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

Stephen Fry's Twitter fans to script big London show

So good to have a laugh

<i>Paul Holmes</i>: Turning a sour kraut into a hit

After decades and decades and billions and billions of dollars it turns out about a million New Zealanders don't have the numeracy and literacy skills to make a living or make a go of life.

Review: Bill Bailey at The Civic

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

Warning: May contain story and characters

Another local comedy crew is unleashing its souped-up vehicle.

Barrel of laughs

They had big shoes to fill, those comedians.

Billy goes to kid

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

<i>Radiradirah</i>: A pack of jokers

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

Review: <i>Avenue Q</i> at The Civic

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

Making Chopper a stand-up guy

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

<i>Comedy Fest Review:</i> Jarred Fell, Pani & Pani

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.

<i>Comedy Fest Review:</i> Tarun Mohanbhai, The Comediettes

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.