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Funny story: After 8 Years "Desperate Housewives" Rides Off Into The Land of $yndication

After 8 Years "Desperate Housewives" Rides Off Into The Land of $yndication

HOLLYWOOD - After an eight year run which included 183 episodes, Wisteria Lane has been closed for some much needed repairs. Desperate Housewives, the creation of Marc "Roly Poly" Cherry has left the 'Soap Opera Building' and will now head into sy...

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Funny story: BBC to televise women's live mudwrestling: Mary Beard v Samantha Brick

BBC to televise women's live mudwrestling: Mary Beard v Samantha Brick

Today, the BBC are planning to show live women's mudwrestling from Glastonbury in a bid to boost ratings after axing "Total Wipeout". In what is essentially cheap television, the pilot show will feature "I feel pretty" Samantha Brick and "Meet th...

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Funny story: Christina Aguilera To Appear In A New Cooking Show Called "Makin' Muffins"

Christina Aguilera To Appear In A New Cooking Show Called "Makin' Muffins"

LOS ANGELES - Christina Aguilera, one of the stars of The Voice, has just been signed to star in her very own television show. A spokesperson for The Nourishment Network Griffin "Calories" Calaretti confirmed that Ms. Aguilera will he hosting the...

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Funny story: 24 Hour News Channel Goes Dark After Anchor Collapses

24 Hour News Channel Goes Dark After Anchor Collapses

Just five days after it went on the air, Ape Pee News, a 24 hour news channel went dark this afternoon after it's one and only anchor person,Wayne Mathews,collapsed from fatigue. "Frankly, we're disappointed." announced Ape Pee Spokesperson, Rhond...

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Funny story: Dick Clark Says His Death Was a Blooper, Vows to Return to Times Square for 2013

Dick Clark Says His Death Was a Blooper, Vows to Return to Times Square for 2013

Times Square - Dick Clark has no intention of resting in peace. The television pioneer has brushed off the massive heart attack which led to his death earlier this week, and is busy planning his traditional New Year's Eve broadcast from New York's Ti...

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Funny story: Hairy Bikers Fall Foul Of Italian Style

Hairy Bikers Fall Foul Of Italian Style

Popular motor-cycling TV cooks, The Hairy Bikers, have some embarrassing encounters in tonight's episode of their latest programme. For the last few weeks in the BBC's The Hair Bikers' Bake-ation, Si King and Dave Myers have been motor-cycling aro...

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Funny story: 'CSI-Nottingham' TV series to be made

'CSI-Nottingham' TV series to be made

Following the huge success of the American CSI series, CSI Las Vegas, CSI New York, CSI Miami, and CSI Los Angeles, the BBC have applied for permission to make an English CSI Nottingham Series. Originally thought to be impracticable by the £406k salaried BBC's Director of Vision, Jana Bennett, as she was made aware that after the cutbacks, Nottingham has only 4 members left in its Forensic Scie...

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Funny story: Star Truk: episode one: What a gay day!

Star Truk: episode one: What a gay day!

"Warped factor ten Mr Zooloo" commanded Captain Skirt. "Aye aye sird" answered first mate Zooloo. "We only go up to warped factor eight" interrupted Lieutenant Spook. "What happened to the other two?" enquired Skirt. "Left them at home sird" said Zooloo. "Ask Engineer Snotty to give us all he has got" ordered Captain Skirt. "Hey ho" replied Pekoff. "Stop that!" shouted Lieuten...

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Funny story: Eating disorders proven to be hoax

Eating disorders proven to be hoax

The Government today released a statement declaring that eating disorders are not/have never been real, and instead have been an elaborate hoax, created by two friend's in the 1980's. "It is a shame that so many people have chosen to fall for this...

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Funny story: Alice Roberts Reportedly Furious Over Latest Press Coverage

Alice Roberts Reportedly Furious Over Latest Press Coverage

Top TV scientist, Alice Roberts, is said to be fuming today over how she is presented in the news media. Her wrath was initially incurred by an item on popular news website, TheSpoof, which - not for the first time - reported on one set of the pro...

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Funny story: The List of Ten Television Reality Shows That Were Rejected For 2012

The List of Ten Television Reality Shows That Were Rejected For 2012

HOLLYWOOD - The Television Coalition For Reality Show Development has just announced ten shows that have been rejected for 2012. Armstrong Jimmy Pennypocket senior executive director in charge of TTCFRSD, or TTC as it is known for short, stated that every year they are literally sent hundreds of reality show videos that producers hope get picked up. Pennypocket noted that usually TTC is righ...

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Funny story: Oprah Fires Rosie, Then Does Dance!

Oprah Fires Rosie, Then Does Dance!

After telling the press that she was having to fire Rosie O'Donnell and cancel her show, a saddened, tearful Oprah left her press conference and went into her office. Where she apparently did a fancy dance for a good ten minutes, according to a pe...

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Funny story: D L Misty On The History Channel's New Mini-Series

D L Misty On The History Channel's New Mini-Series

I have been charged with the solemn duty of reporting to you on the new mini-series which will be aired on television's History Channel from next week, entitled Extreme Patisserie in HD. It was the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard who said: 'Patisserie must be eaten forward, but it can only be understood backward.' Whereas it was Henry Ford the motor car salesman who said: 'Patisse...

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Funny story: She Wolves: England's Early Queens... TV Review

She Wolves: England's Early Queens... TV Review

Ken Lucid gave the book She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled Engand Before Elizabeth the thumbs-up when it was published in 2010. Now Dr Helen Castor has turned her effort into a three-part series for BBC4, and this first programme focussed on Matilda and Eleanor of Aquitaine. It seemed only natural to ask Prof Lucid to cast his eye over results... Thank heavens for BBC4! It's the only place you...

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Funny story: Friday Evening TV Listings - Dorking Region

Friday Evening TV Listings - Dorking Region

6:00 - The Six O Clock Good News Dominic Blatter presents the good news, for those who don't particularly like bad news stuff about wars, crime, corruption etc. The good news shows furry animals doing comical things, and old people doing crazy stuff like wing walking on WWI biplanes. 6:30 - Regional News, Dorking Today Featuring an interview with a tramp, and a feature about viagra addic...

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Funny story: More Non-Gratuitous Gratuity Please

More Non-Gratuitous Gratuity Please

After it's premier on Channel 4 two weeks ago, Homeland became the latest US programme to provide viewers with a more "realistic" show, by being more explicit. Following trailblazers such The Wire, The Sopranos and Deadwood which also feature str...

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Funny story: Marmite and Whitebread - a new detective series

Marmite and Whitebread - a new detective series

Sky Atlantic has commissioned a gritty new detective series which promises to break the mould as far as stereotyping in US TV cop shows is concerned. Marmite and Whitebread are two tough, ambitious cops who have been thrown together by the top bra...

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