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Funny story: EastEnders episodes will be shorter and use CGI on set to compensate for social distancing - unfortunately 20 minutes will still feel like 30 minutes

EastEnders episodes will be shorter and use CGI on set to compensate for social distancing - unfortunately 20 minutes will still feel like 30 minutes

The filming of British soap EastEnders will adopt digital technology to meet social distancing requirements. Actor, Jake Woods, said: ‘CGI is amazing. I film my scenes at home sat on the toilet but with CGI it looks I’m in someone else’s home sat on…

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Funny story: How many more series of this are there?

How many more series of this are there?

A woman who agreed to watch all of the series of her potential new partner's favourite series, forgot to ask which series it was. 'He seemed quite the young man about town,' said local barmaid, Tracey Brassingthwaite, 'so I thought it might be one…

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Funny story: President Trump Vows to Start Banning Some of the Dozens of Reality Cooking Shows

President Trump Vows to Start Banning Some of the Dozens of Reality Cooking Shows

WASHINGTON, D.C – The president recently stated that he has been getting a lot of complaints about the tremendous amount of cooking shows on the cable channels. He said that people say that they’re fed up with shows like "Master Chef", "Blocked",...

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Funny story: Jimmy Kimmel Says That Broadcasting His Show From His Home is Totally Depressing

Jimmy Kimmel Says That Broadcasting His Show From His Home is Totally Depressing

LOS ANGELES – All of the late night talk show hosts have been doing their shows from their homes due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Jimmy Kimmel said that the sheltering-in-place is causing him to hallucinate and become extremely depressed. He to...

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Funny story: Time Taking Longer To Happen During Lockdown

Time Taking Longer To Happen During Lockdown

The well-worn phrase which implies that time moves faster when we are enjoying ourselves, and that it drags when we are not, has been given scientific credibility at last, after countless people rang the BBC to complain that time was now progressing...

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Funny story: Prison Break And Other Jail Dramas To Get Re-runs

Prison Break And Other Jail Dramas To Get Re-runs

To counter the boredom being experienced by people all over the country due to the current Coronavirus lockdown ruling, Channel 4 has decided to broadcast repeats of the successful US prison drama, Prison Break. The five series of the show are 'ex...

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Funny story: Harry to join Top Gear

Harry to join Top Gear

BBC insiders have revealed that Prince Harry is in negotiations to join the Top Gear team as a presenter. The move is due to the impending departure of Paddy McGuiness. Paddy is understood to be leaving in order to reprise his roll as Paddy in th...

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Funny story: Celebrity Squares To Make A Comeback In Effort To Thwart Lockdown Boredom

Celebrity Squares To Make A Comeback In Effort To Thwart Lockdown Boredom

The once-popular Sunday teatime TV gameshow, Celebrity Squares, is to make a long-awaited comeback in an effort to give viewers something to look forward to at the weekend, and to beat the Lockdown Blues. Originally hosted by Bob Monkhouse, the sh...

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Funny story: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Sheltering-in-Place and Binge Watching Reruns of Leave It To Beaver

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Sheltering-in-Place and Binge Watching Reruns of Leave It To Beaver

LOS ANGELES – With most of the country now being ordered to shelter-in-place, many families are turning to watching more and more television. Reports are that sales of TV dinners have gone up by 600%, and most furniture stores report that they ha...

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Funny story: President Trump Agrees To Return To The Apprentice

President Trump Agrees To Return To The Apprentice

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The leader of the free world has just announced that he and NBC have reached an agreement for him to return to prime time television with a weekly reality show. Trump says that he is really looking forward to returning to film T...

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Funny story: Americans Find Cornoavirus Best Warded Off by Lying on Couch and Watching a Lot of T.V.

Americans Find Cornoavirus Best Warded Off by Lying on Couch and Watching a Lot of T.V.

Amidst panic over the COVID-19 epidemic, which prompted United States President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency, many Americans report finding that coronavirus is best warded off by lying on the couch and watching a lot of T.V. “The c...

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Funny story: Phillip Schofield Often Gets A Hard-on When Interviewing Male Guests - Claim

Phillip Schofield Often Gets A Hard-on When Interviewing Male Guests - Claim

It's been claimed that Phillip Schofield, the 'This Morning' TV presenter who, last week, came out of the closet to reveal his homosexuality, often becomes sexually aroused when he has to interview a male guest. Or so I heard. The news comes fr...

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Funny story: Phillip Schofield Stuns Viewer With 'Unexpected' Gay Admission

Phillip Schofield Stuns Viewer With 'Unexpected' Gay Admission

When 'This Morning' TV presenter, Phillip Schofield, admitted last week, that he was a homosexual, and had been hiding this from his wife for years, the news came as a complete surprise to one man who was a regular viewer of the show. Ernest Gulle...

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Funny story: 'A Question Of Sport' Sue Barker Faces Axe

'A Question Of Sport' Sue Barker Faces Axe

A major controversy is brewing at the BBC this evening, after it was announced that the 'A Question of Sport' host, former tennis star, Sue Barker, is to be replaced on the show by a cardboard cut-out of herself. Barker, 63, was a surprise choice...

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Funny story: Tories Wreck EastEnders Christmas Show Script After Surprise Election Result

Tories Wreck EastEnders Christmas Show Script After Surprise Election Result

BBC bosses are, this morning, running around in a frenzy, after the surprise General Election result left the producers of the channel's miserable soap drama, 'EastEnders', caught them off-guard, and ruined the Christmas Special show, which hinged on...

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Funny story: Prince Andrew To Do Second TV Interview

Prince Andrew To Do Second TV Interview

Prince Andrew, fresh from his BBC Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis that some have compared to a "car crash" and even "an articulated lorry crash", has decided to do another TV interview to "put the record straight". He will be grilled by Con…

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Funny story: Greta Thunberg To Host QI

Greta Thunberg To Host QI

There was good news for fans of TV comedy quiz show QI today, when it was revealed that Swedish schoolgirl environmental activist and campaigner Greta Thunberg would be taking over the running of things from next month. Thunberg ousts another Scan...

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