Chortle

As if to highlight the degree to which brutes and philistines have assumed control over our cultural lives, there is not a single notice of this passing that I can find to which we can link; save for one: A rote Obit of fewer lines than this, on something called Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

Republicans 'Chortle' as House Democrats Wrangle in an Attempt to Bring Real Election Reform to a Crumbling System of Democracy ...

Brad Friedman: Holt Election Reform Bill in Meltdown...Again 2008

Now British comedy site Chortle (via Empire) informs us that the musical adaptation that Cleese discussed over a year ago with Steve at Sundance 2009 is inching closer to fruition.

A FISH CALLED WANDA: THE MUSICAL! C-c-coming Soon to a Stage Near You – Collider.com 2010

There is an old joke, told amongst Black folk that hammers this home in a darkly comedic (“Chortle!!”) manner.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

Rowley, Laurence Peter (July 30, 1941 – August 16, 2009) IMDB; Guardian obit; Chortle tribute

2009 – Deaths P-R « The Graveyard 2010

There is an old joke, told amongst Black folk that hammers this home in a darkly comedic (“Chortle!!”) manner.

“Res-pect Mah Authori-taaaaaayyyyh!” 2009

Diane Spencer picked up the Chortle best newcomer award this year, despite not being strictly speaking a newcomer she's been performing since 2006 and already has two DVDs released.

Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2011

Or 'Start by heading over to Chortle. net, then hit up the Create link and get to laughing' mister truman

Chartle.net Creates Venn Diagrams, Interactive Maps And More | Lifehacker Australia 2009

This was not Binns 'first brush with infamy: Chortle also reports that Binns had previously been fired from another radio DJ slot for "coarse sexual innuendo" during a discussion on bestiality on a breakfast show.

Tom Binns, British Radio DJ, Fired After Interrupting Queen's Speech 2010

Chortle all you like about the high-society types in Manhattan and Palm Beach taken in by Bernard L. Madoff's supposedly steady 12% yearly return in good times and bad.

New Mexico Mini-Madoff Case Provides Lesson For Investors 2010