Simon Bird studies at Birkbeck College, Bird set up the sketch comedy group "The House of Windsor" with former Footlights contemporaries Joe Thomas (who plays Simon Cooper in "The Inbetweeners") and Jonny Sweet. They performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007 and in 2008 with a show called "The Meeting", described as a site-specific comedy installation set in an actual boardroom, which received national media attention and a clutch of five-star reviews. Bird and Thomas were also regulars on series 1 and 2 of "The Weekly Show", a podcast for Channel 4 Radio (2006–07). Bird also performs stand-up comedy and took part
Comedy Central Central's U.S. flagship network picked up a remake of "The Gong Show" hosted by Dave Attell, star of his former self-titled Comedy Central series "Insomniac", which debuted in July 2008. Another new show called "Reality Bites Back" premiered after "The Gong Show with Dave Attell". In June 2008, Comedy Central picked up the sketch comedy show "Important Things with Demetri Martin", which began airing in February 2009. On April 1, 2009, Comedy Central began airing in New Zealand as channel 010 on SKY Digital. On April 6, Paramount Comedy in the UK and Ireland rebranded as Comedy Central. On April