The funniest standup I’ve ever seen
Doug Stanhope, Emo Philips, Reginald D Hunter and Adam Hess are the only comedians who have made me laugh so much I couldn’t breathe. I don’t know if this is a compliment.
The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen
Kulvinder Ghir and Nina Wadia in the My Son Got a B sketch in Goodness Gracious Me. I feel as though it is tied with Sanjeev Bhaskar’s Mr Everything Is Indian for the most uncannily accurate artistic depiction of my father.
The funniest book I’ve ever read
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, though that feels like quite a boring answer. Nietzsche is very funny. That’s more interesting; let’s go with that.
The funniest film I’ve ever seen
Sneakily watching the South Park movie on VHS with my sister when I was nine years old.
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had
A man sat at the front at the Edinburgh fringe, who had to clamber over the entire audience in order to leave halfway through and go to a wedding.
The funniest person I know
My sister, who is funnier and quicker and substantially cruder than I will ever be.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen
Again, Goodness Gracious Me. I remember watching it as a child with my sister, my parents and grandparents. Three generations laughing together, and me realising for the first time that comedy was something people like me were allowed to do, too.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had
A few years ago I got a buzz cut believing it would make me look cool like Riz Ahmed.
The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny
The current state of absolutely everything.
The funniest number
£350m, in a gallows humour sort of way.
The funniest joke I’ve ever heard
You had to be there.
