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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harriet Gibsone

Chris Redd: ‘The funniest sketch? Eddie Murphy being James Brown’

Chris Redd.
Hail to the Chief… Chris Redd.

The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …

The first time I laughed and couldn’t breathe was Katt Williams’s Pimp Chronicles.

The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …

Eddie Murphy on SNL being James Brown in “Too hot for the hot tub”. The accuracy in his impression and the silliness of watching somebody tiptoe round a Jacuzzi in James Brown fashion killed me.

The funniest book I’ve ever read …

They have funny books? That make you laugh? Seriously?

The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …

Watching angry people fall on ice they didn’t see.

The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned …

My rap name was Chief and so I had a belt buckle that had “Chief” on it. Yes, it was as bad as it sounds. And the letters were loose; you could hear them struggling to stay a part of the belt.

The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …

The burger I had when my cousin got a spanking. He wouldn’t finish his food, and couldn’t leave the table until he did, and was crying – and at one point said: “I can’t eat this. It has too many tears on it. It’s salty.”

The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …

Man, maybe the hi-top fade I had. I looked like Hey Arnold’s best friend. But now, the funniest hairstyle would be weeks from now if I stopped caring because the hair in the middle of my head quits coming to work after a while.

Chris Redd plays Soho Theatre, W1, Monday 10 to 15 June

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