The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …
Dave Chappelle is my go-to on this one. His last Netflix special had me torn up. Having grown up in the suburbs, I can very much relate to “having to be poor in front of white people”.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …
Lady Dynamite, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Chewing Gum. Anything about a woman who is a little bit nuts.
The funniest film I’ve ever seen …
I think I’ve watched Coming to America 500 times. Eddie Murphy at his peak was a magical thing to behold.
The funniest person I know …
My friend Dan Kitrosser. I mean, what else are you going to get with a gay Jewish man who likes basketball, pit bulls and Sondheim, but the pure golden light of life’s wondrous absurdity?
The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …
Every Thanksgiving dinner in college that I spent with other people’s families. Your friends’ families are all screwed up.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …
Whatever I did, or didn’t do, when I was eight, to cause that knot to form in my hair, which eventually had to be surgically removed.
The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …
A real whizzbanger that involves both slavery and the Holocaust. I think you’d have to be black or Jewish or racist to laugh at it, which is a weird and crowded Venn diagram.
Desiree Burch plays Hoxton Hall, N1 Friday 2; The MCT at Alleyn’s, SE22, 3 March
