The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …
Chris Rock’s Never Scared, Patrice O’Neal’s Elephant in the Room and Dave Chappelle’s The Bird Revelation.
The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …
People falling. Any video of people falling is really, really, really funny. And the problem is that you’re watching a video of someone in pain, so you shouldn’t be laughing. There’s a lot of videos on YouTube of people accidentally falling into manholes – those videos make me laugh really hard.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …
I think pound for pound, Seinfeld is one of the best shows, probably of all time. And the British Office.
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had …
One time I was performing at a college and I was bombing so hard. Twenty minutes into my set, I heard someone in the audience say: “You can stop now!” I looked into the crowd and I thought it was a heckler but it was the show organiser. I was doing so poorly she just wanted me to stop.
The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned…
Double-popped collars in the Spring of 2004. It was a really bad look.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …
My freshman year of college, I buzzed my hair and it looked really bad. I looked like a shaved chihuahua. I already have a very small head so it looked really ridiculous.
The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …
On our anniversary dinner, my wife and I went to a super-fancy restaurant where the chef recommended we have turbot. We politely agreed because we were in over our heads. It’s a fancy restaurant, you always say “Yes”, right? Wrong. It was the most disgusting thing we ever ate in our lives. The chef kept returning to our table, confidently nodding: “You like it?” At one point I ran to the bathroom because I thought I was going to puke. By the time I came back, the chef brought a SECOND turbot to our table. His timing was impeccable. Always heighten the joke. Well done, chef. Well done.
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