The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …
Maria Bamford. I saw her in Edinburgh about 10 years ago and I don’t think it gets better than that.
The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …
There’s a French and Saunders sketch where they’re pretending to be teenage girls talking about “doing it”. Jennifer Saunders describes scooping up fish in a towel. I think that was my entire sex education.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …
The first series of Eastbound & Down. Watching an ex-baseball superstar try to elegantly step off a stranded jetski is one of the most brilliant moments of TV I can think of.
The funniest person I know …
Alistair Green. His lockdown videos have been a masterclass in what to do with loneliness.
The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned …
My old school uniform comprised of a full woollen, ankle-length “housey coat”, a skirt, yellow stockings, a leather girdle belt, and white bands that looked like someone had tucked a napkin in our collars. We did everything other teenagers did but dressed as 16th-century priests.
The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …
I took my kids to the Rainforest Cafe in central London, and there was a couple next to us on a Tinder date sitting directly below a giant mechanical elephant that trumpeted every seven minutes. It was the opposite of romantic, but they seemed to be loving it.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …
There’s always a point growing out a short haircut where I look just like a young Klaus Kinski.
The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …
At Latitude one year, I saw a woman wash her hands in what she thought was a long communal basin with little soaps along it. It was actually a urinal.
The funniest word …
Kent.
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