The funniest standup I’ve ever seen
Billy Connolly. I saw him in Dublin when I was 16 and all I wanted him to do was to stop talking because I couldn’t catch my breath from laughing. He paints pictures in your head with his beautiful, fantastic use of words. He will always be my number one hero.
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had
“Get off, you’re fit!” A person actually thought I was too fit-looking to be a comic.
The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny
When people fall over in the street.
The funniest film I’ve ever seen
The Jerk. It is Steve Martin at his best, full of silly jokes and great moments. He made comedy history with that movie. One of my favourite scenes is when he thumbs a lift, he gets into truck and asks the driver where he’s headed. “To the end of the fence,” says the driver. “Great,” says the Jerk, and he then gets out a few feet from where he was thumbing a lift.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had
A very uneven bowl cut.
The funniest number
92.
The funniest joke I’ve ever heard
“I’m a liquorice farmer.” “Oh, what do you do?” “All sorts.” Boom!
The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen
Fork Handles, Four Candles by the Two Ronnies. I sat on the floor of my living room as my dad coughed and spluttered his laughter out through his red face; I thought he was going to need an ambulance. This sketch is the perfect lesson in playing on words, and Ronnie Barker was a genius at it.
The funniest word
Gravel.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen
Family Guy. It’s been such an amazing outlet for things you are just not allowed to say on stage or screen unless you’re a cartoon. When it gets dark, it gets really dark; my favourite kind of comedy, that I never do on stage.
