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The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Gibsone

Jen Kirkman: ‘The thing that shouldn't be funny? Trump's off-the-cuff speeches'

Jen Kirkman
Jen Kirkman. Photograph: Robyn Von Swank

The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …

Norm Macdonald’s new Netflix special; his bit about suicide.

The funniest book I’ve ever read …

I can’t decide. It’s either my first book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, or my second book, I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself. Otherwise, it’s the darkly funny Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.

The funniest person I know …

All of my friends will be mad at me if I don’t say them. I only hang out with comedians. I’ll say my sister is pretty funny. She leaves me hilarious voicemails when she’s watching the news and is losing her mind over Trump.

The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …

This isn’t a thing.

The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …

A shaved head I had to have after a pixie cut went horribly wrong.

The funniest dream I’ve ever had …

I don’t remember my dreams. Hopefully, funny things are happening in them. I doubt it, though. It’s usually all terror, isn’t it?

The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …

Donald Trump’s off-the-cuff speeches.

The funniest number …

I’m not going to say 69 but I know that’s what you all want.

The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …

The one about the comedian struggling to answer questions about what’s funny and so she just decided to give up.

Jen Kirkman: The All New Material, Girl Tour plays Soho Theatre, W1, Mon to 3 Feb

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