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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harriet Gibsone

Jonny Woo: ‘I don't get heckled, I shut them up before they open their mouths’

Jonny Woo
Stars in his eyes… Jonny Woo

The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …

Myra DuBois. She’s the best standup on the gay scene in London. Best off script and she can rattle on without a break for two hours.

The funniest heckle I’ve ever had …

I don’t really get heckled at drag gigs; you shut them up before they get a chance to open their mouths.

The funniest book I’ve ever read …

The Andy Warhol diaries. His writing has a jolly, detached curiosity, telling stories about extraordinary people as if it were local tittle-tattle with a neighbour over a garden fence.

The funniest film I’ve ever seen …

Abigail’s Party. It’s the kind of film – well TV play – that is really funny to quote afterwards. All together: “I’ve got very beautiful lips.”

The funniest item of clothing I’ve owned …

My friend has made me this waistcoat thing covered in silk flowers. I’m not sure what to do with it. I can’t bear to get rid of it as it took her ages to make but I’m always like … WTF?

The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …

I cooked fresh fish once but I didn’t know you had to take the guts out. It wasn’t funny at the time. The flat smelled horrid for weeks.

The funniest word …

Snatch – as in purse.

The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …

“What do you get with a second-hand toilet? Second-hand toilet roll. Someone used it and rolled it back up again.” Jonny Woo, aged six.

Jonny Woo’s All Star Brexit Cabaret is at London Coliseum, WC2, Monday 17 December

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