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The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harriet Gibsone

Ken Cheng: ‘Someone once muttered 'Chinese' through my whole show’

Ken Cheng
‘I used to get all my clothes from the PokerStars VIP reward store’… Ken Cheng. Photograph: Steve Ullathorne

The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …

The Two Ronnies’ Mastermind “answering the question before” sketch. A perfect execution of the idea.

The funniest book I’ve ever read …

I haven’t read any funny books except the first 10 pages of The Timewaster Letters so far, and that’s really funny.

The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …

Nathan for You. I love the way his brain works.

The funniest person I know …

My friend Emma sends me these WhatsApp voice messages that start: “Hi it’s Judy from Amazon Customer Support”, which never fail to make me laugh.

The funniest heckle I’ve ever had …

Someone muttered “Chinese” through my whole show once.

The funniest dream I’ve ever had …

I had a dream Don Cheadle came up to my mum and said: “Your husband has been going down on my wife.”

The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned …

Nothing specific but I used to get all my clothes from the PokerStars VIP reward store for free so they all said PokerStars on them.

The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …

The “loss” meme.

The funniest word …

Rickets.

The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …

“The best time to add insult to injury is when you’re signing somebody’s cast” – Demetri Martin.

Ken Cheng: Best Dad Ever is at Bristol, Thursday 28 March; touring to 31 May

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