This is my worst skill – remembering things. And a key reason why you find less and less of me doing standup and more and more of me not doing standup. I can’t remember anything.
Somewhere along the way the heady mix of misspent youth and misspent time-since-youth has resulted in a memory exclusively capable of parroting chains of numbers immediately after they were said, and my mum’s recipe for spaghetti. Anything else, useless.
So, far from a list of the funniest things I have ever seen on the internet, here are nine people and things that I DM’d to my friend Mark who usually gets a copy of something funny I stumble upon, and one plug for my podcast.
Funny people
1. Caleb Hearon
Caleb Hearon is everything I love about LA. His tiny pieces to camera are very funny.
just my opinion on the v*ccine stuff. not going to argue in the comments. pic.twitter.com/J80G2CSO5K
— caleb hearon (@calebsaysthings) September 13, 2021
2. Please Don’t Destroy
Martin Herlihy, John Higgins and Ben Marshall are far too young to be so very funny. And yet last weekend they made their debut on SNL.
I GOT VACCINATED!!! 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/HASanyAiNh
— Ben Marshall (@notbenmarshall) March 10, 2021
3. Hot Department
The great thing about Australian sketch comedy is that you can watch it online, sure, but in a few short weeks you will be able to go out and see it live (for example at my comedy club, Comedy Republic) and it is very funny.
4. Victor Kunda
Say what you will about it, the funniest stuff on Twitter and Instagram is a sketch that was made over on TikTok. There is a new breed of comedian coming up and they are very funny.
Funny animals
It is a personal disappointment of mine that I laugh more at animals doing things than anything else. None of the following require explanation.
5. This bird taking lead vocals
obsessed with this guy who just uploads videos of him playing classic rock riffs while his birb freestyles vocals pic.twitter.com/PRad1TY33D
— liminal era orange coat guy (@rtnordy) May 26, 2021
6. This dog scared of its brethren
7. This pony building up the courage
This pony working up the courage to jump this tiny step is everything. pic.twitter.com/cTS30cN99S
— Naomi Kyle (@NaomiKyle) January 24, 2018
8. This warthog quietly moving in on his prey
I have been screaming the whole day 😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/SYF1y97kOA
— Cheeeeeeeech (@sunshinechi1) October 11, 2021
Funny podcasts
9. This take on hot takes
I find it very funny at the movies when the credits roll and the producer, director and writer are all the same person. You couldn’t find anyone else who thought this was a good idea? Podcasts are the same. A million people who all think they have a very important voice, perfectly captured by this very funny sketch.
Podcasts saying literally nothing for 20 minutes. pic.twitter.com/nmfka1Gjsp
— Jonathan Ogden (@jogdenUK) January 5, 2021
10. This hilarious podcast from Kyran Wheatley
Having said that, I have a podcast. Each week my guest and I attempt the weekend quiz, with the help of a brains trust of two comedians in character. It’s called Wax Quizzical for reasons I don’t remember, and there are 70-ish episodes of very funny, very silly people being as dumb as they can – perfect reprieve in a pandemic. Especially Wednesday’s ep.
