The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …
A very early Paul Foot gig where he entered and exited the stage by climbing in and out of a window. It was surreal, awkward and belly laugh-inducing.
The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …
Cardinal Burns’s The Crystal Maze Post Office. It’s a classic “two worlds colliding” skit. So much of modern life can feel like an Admin Zone assault course, but imagining Richard O’Brien there with a harmonica makes it fun.
The funniest book I’ve ever read …
I have the book of the Withnail & I script, and nothing has made me laugh out loud more. Bruce Robinson’s stage directions are four days longer than we’d ever be allowed to put in a screenplay, but they are pure poetry.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …
Dawson’s Creek. The dialogue is so hilariously unnatural it’s as if the cast are choking on a thesaurus. Never fails to crack me up.
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had …
Having an ADHD brain is like having a room full of hecklers in your head at all times, shouting intrusive thoughts and pointless inventions at you while you try to focus.
The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …
Brunch at a cafe called Squat & Gobble with my co-writer Nathalie. We’d ordered poached eggs, but the waiter gave us fried eggs. When we mentioned this, he said, calmly: “Try not to think about it.” It’s actually pretty sage life advice.
The funniest dream I’ve ever had …
That the coronavirus pandemic was level six of a computer game that the dinosaurs were playing about some weird characters called humans.
The funniest joke I’ve heard …
There’s a Bridget Christie joke that goes something like: “I have a rape fantasy … that one day there’ll be more prosecutions and longer sentences.” It’s a perfect bit of misdirection and I love that the butt of this joke is the judicial system.
Lorelei Mathias directs Melon Comedy’s new sketch show Batshit on Comedy Sauce from 18 May
