The funniest standup I’ve ever seen
This is so hard. I feel sick. OK, I’m going to say Tom Allen taking out a drunk heckler at the Soho theatre was probably one of my favourite live comedy experiences. Tom calmly destroyed this horrible cretin, while keeping us all on his side and even charming the heckler. He’s one of my favourite people to watch on stage.
The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen
Natasia Demetriou and Ellie White doing acrobatics as “sexy American girl cousins”.
The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned
I wore a formal men’s suede waistcoat every day between the ages of six and nine. Enough said.
The funniest book I’ve ever read
My dad used to read me PG Wodehouse and do all the voices so I’m going to go with The Code of the Woosters, part of the Jeeves and Wooster cannon. Just the characters’ names on their own make me laugh out loud: Sir Watkyn Bassett, Roderick Spode, Gussie Fink-Nottle.
The funniest word
Noodle.
The funniest person I know
I have a friend called Gaby Leith who has tiny hands and a strange mind. We grew up together and she makes me laugh more than anyone. She’ll find a phrase that makes me laugh and repeat it until I’m dead. Once at a wedding I found her under a table repeating: “Tell your freaky lil’ comedy friends case closed. Tell em’, will ya?” To this day I don’t know what that means.
The funniest film I’ve ever seen
Intentionally funny: Waiting for Guffman. Unintentionally funny: Face/Off.
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had
At 4am in Edinburgh a few years ago, I walked on stage and before I had even spoken someone shouted: “What are you doing, lass? What are you even doing?” I thought that was pretty good because it triggered a massive existential crisis in my soul. What am I doing?
