The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …
I’d say Richard Pryor Live in Concert. I remember watching it when I was five – don’t judge me, judge my parents – and decades later as a grown man, it’s still hilarious. Might be the reason I do what I do now.
The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …
Dave Chappelle’s blind, black white-supremacist sketch. It’s so wrong on so many levels but it’s too funny. Good comedy should be like that.
The funniest book I’ve ever read …
It by Stephen King. What can I say? I have a dark sense of humour. Pennywise would be a great comedian.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …
The Boondocks. It’s an animated show that you can still find online … edgy, topical and timeless.
The funniest person I know …
My two-year-old daughter. She is probably the only person that makes me laugh every day. Real funny bones. Wonder where she gets it from?
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had …
A couple of years back, some guy in the audience set himself on fire. Not on purpose, I hope: he had a laboured ponytail that had seen better days. Poor guy leaned too close to a candle at the bar, and his hair went from fashion disaster to fire hazard in seconds.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …
I had silver hair for a dance competition I was in. We were doing choreography to a Dru Hill song and I was meant to be Sisqo.
The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …
All the angry messages I get from “patriots”. I find it ironic that people who claim to love England so much have never bothered to learn to write the language properly.
The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …
Every time I get stopped by police and they tell me it’s a “random” stop and search. LOLZ. That one never gets old.
Nabil Abdulrashid plays Salford, 21 Mar, and is on tour 9 Sep to 28 Oct, with further dates to be announced
