The funniest standup I’ve ever seen
Probably Daniel Kitson. But I remember crying with laughter the first time I saw Phil Nichol and, most recently, Colin Hoult as Anna Mann, too.
The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen
French and Saunders’ take on Titanic.
The funniest book I’ve ever read
I don’t tend to read much comedy, but there’s a fake advertisement section at the end of Derren Brown’s book Pure Effect which always makes me cry with laughter every time I come across it.
The funniest person I know
My wife. Pretty much every day she’ll say something that makes me roar with laughter (which I’ll then secretly write down).
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had
Not quite a direct heckle, but the first thing I overheard my mum saying to her friends after one of my Edinburgh shows was “Did you hear the rain?”
The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned
My undoubtedly flammable shellsuit.
The funniest film I’ve ever seen
Clue.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen
So many… Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em, The Office, Spaced, Phoenix Nights – all of them are very similar in tone.
The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten
One Christmas Eve I was made to eat a thing the person who cooked it called “caram-egg” – which was basically uncooked egg in the shape of a cowpat with the tiniest hint of caramel.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had
A rather strict and heavy side-parting maintained by several tubes of wet-look gel.
The funniest dream I’ve ever had
I once dreamed that the word “eight” was actually “oat”.
The funniest number
Eight.
The funniest word
Oat.
Nick Mohammed’s Mr Swallow: Houdini is at Soho Theatre, W1, to 18 Feb
