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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harriet Gibsone

Phil Dunning: ‘I once dreamed I was Sandy from Grease but Danny didn’t fancy me'

Phil Dunning
Comeback champion… Phil Dunning

The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …

French and Saunders’s Baywatch sketch is my favourite. It was the first VHS tape that I wrote “Do not tape over” on.

The funniest book I’ve ever read …

I was obsessed with Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes in primary school. I learned all the Cinderella rhyme and performed it in class. Sometimes when I’m drunk, I’ll recite it to friends. Nobody has ever asked to hear it.

The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …

The Comeback is the funniest TV show I’ve ever seen. It’s stunning, and Lisa Kudrow is my idol. It makes me sick that it’s so underrated.

The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned …

When I was in the closet I used to dress in excessively boring clothes so nobody would suspect anything. If I were to present them on a mood board, you’d be seeing fleece, bootleg, khaki, Le Coq Sportif and golf T-shirts. I never watched or played golf.

The funniest film I’ve ever seen …

Death Becomes Her makes me laugh so much. The way Meryl Streep delivers the line “NOW a warning?” is the best way I’ve ever seen a line being delivered.

The funniest dream I’ve ever had …

I once dreamed that I was Sandy from Grease but Danny didn’t fancy me. Less funny, more heartbreaking.

The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …

Kirstie and Phil.

The funniest word …

Sarah-Michelle-Gellar.

Phil Dunning plays Machynlleth comedy festival, Saturday 4 May

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