The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …
I’ve never seen her live, but I remember watching a Joan Rivers standup special for the first time and literally thinking she was magic.
The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …
Jackass’s “Poo-Cano” in which Dave England paints his butt to blend in to a diorama of a scenic countryside, and then starts explosively shitting upwards into the air, creating, famously, a “Poop Volcano”. Genius.
The funniest book I’ve ever read...
John Waters’s Shock Value. In every John Waters book, you’re like: “Wait, how can this guy be so funny in a … book?” It’s like you can hear his voice talking to you through the page.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen...
Brass Eye! That show literally makes my whole head explode.
The funniest film I’ve ever seen …
Maybe Spinal Tap? I just saw it for the first time recently. Every day is a new day to find out you’re an idiot for not having seen, like, the coolest movie ever.
The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned …
After my grandma died, I got to keep all her prosthetic glass eyeballs (she had one missing eye … you couldn’t even tell). So, naturally, I made a necklace out of one of the eyeballs. It’s my good-luck pendant.
The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …
I was eating by myself at a diner in Chicago and I watched a guy choke himself with a belt in between bites of scrambled eggs. Yeah, I don’t know what to make of that either.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …
Long Normal Hair.
The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …
My dad was working in Manhattan during 9/11 and saw it happening. He took a piece of rubble, and now he keeps it in a drawer like a souvenir. I know it’s not funny, but I think it’s pretty funny to think of a 9/11 souvenir, like it’s from a Disneyland giftshop or something.
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