The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …
Brian Gittins. Gruff, absurd and sublime. I have seen him countless times and I’m always disappointed when he leaves the stage.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …
There is no humour in any of my hairstyles. They are all tragic in their own way.
The funniest person I know …
If I was as funny as my girlfriend I’d be a millionaire by now.
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had …
At Hot Water Comedy Club in Liverpool late on a Friday night. I walk on and a bloke immediately screams that I look like Lionel Messi. Twenty minutes later I told the crowd I was sad to be leaving and the same bloke shouted: “At least you’ve still got your Ballon d’Ors, lad.”
The funniest book I’ve ever read …
The Onion published a book called Our Dumb Century. It’s a work of such ludicrous ambition and such undiluted brilliance that every home should have a copy. It’s like the Sistine Chapel of comic writing.
The funniest meal I’ve ever had …
I met my girlfriend’s parents in a Chinese restaurant in her small home town in Canada. When our food arrived her dad took one bite, stood up and said: “I’m going to kill the chef.”
The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …
Tina Fey, co-hosting the Golden Globes in 2015: “Selma is about the American civil rights movement, that totally worked and now everything’s fine.”
Sean McLoughlin plays Underbelly Festival, Southbank, SE1, 30 June
