The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …
Harry Hill’s 2005 tour preview at a 100-seater venue in Windsor. I had no idea what a preview was but loved it. Once I gig with Harry I will have completed comedy.
The funniest book I’ve ever read …
No books are funny, unless you find a swearword in a dictionary.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …
Arrested Development. I’ve watched it all at least 12 times and it’s still funny because there’s a thousand jokes every minute.
The funniest film I’ve ever seen …
I like when people give pretentious answers to this question: “For me it has to be Duck Soup, it still stands up.” No it doesn’t. In the 30s, people would literally laugh at a window because they were in thrall to economic despair and TB. Austin Powers or Bridesmaids.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …
I didn’t have a hairstyle until I was 17; just however it fell. Then I met my first hair mentor and everything changed.
The funniest word …
Rinkrat.
The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …
I like when Alex Horne says he’s never had an egg. Or Lou Sanders saying opinions are like arseholes – everyone wants to see hers. Or when John Kearns talks about supporting Russell Kane, or when James Acaster says “be that as it may” or Annie McGrath’s Girl With the Pearl Earring “yeah, but I preferred the painting” routine.
Stuart Laws Stops is at Upstairs, Soho Theatre, W1, Tue & Wed
