jonty
22-08-2008, 11:56 AM
http://uktv.co.uk/dave/stepbystep/aid/605477
The winner:
"I can't believe Amy Winehouse self-harms. She's so irritating she must be able to find someone to do it for her."
The winning joke, taken from her current show Mangled Mantra of the Messed-up Modern Mind, marks a triumphant return to the Edinburgh Festival this year after her debut solo show Fight Or Flight scored her an If.Comedy Best Newcomer nomination in 2007.
Of her win, Zoe Lyons (http://uktv.co.uk/dave/item/aid/605522)says: "I'm absolutely delighted to have won the award. I know self-harming is not funny but it's just a joke, so I'm not going to beat myself up about it!"
Other notables....
3. Lloyd Langford – "My girlfriend said 'did you know that hippopotamuses kill more people every year than guns?' 'Yes,' I said, 'but a gun is easier to conceal."
4. Josie Long – "When I was a kid I asked my mum what a couple was and she said 'oh, two or three.' And she wonders why her marriage didn't work."
6. Stephen Grant – "The Scots invented hypnosis, chloroform and the hypodermic syringe - wouldn't it be easier just to talk to a woman?"
The winner:
"I can't believe Amy Winehouse self-harms. She's so irritating she must be able to find someone to do it for her."
The winning joke, taken from her current show Mangled Mantra of the Messed-up Modern Mind, marks a triumphant return to the Edinburgh Festival this year after her debut solo show Fight Or Flight scored her an If.Comedy Best Newcomer nomination in 2007.
Of her win, Zoe Lyons (http://uktv.co.uk/dave/item/aid/605522)says: "I'm absolutely delighted to have won the award. I know self-harming is not funny but it's just a joke, so I'm not going to beat myself up about it!"
Other notables....
3. Lloyd Langford – "My girlfriend said 'did you know that hippopotamuses kill more people every year than guns?' 'Yes,' I said, 'but a gun is easier to conceal."
4. Josie Long – "When I was a kid I asked my mum what a couple was and she said 'oh, two or three.' And she wonders why her marriage didn't work."
6. Stephen Grant – "The Scots invented hypnosis, chloroform and the hypodermic syringe - wouldn't it be easier just to talk to a woman?"