davieG Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 BBC Comedian Stewart Francis has won an award for the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe. The deadpan Canadian funnyman was given the prize by digital TV channel Dave, whose panel put a selection of their favourites to a public vote. He won for the joke: "You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks." The British King of the one-liner, Tim Vine, took the runner-up spot for the second year in a row. Vine, who won the award two years ago, appears twice in the list of 10 jokes compiled by the TV channel, as does Francis. The top jokes were: 1. Stewart Francis - "You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks." 2. Tim Vine - "Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. Luckily I was the one facing the telly. " 3. Will Marsh - "I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister." 4. Rob Beckett - "You know you're working class when your TV is bigger than your book case." 5. Chris Turner - "I'm good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet… I don't know why." 6. Tim Vine - "I took part in the sun tanning Olympics - I just got Bronze." 7. George Ryegold - "Pornography is often frowned upon, but that's only because I'm concentrating." 8. Stewart Francis - "I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!" 9. Lou Sanders - "I waited an hour for my starter so I complained: 'It's not rocket salad." 10. Nish Kumar - "My mum's so pessimistic, that if there was an Olympics for pessimism… she wouldn't fancy her chances." The winning joke was taken from Stewart Francis's current Edinburgh show, Return of the Lumberjacks. The show, at The Assembly Rooms, is a reunion for Francis and other Canadian comics, Craig Campbell and Glenn Wool. Francis, who made his Edinburgh debut 15 years ago, has made appearances on British TV shows such as Mock the Week and Live at The Apollo. Although born in Canada, both of Stewart's parents are British and he lives in the UK full-time with his Scottish wife. Of his win, Stewart said: "1969 West Mall Soccer Association's Most Valuable Player, and now this." The 10 Dave judges sat through an average of 60 comedy shows. The panel was made up of comedy critics such as Dominic Maxwell of The Times, Mark Monahan of the Daily Telegraph and Bruce Dessau of the Evening Standard. They shortlisted 30 jokes which were then put to a public vote.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 Tim Vine. I thought that kind of stand-up died 40 years ago. I can't believe he's not some local support act, every joke is the exact same thing!
21st Century Fox Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 Tim Vine is about as funny as stapling your nutsack.
fleckneymike Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 Love Tim Vine. Oh and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't your invent tipex?
Trav Le Bleu Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 They are all so poor. Explain? Thought they were all funny.
glenny_fox Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 Explain? Thought they were all funny. Just personal preference i guess number 2 is probably the best though.
glenny_fox Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 Then again my one liners are just as bad, if not worse what do you call a fly without wings.. a walk.... i'll get my coat
MPH Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 What i like about Tim Vine is that he is still coming up with original material after years of doing one liners... I saw him a few years back in Leicester as part of his punslinger tour . Part of the Leicester comedy festival.. You'll never hear a swear word, a rude joke or anything like that. You really could take all the family to see him. That might be a bad thing for some people though.
Captain... Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 Tim Vine is brilliant and Stewart Francis, love their work, also a fan of that surreal one who does one liners and puns often on Mock the Week, you know the one I mean. But they are not my favourite stand-ups though, I much prefer those with something a bit more to say, like Bill Hicks did, or of the modern lot Stewart Lee. Edit: Oh and my favourite is number 3 Edit 2: Milton Jones that's who I mean.
MooseBreath Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 Tim Vine is brilliant and Stewart Francis, love their work, also a fan of that surreal one who does one liners and puns often on Mock the Week, you know the one I mean. Milton Jones? I couldn't stop having orgasms the first time I discovered him on youtoob
Captain... Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 Milton Jones? I couldn't stop having orgasms the first time I discovered him on youtoob That's the one.
ADK Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 #7 Made me laugh. #5 I didn't get the first 2 times probably because i read it and didn't hear it. #4 Is the worst.
Zingari Posted 21 August 2012 Posted 21 August 2012 These jokes don't sound very "fringe" anymore though .They sound very mainstream to me .
Rincewind Posted 22 August 2012 Posted 22 August 2012 Number 4 for me too. Probably because my bookcase is bigger than my telly. I can sort of relate to it. 4. Rob Beckett - "You know you're working class when your TV is bigger than your book case." Tim Vine may be old fashioned but his jokes are not ten minutes long about experiences with vaginas. They are quick one liners which is a dying art. Bob Monkhouse used to be a master of this and Ken Dodd still does them to sell out audiences.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 22 August 2012 Posted 22 August 2012 One liner jokes are certainly a lot better when said outloud rather than read in my head. I quite like Tim Vine but not a fan of Milton Jones, that said I've not seen Milton do stand up, only on Mock the Week where his jokes seem too set-up for me to laugh much. I know they all prepare the jokes before hand, he just doesn't seem to pull it off as well as the others do? That said, I think I prefer observational comedy anyway - I really wanted to see Josh Widdecombe at the Crumblin' Cookie a few weeks ago but I couldn't because I was busy at work. Gutted
Tielemans63 Posted 23 August 2012 Posted 23 August 2012 Numbers 1 &10 made me laugh but some of them are awful - number 9 is particularly bad.
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 23 August 2012 Posted 23 August 2012 I think Tim Vine's brilliant, especially his live stand-up. Stewart Francis' delivery kills me every single joke.
isaidno Posted 23 August 2012 Posted 23 August 2012 I went to see Stewart Francis a few months ago, he was brilliant !
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