Hedgehog joke is funniest at Edinburgh Fringe
Comedian Dan Antopolski has won the award for having the funniest joke of this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.The one-liner "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?" scooped the London joker the title, and prize money, after being picked by a panel of judges.
Comedy critics from TV channel Dave had sat through thousands of jokes at 60 comedy performances to select the best 27, which were then voted for by the public.
The winning joke, which took 18 percent of the vote, comes from Dan's current show 'Silent But Deadly'. Check out the top 10 funniest jokes after the link.
The Top 10 funniest jokes from the Fringe Festival
1) Dan Antopolski – "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"
2) Paddy Lennox – "I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought: 'This could be interesting.'"
3) Sarah Millican – "I had my boobs measured and bought a new bra. Now I call them Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes because they're up where they belong."
4) Zoe Lyons – "I went on a girl's night out recently. The invitation said 'dress to kill.' I went as Rose West."
5) Jack Whitehall - "I'm sure wherever my dad is, he's looking down on us. He's not dead. Just very condescending."
6) Adam Hills – "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. You know you're going to get it, but it's going to be rough."
7) Marcus Brigstocke – "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"
8) Rhod Gilbert – "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble".
9) Dan Antopolski – "I've been reading the news about there being a civil war in Madagascar. Well, I've seen it six times and there isn't."
10) Simon Brodkin (as Lee Nelson) – "I started so many fights at my school - I had that attention-deficit disorder. So I didn't finish a lot of them."
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Dave
1) Dan Antopolski – "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"
2) Paddy Lennox – "I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought: 'This could be interesting.'"
3) Sarah Millican – "I had my boobs measured and bought a new bra. Now I call them Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes because they're up where they belong."
4) Zoe Lyons – "I went on a girl's night out recently. The invitation said 'dress to kill.' I went as Rose West."
5) Jack Whitehall - "I'm sure wherever my dad is, he's looking down on us. He's not dead. Just very condescending."
6) Adam Hills – "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. You know you're going to get it, but it's going to be rough."
7) Marcus Brigstocke – "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"
8) Rhod Gilbert – "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble".
9) Dan Antopolski – "I've been reading the news about there being a civil war in Madagascar. Well, I've seen it six times and there isn't."
10) Simon Brodkin (as Lee Nelson) – "I started so many fights at my school - I had that attention-deficit disorder. So I didn't finish a lot of them."
LINKS
Dave
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