Here comedians choose half-a-dozen or so of their favourite comedy moments, illustrated with clips. Whether it's just the things that make them laugh or important influences on their careers, these selections reveal what makes their comedy brains tick.
John Robertson chooses his comedy favourites
14/08/2013 … Spike Milligan’s War Memoirs Ten years later he’d be famous for making cartoon idiots explode in The Goon Show, but from 1939 to 1945, he was the exploded cartoon…
Brett Goldstein chooses his comedy favourites
13/08/2013 … I was very excited to be asked to do one of these.
Mick Ferry chooses his comedy favourtes
12/08/2013 … Laurel and Hardy In fact any Laurel and Hardy.
Jonny and the Baptists choose their comedy favourties
11/08/2013 … There is a danger with these kind of features that you might come across as a real dick.
Tom Rosenthal chooses his comedy favourites
10/08/2013 … I am sorry for the utter obviousness of all of these.
Charlie Baker chooses a baker's dozen of comedy favourites
09/08/2013 … Max Miller Live at the Holborn EmpireMax Miller is probably my biggest influence.
Vikki Stone chooses her comedy favourites
08/08/2013 … Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl Before Streisand got all serious, she made a movie musical called Funny Girl.
Festival Of The Spoken Word choose their Perfect Playlist
07/08/2013 … Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, geeky songstress Helen Arney and experimenter Steve Mould choose their comedy Perfect Playlist, with a heavy bias towards the…
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