This years funniest joke!

[Hammered]

The winning joke was a one-liner from 36-year-old Antopolski's show Silent But Deadly - "Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"

The Top 10 jokes were judged to be:

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 girls' 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."


The judges also listed some of the worst jokes at this year's Fringe.

Carey Marx - "I'm not doing any Michael Jackson jokes, because they always involve puns about his songs. And that's bad."

Frank Woodley - "I phoned the swine flu hotline and all I got was crackling."

Alex Maple - "Michael Jackson only invented the moonwalk so he could sneak up on children."

Phil Nichol - "She's got a face like a rare Chinese vase - minging."

Alistair McGowan - "I've just split up from my girlfriend, which is a shame, because it was a long-standing arrangement. Perhaps if we'd sat down a bit more..."


Article from the BBC website, although funny, I dont think it deserved the top spot i think some of the worst jokes were really funny!

Which do you think should have won?
Do you know a funnier joke?

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I liked the one about Starbucks

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

It took me two read throughs to realise you were talking abought the Edinburgh Fringe.
Since I was not there and never have been I can't suggest a funnier joke for the prize.

 

[headshotcatcher]

8) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."

'Ha, ha, haaaa'

No it's not funny, it doesn't belong up there.

This one was actually kinda funny in my opinion

Alex Maple - "Michael Jackson only invented the moonwalk so he could sneak up on children."

 

[APPCRASH]

God damn Starbucks. I refuse to speak their language when I want my coffee.

 

[Puppeteer Putin]

Ah, nice find. I like the hedgehogs one, very topical.... OK it was awful, but it's hilarious in it's just plain stupidity. Like a dad-joke... or Frank Woodley.

My favorite though has to be Adam Hills Starbucks crack. It is so totally, unequivocally true.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Let's just say that I have differing views from the BBC when it comes to what constitutes "funny".

 

[More Fun To Compute]

7) Marcus Brigstocke - "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"

I love Marcus Brigstocke.

 

[Akai Shizuku]

The winning joke was a one-liner from 36-year-old Antopolski's show Silent But Deadly - "Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"

The Top 10 jokes were judged to be:

1) Dan Antopolski - "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"
Not funny.

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'."
Not funny.

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."
Not funny.

4) Zoe Lyons - "I went on a girls' night out recently. The invitation said 'dress to kill'. I went as Rose West."
Not funny.
5) Jack Whitehall - "I'm sure wherever my dad is; he's looking down on us. He's not dead, just very condescending."
Pretty funny.

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."
Really funny.

7) Marcus Brigstocke - "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"
Not funny.

8) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."
Not funny.

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."
Not funny.

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."
Kinda funny.

The judges also listed some of the worst jokes at this year's Fringe.

Carey Marx - "I'm not doing any Michael Jackson jokes, because they always involve puns about his songs. And that's bad."

Frank Woodley - "I phoned the swine flu hotline and all I got was crackling."

Alex Maple - "Michael Jackson only invented the moonwalk so he could sneak up on children."

Phil Nichol - "She's got a face like a rare Chinese vase - minging."

Alistair McGowan - "I've just split up from my girlfriend, which is a shame, because it was a long-standing arrangement. Perhaps if we'd sat down a bit more..."
All shit.


5 or 6 are the only funny ones. I think BBC's sense of humor is fairly equivalent to Hitler's sense of compassion for Jewish people. This is rather embarrassing I think for BBC because I'll laugh at pretty much anything.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

I feel like if I were more British, I'd have gotten more of those jokes - as it is, the ones referencing people were lost on me.

Also, they weren't terribly funny.

I belive there is a possibility that the funny was lost in translation.

Oh wait...

I believe you could change the title from "Funniest jokes of the year" to "Proof that foreigners are right about English humor" and it really wouldn't make a difference.

 

[megapenguinx]

Alistair McGowan - "I've just split up from my girlfriend, which is a shame, because it was a long-standing arrangement. Perhaps if we'd sat down a bit more..."

I actually found this one to be funny. Maybe it's the way the joke is told?

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Maybe if the jokes were told like the teller knew they sucked...
I think it's called post-modernism?

That... that is how you do it, except maybe following the joke with a "Teehee" and then proceed to brutally rip it apart.

 

[hypothetical fact]

I smirked at the condescending dad and starting fights jokes and laughed out loud* at the ming vase joke for some reason.

(I wish I could say lold with everyone interpreting it as actually laughing out loud but teenage girls ruined that)

 

[LongAndShort]

The Adam Hills one was funny. That's it.

 

[GrinningManiac]

Fringe is the best

Saw Marcus Brigstock and "4 poofs and a piano", great stuff

 

[fenrizz]

I liked this one:

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'."

Rest were not very good, me thinks.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I believe you could change the title from "Funniest jokes of the year" to "Proof that foreigners are right about English humor" and it really wouldn't make a difference.

I believe you bloody foreigners are all us Brits really laugh about

 

[floppylobster]

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."

This joke is actually very old. He's just inserted some new nouns to make it sound current.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

I believe you could change the title from "Funniest jokes of the year" to "Proof that foreigners are right about English humor" and it really wouldn't make a difference.

I believe you bloody foreigners are all us Brits really laugh about

Yes well, I could see how jealousy woulld breed humor, albeit not very good one.

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

A couple are funny. We all agree on the starbucks one, but i liked the marathon and madagascar one.