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Masai Graham wins Edinburgh Fringe funniest joke award-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro
It’s his second time winning.
Comic Graham has celebrated his second wine of the coveted prize (Picture: PA)
A pasta pun has been named the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe as the award returned for the first time since before the pandemic.
Masai Graham was voted the winner with his gag: ‘I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn’t get pasta.’
The Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe award, voted for by members of the public, was back for the first time since 2019.
Graham also won the accolade in 2016 with his joke: ‘My dad suggested I register for a donor card – he’s a man after my own heart.’
‘It’s great to see the Edinburgh Fringe Festival back up and running again, it’s my spiritual home,’ the West Bromwich-born comedian said, who is performing his show Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 minutes at Dropkick Murphys until August 28.
‘I was so delighted to find out I’d won the Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe award for a second time – I thought: “This is getting pasta joke.”’
His joke about pasta was voted the funniest (Picture: PA)
Tim Vine, a past winner of the award and pictured here at the Fringe in 2013, also made this year’s top 10 (Picture: Getty)
Comedy critics attended hundreds of comedy shows across this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe to create a shortlist which was voted on by 2,000 members of the public, who were not told the names of the comedians in the running.
This year’s top 10 included two appearances by Falafel, as well as one-liners by Mark Simmons, Hannah Fairweather, Will Mars and Tim Vine.
Now in its 13th year, previous winners of the award also include Vine, Ken Cheng, Rob Auton, Stewart Francis, Zoe Lyons and Nick Helm.
The time-honoured tradition was last awarded three years ago to comedian Olaf Falafel with his gag: ‘I keep randomly shouting out “Broccoli” and “Cauliflower” – I think I might have florets.’
Top 10 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2022
1. Masai Graham: ‘I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn’t get pasta.’
2. Mark Simmons: ‘Did you know, if you get pregnant in the Amazon, it’s next-day delivery.’
3. Olaf Falafel: ‘My attempts to combine nitrous oxide and Oxo cubes made me a laughing stock.’
4. Hannah Fairweather: ‘By my age, my parents had a house and a family, and to be fair to me, so do I – but it is the same house and it is the same family.’
5. Will Mars: ‘I hate funerals – I’m not a mourning person.’
6. Olaf Falafel: ‘I spent the whole morning building a time machine, so that’s four hours of my life that I’m definitely getting back.’
7. Richard Pulsford: ‘I sent a food parcel to my first wife. FedEx.’
8. Tim Vine: ‘I used to live hand to mouth. Do you know what changed my life? Cutlery.’
9. Sophie Duker: ‘Don’t knock threesomes. Having a threesome is like hiring an intern to do all the jobs you hate.’
10. Will Duggan: ‘I can’t even be bothered to be apathetic these days.’
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‘What a pleasure to be back in Edinburgh. This is Dave’s first Joke of the Fringe in three years and the quality of submissions has been incredibly strong,’ commented Dave channel director Cherie Cunningham.
‘It’s a fantastic top 10 full of newcomers and comedy veterans, and it’s a delight to crown Masai Graham as winner once more.’
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