Matthew Gallagher has won the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Joke of The Fringe.
His joke was 'Here's a fact about the Anne Frank diary - they brought out an audiobook version of it - here's my review - it was sh*t - she was whispering, I couldn't hear anything that was going on.'
The award is sponsored by Takeover Radio 106.9FM and comedian Mark Silcox and the prize is £1000.01.
The other shortlisted jokes were:
- Chris Turner 'My cousin is autistic. When you give him a Rubik's Cube it takes him 12 seconds... to say thank you.'
- Kate Butch 'I get called a nonce a lot... one of King Arthur's least popular knights.'
- Adam Flood 'I saw a sign in Gloucestershire which said 'Cheltenham - home of the races.' which is weird because everybody there was white.'
- Omar Badawy - 'Telling muslim parents you're bringing home an Arab Christian is like telling Prince Andrew you're bringing home a 12 year old whisky.'
- Eric Rushton '2006 was like watching a Christopher Nolan film at the cinema... everyone wanted a Wii'
- Anna Thomas 'The back of my car fell off the other day and you'll never guess what you can't buy in a car boot sale.'
- Brennan Reece 'If ever I was to do a gender reveal, I'd gather all my family and friends, I'd get a helium balloon - I'd pop it, there'd be nothing in it and I'd say 'We're not keeping it!''
- Paul Hilleard 'I'm not very good with words. I only found out the other day that nuance doesn't mean paedo in French.'
- Amy Matthews '...he was a member of flat earth forums. Then inevitably they get back together and you’ve got to have this idiot over for dinner; you're serving him tiramisu thinking “I know you think the ocean’s got corners”'
VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/V1euu4pEgKk
Picture by Ed Moore
