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  Edinburgh Fringe funniest jokes 2022 revealed - Did they make you laugh?

  Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe has been revealed for the first time since the pandemic.

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  Sky News

  Do they make you laugh? Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe Festival jokes revealed

  A pun about pasta has won the award for the funniest joke of this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Comic Masai Graham was voted the winner with the joke: "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, which was voted for by members of the public, returned for the first time since 2019.

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  Paul Chuckle and Tim Vine deliver Wembley football trophy on takeaway bikes

  The pair also dropped off the ball for the showdown between the clubs they support, Rotherham and Sutton.

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  The Guardian

  Naked Cheggers, Rebecca Loos with a pig and Baftas for Jane McDonald: it’s 25 years of Channel 5!

  It began life as the home of bare bums and strange truck-touching competitions. But 25 years on, Five has started winning awards for its programming. Is it growing up at last?

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  Tim Vine and Kiri Pritchard-McLean take on sheep herding trial for Red Nose Day

  The comedians will go head-to-head in the first ever One Red Nose and Their Dog competition.

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  The Guardian

  Pete Firman: ‘I have a thing for gifs of people falling over’

  Pete Firman: ‘I have a thing for gifs of people falling over’. The comedian, presenter and magician lifts the lid on the things that make him laugh the most

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  The Guardian

  Tracks of the week reviewed: Dora Jar, Viagra Boys, Tom Morello

  Tracks of the week reviewed: Dora Jar, Viagra Boys, Tom Morello. This week we’ve got haunted glitch-folk, a clatter-country duet, and a timely tribute to Gang of Four’s Andy Gill

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  The Telegraph

  Comedy is not treated equally and could be overlooked for arts bailout, campaigners warn

  Comedy is not considered “equal to other art forms” by Arts Council England, performers have claimed as they fear being excluded from a government bailout package. Arts Council England (ACE) has not traditionally offered financial support to stand-up comedy in the same way it has backed theatre, music, or dance, and campaigners fear it will be overlooked for the £1.57 billion of Covid-19 support announced by culture minister Oliver Dowden. The Live Comedy Association (LCA) was founded to lobby f

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  Evening Standard

  The Londoner: Douze points! Isolation Song Contest is coming

  Eurovision lovers, despair no more. The inaugural Isolation Song Contest, set up to “recreate the magic of the Eurovision Song Contest” with performers at home, will take place in May.Comedian TomTaylor, who came up with the idea, has corralled 14 contestants to represent different countries, and Graham Norton, Konnie Huq, Clare Balding and Scott Mills are among those supporting the initiative.

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  PA Media: Entertainment

  Mel Giedroyc signs up for lockdown alternative to Eurovision

  Acts have a week to compose a Eurovision-style entry ahead of the final on May 2.

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