The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …
Not the Nine O’Clock News, specifically Gerald the gorilla.
The funniest book I’ve ever read …
The Bluffer’s Guide to Parachuting.
The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …
Top Cat. Everything he said was greeted with howls of laughter. I found out about canned laughter years later.
The funniest person I know …
My grandfather. I have unlimited jokes about my many grandfathers. In real life, one was a fruit seller and the other a missionary. Maybe I’m a sort of cross between the two.
The funniest heckle I’ve ever had …
“These are just words!”
The funniest dream I’ve ever had …
Becoming prime minister and giving the police special powers like flying and turning into insects.
The funniest film I’ve ever seen …
The legend of a man who lived in a loincloth on top of a Christmas cake – Tarzipan!
The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …
Homemade black forest gateau: soil, stones, bits of squirrel.
The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …
I’ve never had a funny hairstyle.
The funniest number …
8,000. Four friends on a night out – only one of them wearing a belt.
The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …
Nothing beats someone falling over.
Milton Jones plays Assembly Hall: Main Hall, Edinburgh, Saturday 3 to 18 August. Milton: Impossible will be touring the UK from 10 Oct 2019 to 26 Apr 2020