Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe'

Subject: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:11 pm

The funniest joke at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been revealed:
"Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"

The one-liner came from London comic Dan Antopolski, 36, who is known for his surreal stand up routines.

A panel of nine comedy critics sifted through more than 3,600 minutes of material to find the winner of the Dave Award for the Funniest Joke of the Fringe.

They each had a pool of around 7,200 different jokes to choose from, based on estimates of the average comedian telling two jokes per minute, organisers said.

Shortlisted gags were put up for the public vote, with more than 3,000 comedy fans choosing the funniest.

With nearly 18% of votes, Antopolski took top spot and walked away with a trophy from TV channel Dave and a £1,000 cash prize.

The joke was taken from the Perrier Award-nominee's show Silent But Deadly.

Antopolski said: "Although I have won things before at the Fringe, this definitely means the most to me, and that it should unite my loves of hedgehogs, comedy and Dave makes this prize very special."

Stage and TV star Denise van Outen, who made her Fringe debut in a new one-woman musical comedy show called Blondes, was named by judges as telling what they felt was one of the worst gags.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe features music, theatre, dance, opera and art as well as comedy and ends on August 31.

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:32 pm

You know, I read the joke without realizing it was the joke. I was looking through the rest of the post for the joke, or a link to the joke. So, that indicates how funny I thought it was.

I don't think even Steven Wright could have delivered that one well.

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:11 pm

I really miss good comedy. And, on that note, I'm off to watch Part Troll. I love me some Bill Bailey Smile

Guest

That really sucked. I think I can find more humour in reading tweenies journals about "Twilight" fantasies.

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:39 pm

Maybe it's funny because everyone knows he's beating around the wrong bush.

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:12 am

sooo.... that was the joke?

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:34 am

uhhh uhhh You mean this :

"Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"

If yes, then yes. That was the joke.

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:01 am

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:02 am

cynfullov wrote:: uhhh uhhh You mean this :

"Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"

If yes, then yes. That was the joke.

ah, so that was the joke... I completely missed it

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:18 am

3,600 minutes of stuff they had to chose from. 3,600 minutes.
I say it was ridged.

Really REALLY, makes you wanna hear what the others were like.

And if the ""Hedgehog"" got the award for the best... I can't imagine what Denise van Outen's was like having received the worst by the judges.

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:32 am

cynfullov wrote:: I can't imagine what Denise van Outen's was like having received the worst by the judges.

Had to have been pretty bad. Maybe it was a recording of her blender or something. LOL

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:47 am

hahaha!

Subject: Re: Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe' Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:31 pm

*whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
Laughing

Guest

^^If it's anything like the picture of the race car with the human sound effects, I'd be laughing my butt off.

http://www.the-jokes.com/fun-pages/insanity_test.php

» Umm,wow.Hopeful it's a joke