Top 10 comedy gags of 2008

Top 10 comedy gags of 2008

10 'I've got a black belt in cooking. Eat one of my chops and you'll die.'

Wee Jimmy Krankie


9 'I rang up Directory Inquiries. They said: Your call may be recorded - so I sang two songs.'

Jimmy Cricket

8 How many scientologists does it take to change a light bulb? Two.

One to change it, one to tell Tom [Cruise] it cost $5000.'

Bill Bailey

7 'Ellen MacArthur - how many more times is that woman going to have to go round the world before she realises she's a lesbian?'

Frankie Boyle

6 'It tickles me how much Palestinians and Jews hate each other. Can you tell the difference? It's like sweet potatoes hating yams.'

Sarah Silverman

5 'When Diana died, the world vowed never to become interested in a celebrity again. Unless there was at risk of that celebrity dying. Around that time, we became interested in Victoria Beckham.'

Simon Amstell

'That clothes shop High and Mighty. Why the pairing? It's not like we ate the same of amount of food and some of us grew outwards and some of us grew upwards.'

Stephen Merchant

3 'I've done the Royal Variety twice, both times Prince Charles was there. To me that's not variety. Here he is again: get a life!'

Omid Djalili at the Prince's 60th birthday gala. 'We Are Most Amused

2 'We've never seen a black man [Barack Obama] this cool before. Not this cool and legal. He don't use crazy words and sh*t. We're used to screaming and swearing. He's from a whole other school. He's just cool.'

Chris Rock

1 Barack Obama becoming President. Lewis Hamilton winning Formula One. It's been a good week for slightly black people.'

Jimmy Carr