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A joke about an unfaithful zookeeper has been named the funniest gag at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Comedian Lorna Rose Treen was voted the winner with her pun: "I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah."

This evidence suggests not.

I do like Katherine Ryan, Aisling Bea, possibly a few others. What do you think?

Hard to be objective about Aisling Bea because apart from the Jameson adverts, she's perfect in every way.

Tbf, the "best" Edinburgh joke is usually always a meh one liner so not that reflective of the state of women's comedy as a whole.

Tend to watch anything with Sharon Horgan or Daisy May Cooper in.

Struggling to remember the name of a young woman I saw at a festival who was really quite offensive.

are men genuinely asking if women are funny in 2023?

Long slender neck wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:21 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-66569215

A joke about an unfaithful zookeeper has been named the funniest gag at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Comedian Lorna Rose Treen was voted the winner with her pun: "I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah."

This evidence suggests not.

I do like Katherine Ryan, Aisling Bea, possibly a few others. What do you think?

It doesn’t even work as a joke as one is human the other an animal. She would have been been better off saying something like ‘ He invited me around for dinner, started chucking raw chicken drumsticks towards me’

Actually, has anyone got a punchline for the gag?

(The quoted gag is rubbish though, I’ll give you that)

Ones that make me laugh

Nadine Dorres
Majorie Taylor Greene
Liz Truss

Not sure if they write their own stuff, but whoever came up with their characters deserve all the plaudits avaliable

Thread was mistake

Long slender neck wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:08 pm Thread was mistake

Can't argue with that.

Quite like a few American comics/improvisers
Lauren Lapkus
Lisa Gilroy
Natasha Leggero

Disappointed that nobody has put forward Miranda Hart to counter the OP's assertion.

Obviously it will take some time to fill the void caused by the sad passing of Lily Savage and Dame Edna this year.

The ‘best jokes’ at Edinburgh are usually crap so it seems mad to conflate this fact into stating that no women can be funny

They've certainly upped their game in recent years, come a long way since Miranda, ruby wax and dawn french.

Jo Brand is funny.

Womens comedy has never been the same since Josephine Grace Brand stopped being the Sea Monster and resorted to being a one off presenter on the One Show and other similar atrocities.

Comedy has no gender....

FrankOFile wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:57 am Jo Brand is funny.

Is this tongue in cheek ?

Give it to Jabo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:22 pm Comedy has no gender....

Like your mum.

She has been dead for over 50 years now, but thanks for asking after her.

I think comediennes are at their peak at the moment.

Katherine Ryan
Izzy sutie
Rose matafeo
Rosie jones
Aisling bea
Lou sanders
Lolly adefope
Judy love
Sindhu vee
Kerry godliman
Sarah pascoe
Roisin conarty
Sarah millican
Sally Philips
Lucy Beaumont

To name but a few

Going to see Sarah Millican in October with the Mrs.

Someone has to ask these difficult questions.

Again, what are you trying to prove here? We all know that Caca can be a c*** (fool) at times. Are you suggesting that the fact that he sometimes asks stupid/provocative questions means that it’s not possible that by accident or design he mught sometimes have a good question?

banqo wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:43 pm Going to see Sarah Millican in October with the Mrs.

You must laugh at anything?