Here comedians choose half-a-dozen or so of their favourite comedy moments, illustrated with clips. Whether it's just the things that make them laugh or important influences on their careers, these selections reveal what makes their comedy brains tick.
Last year's Edinburgh best newcomer, Ciaran Dowd, chooses his comedy favourites
02/08/2019 … Saturday Night Live: Renaldo and Alexi I'm a huge fan of SNL, but I don't watch it religiously – I dip in and out as does the quality.
Australian absurdists Demi Lardner and Tom Walker pick their comedy favourites
01/08/2019 … Tom picked: Kung Fu Hustle Tom: This is my favourite movie.
Archie Maddocks picks his comedy favourites
31/07/2019 … Richard Pryor The best to ever do it.
Stevie Martin picks her comedy favourites
30/07/2019 … Airplane The first proper grown-up comedy film I saw as a kid is still my favourite.
Flo & Joan – aka sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. – pick their comedy favourites
29/07/2019 … Roald Dahl We were obsessed with Roald Dahl as kids and our favourite book was Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhyme’.
Ben Van Der Velde picks his comedy favourites
28/07/2019 … Victor Borge I adore Tim Minchin, Bill Bailey and had my mind blown when my Dad introduced me to the lyrical and manual dexterity of Tom Lehrer,…
Musical theatre star and comedian AJ Holmes picks his comedy favourites
27/07/2019 … AJ Holmes, who spent the last few years travelling the world as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon, shares his Perfect Playlist before hitting the Edinburgh…
Former Perrier-winner Will Adamsdale shares his comedy favourites ahead of his return to the Fringe
26/07/2019 … Stewart Lee: 90s Comedian Something about Stew's boldness with the audience really stayed with me.
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