I don’t go on about it, but I’m the best joke-writer in the world. A few times, back in the days of Twitter, I tried to write a new Christmas joke every day of advent. It’s quite hard, though — there are entire books of Christmas jokes, and a relatively finite well of puns to make. But I managed it a few times, and last year I selected the best 25 of them and compiled them into six and a half minutes of festive gold. There are two jokes about internet browsers. Turning subtitles on is a good idea.
I tried to shoot each in front of a different background, which was unnecessary really — I should have just done the whole thing in one go. Most of them were filmed in and around my house in Barking, but there’s one in there shot in, I think, Reus Airport in southern Spain. The snowy ones were shot during the Beast From The East — remember that? My daughter was only a tiny baby then.
I’m old now.
I don’t think I have it within me to do another 25 this year, although here is one joke I wrote at the weekend, filmed quickly in my office this morning and put on Instagram to no acclaim.
One day you will all see my power. A normal Interesting Skull will be out on Friday. Please buy my books.