Her eponymous television show has been the cult hit of the summer especially the teenage catch phrase ‘Does my face look bothered?’ Typical observation:
Her eponymous television show has been the cult hit of the summer especially the teenage catch phrase ‘Does my face look bothered?’ Typical observation: “I love astrologer Jonathan Cainer. I ring his phone line twice a week and he’s always spot on with me and three million other Taureans. Perhaps best known for her roles in ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ and ‘The Kumars at No 42′. Her novel ‘Life Isn’t all Ha Ha Ha Hee Hee Hee’ was recently televised. On Asian comedy: “Ours is like Jewish humour with a sun tan.” Jenny Eclair Became first woman to win the Perrier Award in her own right with 1995 show ‘Prozac and Tantrums’.
Her first novel ‘Camberwell Beauty’ was a collection of short stories. Best joke: “A man goes to the doctor and is told there’s good news and bad news. If you find a penis in there, it’s not time.” Joan Rivers Appeared on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ in the 1960s and in the cult movie ‘The Swimmer’ with Burt Lancaster. The Brooklyn-born comedienne transferred successfully across the Atlantic in the 1980s Best line: “You have to be careful when you date older men They don’t tell you the truth.
A friend of mine dated an older man who never told her that he was wearing a hearing aid. She stuck her tongue in his ear and was electrocuted.” Caroline Aherne Mancunian comedienne appeared in ‘The Fast Show’ and then as the sweet and disarmingly candid elderly talk show host Mrs Merton Starred in groundbreaking comedy ‘The Royle Family’. Best line: [As Merton to Debbie McGee] “So, what attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?” Meera Syal Wolverhampton-born writer and actress, and pioneer of British-Asian comedy. Her relentlessly deadpan delivery centres on jokes about her weight and the failings of men. They have earned her a considerable mainstream following although she is famously loathed by ‘The Sun’s’ television critic Garry Bushell.
Typical observation: “How do you know if it’s time to wash the dishes and clean your house? Look inside your pants. Best Ab Fab moment: “Local anaesthetic? Local anaesthetic? What is this – Eastern Europe? I want total sensory deprivation and I want it now.” Jo Brand A former psychiatric nurse, Brand first performed a stand-up routine using the name The Sea Monster in 1987. Pam Ayres Former civil servant who became an unlikely national comic star after winning the 1975 series of the talent show ‘Opportunity Knocks’. Best poem: “Oh I wish I’d looked after me teeth, and spotted the perils beneath All the toffees I chewed and the sweet sticky food.