It is actually Tim Key, who I have basically ripped off in terms of stupid poetry, but to not quite as good a standard. Rule number one I learnt from him - using names makes things funnier; rule number two which I am yet to apply is that less is always more (see the ridiculous waffling of the poems that come after this, they could probably be cut down to about 5 lines and work just as well).
sorry got quite into the comedy theory there, hey ho. thanks for the comments!
Only Tim I can think of now, after you said comedian, is Tim Vine.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually Tim Key, who I have basically ripped off in terms of stupid poetry, but to not quite as good a standard. Rule number one I learnt from him - using names makes things funnier; rule number two which I am yet to apply is that less is always more (see the ridiculous waffling of the poems that come after this, they could probably be cut down to about 5 lines and work just as well).
ReplyDeletesorry got quite into the comedy theory there, hey ho. thanks for the comments!