23 Aug 2023

Funniest joke at Edinburgh Fringe Festival divides!

From Afternoons, 1:45 pm on 23 August 2023

The funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has been announced and it's an animal pun.

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

Comedian Ben Hurley joins Jesse to give his expert opinion on whether it's comedy gold or just really bad.

Ben Hurley

Ben Hurley Photo: supplied

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