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Audio: Is comedy a science or an art?
How do comedians come up with funny lines? Is it a science or an art? "Quite often I work backwards from the punch line", Tim Vine recently told the Today Programme. But other comedians work differently. Paul McCaffrey admitted he picks out what he thinks is funny and then works it into a point at which he thinks the audience will laugh. "The trick is to try and make it look as spontaneous as possible. You want the audience to believe that this is something that you're saying and thinking for the first time there and then," he added. Stand-up comedian, actor and writer Tiff Stevenson hones her act in a similar way, explaining that "I work at how I feel about something and then I find the funny within that."
BBC News, 22nd August 2014Tim Vine wins funniest Edinburgh Fringe joke award
A joke by comedian Tim Vine about a vacuum cleaner has been voted the funniest at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
BBC News, 19th August 2014Tim Vine wins Dave award for funniest joke
Hoover wisecrack wins almost 20% of public vote and makes one-liner standup Vine first comic to win award twice.
Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian, 19th August 2014Tim Vine's vacuum joke voted best one-liner
Tim Vine wins the award for best one liner at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the second time.
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 19th August 2014Tim Vine wins 'joke of the Fringe'
Tim Vine has won the 'joke of the Fringe' title for the second time.
Chortle, 19th August 2014Tim Vine joke voted best one-liner of the Fringe
The English comic has won the title, which is chosen via a public poll from a shortlist drawn up by a panel of leading comedy critics, almost two decades after being winning Perrier's "best newcomer" crown.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 19th August 2014Tim Vine bags another Dave funniest joke award
TV channel Dave has announced the winner of the seventh annual award for Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th August 2014Edinburgh festival 2014: 10 questions for Tim Vine
A decade since winning the Perrier best newcomer award, Britain's top punny man reflects on his latest Edinburgh show.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 14th August 2014Edinburgh Fringe: the best shows so far
Includes Bridget Christie, Tim Vine, Alex Horne and Josie Long.
Alex Hardy, The Times, 9th August 2014Explain yourself: Tim Vine
Tim Vine, younger brother of the BBC presenter Jeremy, is best known for his quick-fire one-liners and crowd-pleasing puns, and also specialises in absurdist props, artful tangents and convivial musical interludes. In 2010 he won the funniest joke award at the Fringe with, "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." The Joke-amotive is back in Edinburgh with his first stand-up tour in four years.
Anna Conrad, The Times, 7th August 2014