Comedian Masai Graham has won the best joke gong at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the second time. Television station Dave assigned a top team of judges who picked Masai's pasta gag as the top joke this year.
Masai, who hails from the Midlands, wowed the judges with his gag: “I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn’t get pasta”. The joke, taken from his show Aaaaaaaaaargh! It's 101 Clean Jokes in 30 minutes at Dropkick Murphys, topped the list of funniest of the Fringe with 52% of Brits surveyed voting it the most hilarious rib-tickler.
Dave's panellists listened out to the jokes in the fringe that ticked them the most, before submitting their six favourites to be considered for the shortlist. This shortlist was then submitted anonymously - without the name of the comic involved - to a public vote of 2,000 Brits, after which the funniest was revealed.
