Comedian and Last Leg co-host Josh Widdicombe has shared the heckle that stayed with him long after the show. During a performance a couple of years ago, the venue owner handed him a note written by an audience member to a friend. It simply read: 'Is he the guy from The Hobbit?' Widdicombe described it as a 'slow-burn heckle,' noting the impact hit him an hour later.
In an interview about what makes him laugh, Widdicombe praised Rhod Gilbert's 2008 Edinburgh show 'Mince Pie,' calling it 'unbelievable standup.' He highlighted Gilbert's five to six-minute routine on buying a duvet as a standout example of comic genius.
Widdicombe also cited Woody Allen's 'The Complete Prose' as the best collection of comic writing by a single author, admitting it can be demoralising to read such good comedy. He recalled the 1990s fashion trend 'Spliffy' at his school, involving black jeans with a cartoon character smoking weed, and his knock-off version with only one 'F' in the brand name.
He named Tim Key as conversationally the funniest person in British comedy and shared a backstage memory of Tim Vine walking on stage with a stack of polystyrene coffee cups and saying, 'Bloody hell this coffee's hot!' which he considers the funniest thing anyone has ever said.
