I don’t have many vices, but my phone is one of them. I know, such a unique problem to have in 2025. I go through phases with it though: sometimes I delete all my social media apps and other times I treat the algorithm as though it’s an Olympic event and in order to win gold I need to scroll to the end.
Comedians often have a warped sense of humour. I think it’s because we perform it and watch it every night so what makes us laugh is often not what makes civilians laugh. We’re like the line cooks of the entertainment industry: we dish out perfectly good pub food while surviving on stuff you wouldn’t even consider food.
Here’s some of the funniest things I’ve seen. If you don’t agree with it, I don’t care; you can make your own decisions – I’m not your mum.
1. Wendy Williams
I’m not one of those losers who says things like “I was born in the wrong generation” and yearns for a time gone by. I like this period of Earth I’m living in. However, I do wish I could have been born a generation earlier so that I could have gone to a Wendy Williams Show taping. Who else could consistently fart and burp (often at the same time) live on air and still have an illustrious career?
2. Big Vincenz
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Martin Scorsese could attempt to capture Italian culture a million times over and he might, but he’d never transport you to 2006 Lygon Street the way Big Vincenz does. All his videos are masterpieces. The voiceover, the random Italian words, the early 2000s club music, the dancing, the random cuts of other influencers inserted into his videos as characters. It’s more Oscar-worthy than Goodfellas.
3. You look like Beyoncé
This one’s a certified hood classic.
4. The Rizzler
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I’m not joking when I say this: I would die for The Rizzler! He’s a kid, but get this, he has rizz, short for charisma in case you were wondering or have no swag. I don’t know why but The Rizzler saying “unicorn” makes me shit my pants, it’s so funny. That or when he went on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, or when he played for the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. This nine-year-old has really lived a life. I definitely wasn’t doing any of that at nine. If only I had some rizz …
5. The Lonely Island – Threw it on the Ground
This video was on repeat for me when I was a kid. “I ain’t going to be part of your system”, “So-called girlfriend”, “This ain’t my dad, this is a cellphone”. I would say these in conversations at school and my classmates had no clue what I was on about, then they would throw me on the ground.
6. Aussie kid explains how to do a burnout
I love how he tells him exactly how to do a burnout then when he gets offered to do one he’s like, uhhh I gotta run. Also, hilarious that he knows how to do a burnout with a car, but can’t mono a BMX.
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7. Krispy Kreme lady
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She is on to something though. Every Krispy Kreme I’ve had has never been crispy. This video really made me question things I took at face value. In hindsight, this video pinpoints the exact moment in time society finally woke up. Also fun fact: this lady was in a few Seinfeld episodes.
8. Adem Ulutas – Man fights a fan
If you’ve spent any time near the Melbourne standup comedy scene you would have encountered Adem Ulutas. He’s a friend of mine and he runs Dirty Secrets Comedy on Smith Street. I’ve watched many sets of his over the years and no one, and I mean NO ONE, makes me laugh as much as he does! Actually, the only person who makes me laugh more than Adem Ulutas is Adem Ulutas’s old YouTube videos, and this one is a prime example that gets me every time!
9. Nek Minnit
Saying “Nek Minnit” in a conversation in 2025 is lame and cringe (sorry I don’t make the rules). However, the video still holds up. Everyone only remembers the “Nek Minnit” part of it though, but for me the panning down to just the board of the scooter is the funniest part. It’s like that old saying “always the bridesmaid, never the bride”. Always the “Nek Minnit” never the “left my scooter outside the dairy”.
10. James Donald Forbes McCann – Hey America
I think this might be the funniest and tightest 20 minutes of standup comedy I have seen. James Donald Forbes McCann is proving that it is possible for good things to come out of Adelaide. Also we should 100% change the national anthem to Thunderstruck!
