Lucy Beaumont: are northerners funnier than southerners?
The north and south breed different senses of humour. Johnny Vegas looks at faults in himself while Jimmy Carr deflects outwards. My new gag gets laughs in Hull and nowt in WindsorPicture the scene. A dark, windy day on the north-east coast, my great-granny's funeral. They lower her in and her two burly sons (in drainpipes and teddy-boy quiffs) shovel earth on top. There's an almighty thud as a piece of rock hit…
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