In the mirror today, Liverpool tops the place for funniest people and grim london and wales come rock bottom- no suprises there then
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15958345%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=scally%2dwags%2d-name_page.html12 September 2005
SCALLY WAGS
Scousers funniest in UK
By Tom Parry
IT really is grin up North - with Liverpudlians topping a laughter league of Britain's funniest folk.
Sardonic Scousers easily came out top in a new poll of people who can make others raise a smile.
And, just to prove the chuckle count is tops all over the higher end of the map, mad-for-it Mancunians are second most likely to cause mirth while jovial Geordies are third and far-from-dour Yorkshire Tykes fourth.
Banter from Brummies came fifth, followed by the Scots.
But while Liverpool is comedy capital of the UK, London's supposedly cheeky Cockneys were only narrowly pipped for last place by the Welsh - who were deemed to have the worst sense of humour by one in five Britons.
The survey of 1,000 people by cruise firm Ocean Village found that laughs in Wales are three times fewer a day than the average 14 elsewhere. Which may be why comic Max Boyce's leeks-and-rugby act flopped so fast.
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Meanwhile, researchers found that some areas keep producing rib-tickling acts representing the mood and humour of their birthplace.
When it comes to Scousers, for instance, it is no coincidence that top funnyman Ken Dodd hails from the city - as did Jimmy Tarbuck, Kenny Everett, Paul O'Grady and Alexei Sayle.
The organisers said: "A huge number of successful comedians come from Liverpool, so it's not surprising its inhabitants have scooped the title."
But Manchester lays claim to Steve Coogan and Victoria Wood while other North West hits include Peter Kay, Eric Morecambe and Johnny Vegas.
Ant and Dec typify Newcastle upon Tyne's fun-loving nature and Yorkshire boasts a host of comics including Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
Jasper Carrott and Julie Walters are wits from the West Midlands and Billy Connolly put Scotland on the comedy map before he got more serious.
But Jim Davidson's Cockney brashness clearly doesn't cut it at all now.
