Curated Collection
The One-liner Files
Comedians famed for the perfect one-liner: tight, precise and devastatingly funny. Set-ups that arrive in a blink and punchlines that land with surgical timing.
3 Files in this collection

Tommy Cooper
1947–1984 · British (Welsh-born)
The fez-wearing magician whose tricks were meant to fail. Tommy Cooper turned incompetence into an art form and became one of Britain's most beloved comic entertainers of the 20th century.

Jimmy Carr
2000–present · British (Irish descent)
The one-liner machine of modern British comedy. A deadpan delivery, a distinctive laugh and a joke rate second to none.

Bob Monkhouse
1948–2003 · British (English)
Britain's slickest host and one of its most respected comedy craftsmen, a walking joke library with impeccable timing.
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