We all have a sense of humour (maybe some more than others), but being funny takes real talent—especially if it’s finding comedy in the hard stuff, like Taylor Tomlinson’s deep excavation of her personal life and mental health struggles. The good news is that humour doesn’t have to exist in spite of hardship: funny can just be funny for its own sake, like French and Saunders riffing about mummies and aspiring to one day steer a cruise ship. Whatever the style, this year’s winners found the funny where it was and delivered gems that had us in stitches.
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