Skip to main contentSkip to navigationSkip to navigation
Das so funny... Vir Das.
Das so funny... Vir Das. Photograph: Tristan Brand/Rex/Shutterstock
Das so funny... Vir Das. Photograph: Tristan Brand/Rex/Shutterstock

Vir Das: 'I do not like goulash. Screw goulash'

This article is more than 4 years old

The actor and standup on the things that make him laugh the most

The funniest standup I’ve ever seen …

It would have to be when I saw Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip. I also love anything by Eddie Izzard.

The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …

’Allo ’Allo! It’s hands down my favourite comedy of all time.

The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen ...

Monty Python, when they arrive at the French castle in the Holy Grail. It was the first time I realised you could be ridiculous in a feature film. I’ve been trying to emulate that ever since.

The funniest heckle I’ve ever had …

A lady at a press conference who said: “Why are you doing this?” I replied: “Ma’am, I will be done with the show momentarily.” She said: “No, not this. Why are you doing comedy?”

The funniest meal I’ve ever had …

Goulash. I don’t understand what the big deal with goulash is. I do not like goulash. Screw goulash.

The funniest dream I’ve ever had …

The night before a physics exam, I had a dream that I was naked on my bed and a cathode was attached to my left ear and an anode to my right one. Then a voice said: “Don’t worry, you idiot, you’re not going to die of electrocution. Your pillow is made of rubber.”

The funniest number …

I don’t like 47. It’s a ridiculous amount of rupees to have. A ridiculous age to be.

The funniest word …

“Espionage”. You would think a word about spies would be a little less conspicuous.

Vir Das’s tour has been rescheduled; he plays London, 4 December, national tour starts Glasgow, 7 June

More on this story

More on this story

  • From The Crown to Game of Thrones: what’s the most expensive TV show ever?

  • No more mellow Yellow: why Coldplay are pop's weirdest band

  • Death Stranding: Hideo Kojima on making the year's most divisive game

  • This week’s best home entertainment: from The Crown to I'm a Celebrity

  • Tracks of the week reviewed: Mura Masa ft Slowthai, Jessie Ware and Melanie C

  • Brexitcast: TV for people who can recite their credit score from memory

  • Death plot for cuties: how Marissa’s murder ended The OC

  • Orville Peck: ‘I grew up feeling alienated – so I became a cowboy’

  • Frozen II: how Disney left other animation studios out in the cold

  • Celia Paul’s My Sisters in Mourning: a meditative portrait of a mother's death

Most viewed

Most viewed