Zoo magazine launched (in the UK) on January 29^th 2004 and was what you might call a soft porn lads mag (girls that had lost quite a lot of their clothing featured heavily). Published weekly it finally ceased publishing in November 2015.

Like many of the print magazines at that time they regularly held reader’s polls and I’ve been looking for this one for a while (I knew it was out there – but search was refusing to find it).

In the May 26^th to June 1^st 2006 edition, they announced the “100 Funniest People Alive”. 17,000 comedy fans had responded and I’ve found mentions in:

• Manchester Evening News – here
• RTE.ie – here
• The Rough Guide to British Cult Comedy (book, 2006)

The Top 10  funniest people alive in 2006 were:

1. Peter Kay
2. Ricky Gervais
3. Lee Evans
4. Eddie Izzard
5. Billy Connolly
6. Dylan Moran
7. Bill Bailey
8. Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh)
9. Jimmy Carr
10. Matt Lucas and David Walliams

See all Jimmy’s awards and nominations – here.