The funniest things on the internet

In this series, Guardian Australia asks its favourite comedians to tour us through the tweets, Instagram posts, TikToks and YouTube videos they return to when they need cheering up

  • Brett Blake: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedian shares his favourite online laughs, including an Instagram account dedicated to terrible real estate agents and a rooster attacking a weatherman

  • Brendan Maclean: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedian and musician shares his favourite online japes, including a Lana Del Rey love song to Stuart Little, a pigeon at Pride and a Lee Lin Chin blooper

  • Lewis Hobba: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedian and Triple J host shares online bits and pieces that make him laugh, including very specific impressions, chaotic nightclub photos and a quiz about a dragon

  • Oliver Twist: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    This comedian has gone through the entire internet to find the funniest videos, including a Bo Burnham song, Issa Rae's web series and Rowan Atkinson interviewing Elton John

  • Geraldine Quinn: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    This Golden Gibbo nominee was on the world wide web before Google – here are her favourite online clips, including a folk song made of Alex Jones rants and a classic Clarke and Dawe sketch

  • Karen From Finance: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The drag queen comedian and RuPaul star shares her favourite online videos, including news anchors cracking up, Catherine Tate and a lady who really loves curtains

  • Carl Donnelly: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    Carl doesn't like the internet, but has accepted there are funny things on it – including a puppet corpsing, Chet Hanks's Instagram and Brad Pitt speaking patois

  • Josh Glanc: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The internet may have killed Glanc's dirty magazine business when he was 13, but it also gave us Keyboard Cat, a song about soup and preserved Don Rickles for eternity

  • Chris Parker: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    This comedian falls asleep to TikToks each night – so who better to ask for the funniest videos online, including a slippery scene in Parks and Rec and a very amateur Spider-Man

  • Floyd Alexander-Hunt: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedian and former face of Tip Top bread in New Zealand shares her favourite videos, including an orchestral mishap and Obama's 'anger management translator'

  • Ange Lavoipierre: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The ABC journalist and comedian has reached a kind of peace with the Internet – in the form of John Mulaney routines, nonsense memes and TikTok parodies of period dramas

  • Flo & Joan: the 10 funniest things we have ever seen (on the internet)

    The British musical comedians share what makes them laugh, including a strange number of videos involving tiny hands and Debbie Reynolds pretending to be a football

  • The Bear Pack: the 10 funniest things we have ever seen (on the internet)

    The Aussie improv duo love swapping funny videos. Here are some of their favourites, including Steve Martin, Stath Lets Flats and the Beach Boys

  • Gabbi Bolt: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedy songwriter shares her love for all things musical and silly, including a drunk piano duet and strange moments in the Hannah Montana soundtrack

  • Luke Heggie: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedian and self-described 'laggard' shares what cracks him up online – including many long-forgotten morsels of Australian history

  • Cameron James: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedian has missed being around other people – specifically those doing absurd things. Luckily, the internet has that in spades

  • Eliza Reilly: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The writer and performer shares the funny videos that make the internet less scary (mostly babies and pets)

  • David M Green: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedian and writer on Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell shares some of his favourite online finds

  • Mitch Churi: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    The comedian is also a nightly radio presenter, which means he knows all about pointless countdowns. This one includes grape ladies, fake news and a literal high school musical

  • The Umbilical Brothers' David Collins: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    Why is a 50-year-old comedian on TikTok? Who knows, but at least the TikToks are funny

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Topics

  • Comedy (Culture)
  • Internet
  • YouTube
  • TikTok
  • Television