‘Possibly the best delivery of a joke I have ever heard’

There are good joke tellers and there are great tellers, and there’s no doubt which one the late Clement Freud fell into.

And here he is at his story telling best, a clip which has just gone viral again on Twitter for reasons which will become obvious.

This is how you deliver a joke pic.twitter.com/5DiHRzhRas

— Runt of the Sav litter (@jonmikesav8) December 20, 2023

Boom.

Clement did have a wonderful deadpan way https://t.co/n2wYSBliSV

— Shane (@Barmybuilder) December 21, 2023

Never fail to laugh at this no matter how many times I hear it over the years https://t.co/DbfsppoV7Q

— Matt (nee Reggae) Yates (@MRMyates) December 20, 2023

This is actually my favourite joke of all time… https://t.co/95GHAB1nOw

— Gareth Price (@Azda87) December 20, 2023

And because it put us in the mood for a good story …

Source @jonmikesav8