The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. Together with Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine and Harry Secombe, the quartet helped redefine comedy programmes for a generation.Ī couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. Milligan, who died in 2002 at the age of 83, was one of the UK's most respected performers and was known to millions as one of the founding members of The Goons. 'He actually once wrote a sketch about finding the world's funniest joke so it's a fantastic quirk.' 'I think Spike was a genius with that great kind of surreal humour. 'I actually much prefer the Spike Milligan one because it is in a much funnier setting.

Professor Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire, said he was 'delighted' that Milligan was behind the winner. 'It also has the surprise element as we don't see the death coming.' Professor Wiseman recognised the joke from a vintage Goons clip

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