APeter Kay look-alike has been awarded the top prize in a competition to judge the world’s best comedy one liner. John Prescott, a popular club comedian out of the North of England, won the prize for his catchphrase, ‘I’m Deputy Prime Minister’, narrowly beating John Cleese’s ‘You invaded Poland’ into second place.

‘It’s an unbelievably funny line when you look at it from a comedic point of view,’ said contest judge, Professor Horace Twiss, ‘but what made it stand out above the rest was that it exemplified the absurdity of the world. In fact, when you study the whole of Mr. Prescott’s work, he’s most certainly in a league with those other great masters of the surreal: Jacques Tati, Peter Sellers, and Jimmy Cricket.’

Although previously known for the colourful language he uses throughout his act, a delighted Mr. Prescott politely received the award, thanking his wife, agent, and two thirds of the chorus line of his current hit show, ‘A Naughty Night With Prezza’.

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