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Madeleine Gray: the 10 funniest things I have seen (on the internet)

Ask any of my friends and they’ll confirm I can only type with two fingers. I am a writer. I wrote a PhD thesis and a novel with two fingers. I don’t know how to get AdBlocker. I once typed “funny videos” into the YouTube search bar. I love the internet, but I am bad at it. You’ll notice that my 10 funniest things all exude a certain “early internet” aesthetic. I’m not making a statement – I just don’t know how to use TikTok. Bear with me, fellow kids.

1. Kim Cattrall talks about hubby Mark

We all know Kim Cattrall is an off-kilter icon, someone who famously for even an hour where she’s not enjoying herself. This video is unhinged. It is amazing. Kim earnestly gabs about her relationship with (now ex) hubby Mark Levinson. They scat together. She reads poetry and sonnets, and he plays the upright bass. It’s Kim’s sincerity combined with the footage of their completely un-self-conscious jam sesh that makes this comedy gold. To quote Kim: “The town never knew such a hullabaloo!”

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