Separate plinths were given to a funny clay sheep, a Virgin Airways commemorative thimble, a collection of three china Japanese ladies.
Four other titles are in contention for the £2,500 award, given to the funniest book for children aged seven to 14.
It felt like a precious lesson alongside the advice given to Bill Bailey: "Keep saying funny things".
She's very funny, given to self-effacing humor, greatly appreciative of her artistic and commercial accomplishments, and, in my opinion, is on a path wherein she can navigate this mess of a music industry into a something that artists of her ilk can actually work with.
An A student and tennis jock, seen by classmates as "cheerful, popular, funny," but given to growing anxiety and panic attacks.
But Martinez, who has cerebral palsy, had the confidence to accept that her appearance often gives rise to funny situations.
Initially the two look like proper ladies out for a stroll, a pantomime that gives way to funny faces and charmingly goofy choreography.
From there she gave birth to Funny Women Of A Certain Age.
When asked whether he would classify himself as heterosexual or homosexual, the brief, indecisive pause Farrell gives to the moment is both funny and fascinating.
It's hard not to laugh when Will Ferrell, who can be very funny when given something actually funny to do, takes off his shirt to brandish his flabby-pack, a ritual unveiling now apparently written into all his contracts.
