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The Daily Digest: Is This How You Joke?

Jason Leong, Comedian

20-Aug-19 14:00

The Daily Digest: Is This How You Joke?

Olaf Falafel's joke won the funniest joke award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. But not everyone is impressed. Are medical conditions such as Tourettes ever appropriate for comedy?

Produced by: Tina Carmillia

Presented by: Tina Carmillia, Tee Shiao Eek, Lim Sue Ann


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Tags:  Bigger Picture,  Daily Digest,  comedy,  comedian,  Olaff Falafel,  Tourette Syndrome,  Edinburg Festival Fringe,  jokes,  inappropriate jokes,  joke, 


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