The funniest standup I’ve ever seen … John Mulaney’s Kid Gorgeous made me howl. It’s on Netflix and the whole family loved it. His “There’s a horse loose in a hospital” routine about the Trump administration would be a perfect piece of standup performed by anyone, but he does it with the grace of Gene Kelly. The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen … You can’t beat Two Soups [by Victoria Wood] can you? “One soup … and … another … soup.” The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen … Parks and Rec. I could write books about why I think it’s so great. I feel about Leslie Knope the way she feels about Ann Perkins: “Oh, Ann, you beautiful, rule-breaking moth … You poetic, noble land-mermaid.” The funniest film I’ve ever seen … My favourite comedy films are those where they cast very funny actors and let them improvise, so all those early Christopher Guest films: A Mighty Wind and This Is Spinal Tap, especially. The funniest person I know … I know it’s unforgivable to say your husband, but in my case [Marcus Brigstocke] it is true. We spend hours bouncing off each other, doing voices and characters, and I hope we’re still doing that till we’re old and incontinent. The funniest heckle I’ve ever had … “You’re not Sara Pascoe.” It’s funny cos it’s true. The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned … Some ill-fitting Spanx that push my thigh fat down to my knees so I look like a broken sausage. The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had … When I was 19 I cut my own fringe and, in keeping with the times, I over-straightened it until it poked out horizontally from the top of my head like the peak of a baseball cap. The funniest dream I’ve ever had … None. I have very, very boring dreams. I often dream about things like buying milk, living in my house, or sensible trousers. The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny … People walking into things while staring at their phone. Ideally another person, or an old-fashioned lamp-post. The funniest word … Plinth. Rachel Parris’s radio special Austensibly Feminist airs on Radio 4 on 14 February and is then available on BBC Sounds