Comic Vine voted Edinburgh’s king of the one-liners

COMIC Tim Vine was crowned king of the one-liners yesterday after one of his gags was named the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe.

Wisecracking Vine, who set a world record for his quick-fire delivery in 2004, beat acts including John Bishop to the award created by TV channel Dave.

Vine won for the gag: “I’ve just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I’ll tell you what – never again.”

A panel of judges made up of leading comedy critics scoured dozens of venues at the world-famous Fringe festival for a fortnight to shortlist the best and worst jokes – then they went to a public vote.

They each sat through around 60 performances with up to 7,200 jokes per judge.

Vine was delighted with his accolade.

He said: “I’m going to celebrate by going to Sooty’s barbecue and having a ‘sweepsteak’.”

The comedian, whose world record saw him get through 499 gags in one hour, is packing audiences in for his current show The Joke-Amotive at the Pleasance Courtyard.