The world's most exceptional ‘punslinger' plans to pummel Melbourne with a barrage of one-liners. A joke machine gun, rattling out one joke after another in quick succession, Tim Vine once held the world record for telling the most jokes in an hour - 499.

Star of British TV's The Sketch Show and soon-to-be-on-Aussie-TV Not Going Out (both alongside Lee Mack), Tim burst onto the stand-up circuit with a Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival in 1995. Over the years, he's perfectly honed the craft of wordplay and extended it to lengths no other comedian has dared before.

"Dizzying, joyously daft, refreshingly clean...As laugh follows laugh, you'll need a third lung to catch your breath." The Stage (UK)

"No one else will give you as many gags for your money. Vine is superb." The Guardian (UK)