Again, Vine came second, beaten by Stewart Francis in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012 with the joke "Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. Luckily I was the one facing the telly."
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He held the record until May 2005, when Australian comedian, Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann told 549 jokes.
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He was beaten by Nick Helm (returning to the Fringe for only the second time).
After a career in sound and lighting he became involved in the Comedians Graveyard, a local London gig hosting the likes of Jimmy Carr and Tim Vine, he finally decided to try his hand at stand up and did his first comedy performance at the Manchester Dancehouse Theatre at the age of 30.
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Celebrities taking part in the first series include Anton du Beke, Nadia Sawalha, Jenny Eclair, Louie Spence, Myleene Klass, Brian Conley, Melanie Sykes, Terry Wogan, Tim Vine, Rosemary Shrager, Antony Cotton, Phil Tufnell, John Thomson, Stacey Solomon and Christopher Biggins.