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"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."
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"We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look."
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"It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again."
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