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"I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling."
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"Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth."
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"The Republicans claim they are for strengthening Pell grants when the truth is that over the last four years, their legislation has done the exact opposite."
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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."
"There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag."
"From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour."
"It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous."
"I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry."
"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."
"People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than we make anyone else laugh."
"A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image."
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