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"You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy."
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"I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me."

"98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed."

"Comedy to me has always seemed a social tightrope for the comedian. For all axioms intellectually sound the general public would prefer to be amused, but in those emotionally sound, it then chooses to get offended."

"You need to understand that some comedy can have consequences."
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"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."

"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."

"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."

"Even though we work in the same field, we have an intense private life away from our professional lives."
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