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I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.

Most modern comedy is crap.

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.

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.

You’re entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.

I’m waiting for the time when I fail – because we all fail – and I’m ready, I’ll take up carpentry.

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.

Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.

A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image.

The most fun I ever have is sitting in with Rick writing, and we laugh at our own jokes.