Most modern comedy is crap.
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Anand Thakur
Most modern comedy is crap.
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There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour
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We only have one agenda, which is to make ’em laugh their pants off.
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Who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
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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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Because we all fail – and I’m ready, I’ll take up carpentry.
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Performers like Tommy Cooper
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A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool.
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On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don’t care about looking cool or posing.
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They feel they have to look after their image.
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From the stage I’ve seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.
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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.
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We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.
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I’m waiting for the time when I fail
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You’re entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.
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But there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
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