Performers like Tommy Cooper
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Performers like Tommy Cooper
ADE EDMONDSONOn stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don’t care about looking cool or posing.
ADE EDMONDSONWho are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
ADE EDMONDSONUnless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.
ADE EDMONDSONWe had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.
ADE EDMONDSONFrom the stage I’ve seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.
ADE EDMONDSONWe only have one agenda, which is to make ’em laugh their pants off.
ADE EDMONDSONA lot of people are obsessed with looking cool.
ADE EDMONDSONMost modern comedy is crap.
ADE EDMONDSONThere is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour
ADE EDMONDSONBecause we all fail – and I’m ready, I’ll take up carpentry.
ADE EDMONDSONPeople saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them
ADE EDMONDSONYou’re entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.
ADE EDMONDSONI 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.
ADE EDMONDSONBut there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
ADE EDMONDSONI’m waiting for the time when I fail
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