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