And when you're on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet who thinks it's funny - and you have no way of finding out.

It's a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan it's when you discover that your wife left you in May.

And when you're on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet who thinks it's funny - and you have no way of finding out.

Dictum on television scripts: We don't want it good - we want it Tuesday.

If the laughter of the audience was malicious we wouldn't show it.

There's an unseen force which lets birds know when you've just washed your car.

If all the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players, where do all the audiences come from?