A counter tenor is anyone who can count to ten.

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.

The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that money to pay the writers. None of them paid very much for their comedy material, but it all added up.

You know you're getting old when a four-letter word for something pleasurable two people can do in bed together is R-E-A-D.

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

I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days.

What is a harp but an oversized cheese slicer with cultural pretensions?