Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.
John CleeseAll humour is critical, you know? You make stupid jokes. I mean, stupidity is an infirmity, isn't it?
John CleeseI think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references.
John CleeseBritish press think entirely in clichรฉs, and when they do come across creative work, they think that it must be based on something, because they don't realize that you can create things that aren't based on things.
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