When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff,and that's easy to forget: They're not joking.

Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their intolerance like an old resentful slipper.

I think being an outsider in general always helps you in comedy. I think it helps to have an outsider's eye. And so I have an outsider's voice. You know, as soon as I start talking, I don't belong here. And I think that helps in a way.

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

I find it hard in my general life to think further than the week ahead.

Believe it or not the war on Iraq is based on a sound scientific principle, The bee hive principle. Which clearly states that if you are stung by a bee, you should follow it back to its nest and then proceed to beat nest to a pulp with a baseball bat until the stripey little turd has learned its lesson.