Scottish - Comedian | December 4, 1930 -
Part of my style was getting into a muddle. Audiences think that's part of the act. Sometimes it might be - but you have to guess which bits.
Ronnie Corbett
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I have been in the business for 62 years. It's a match made in heaven.
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My first pet at home in Edinburgh was a dog my dad had called Glen. He was a small sheepdog and went with my dad every day to work as manager of a cooking centre, which made the children's lunches for schools.
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We did Donald McGill, seaside-postcard stuff - middle of the road.
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We knew what mums, dads, and children would understand and enjoy without resentment. I don't see the requirement to upset people. You're there to entertain and please.
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We'd never do anything tasteless. There's enough to make fun of without offending.
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If I wear too much tartan, I tend to look like a Thermos flask.
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It's difficult to be clean and clever at the same time, but a lot of our stuff was.
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There was a story saying I didn't like contemporary comedians, but it's completely untrue - a lot of them are very dear friends of mine.
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What is so good about 'Gavin and Stacey' is that it is very real, Welsh, and well written.
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It is all down to 'The Two Ronnies.' Those years with Ronnie Barker were the spine of my career.
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You get fed up watching shows with not much care and love, reality programmes where they put people in a house for a fortnight and film them doing everything, or where participants arrive after lunch and do the programme at six.
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