I Don't Necessarily Know Much About Comedy,

I Get To Be The First Doctor In The Family [because Of The Honorary Degree They're Giving Me].

I've Got Soggy Thighs. It Must Be Dinner Time.

I Love Being An Older Comic Now. It's Like Being An Old Soccer Or An Old Baseball Player. You're In The Hall Of Fame And It's Nice, But You're No Longer That Person In The Limelight On The Spot Doing That Thing.

My Father, Who Was A Sergeant In The Raf During The Second World War, Was Killed In A Hitchhiking Accident While Returning Home On Compassionate Leave. As A Result, My Mother Had To Get Work, As A Nurse, And At Seven The Raf Put Me Into A Boarding School And Ex-orphanage Called The Royal Wolverhampton School.

So It Became In My Mind A Nine-carol Service; An Oratorio And Orchestral Concert All In One, But With Narration. That's Something I've Learned About, Because It's The Story That Keeps You In There. I Wrote A Libretto And I Gave It To John Du Prez. We Normally Don't Work In This Fashion But I Said Off You Go, And He Went Off For About Three Months. He Brought Me Back This Demo Which Blew My Mind.