I Don't Necessarily Know Much About Comedy,

I Got Locked Into A Tradition [at Cambridge] Of Doing Comedy.

I Got Used To Dealing With Groups Of Boys And Getting On With Life In Unpleasant Circumstances And Being Smart And Funny And Subversive At The Expense Of Authority.

You Could Write A Joke In The Pub At Lunchtime And Watch It Performed On Television That Evening.

No Day Of My Life Passes Without Someone Saying The Words 'monty Python' To Me. It's Not Bad.

Many Years Ago I Also Bought A House In Provence For About 70,000 Francs. It Had No Electricity Or Running Water, And No Road Leading To The House, But Gradually We Made Improvements. It's My Escape And I Love It.