Ken Dodd
I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.
If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute - I've got to have them.
I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months-I don't like to interrupt her.Collection: Mother
I have kleptomania. But when it gets bad, I take something for it.Collection: Amusing
Freud's theory was that when a joke opens a window and all those bats and bogeymen fly out, you get a marvellous feeling of relief and elation. The trouble with Freud is that he never had to play the old Glasgow Empire on a Saturday night after Rangers and Celtic had both lost.Collection: Funny
Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to be embarrassed or insulted. They want to laugh and so do I - which is probably why it works.Collection: Laughter
Did you know that a laugh is something that comes out of a hole in your face? Anywhere else and you're in dead trouble!Collection: Laughing
My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night saying, 'Well that taught me a lesson.'Collection: Funny
Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.Collection: Funny
Comedy should never be over-analysed. It's either funny or it isn't. There's a subtle difference between those who say funny things and those who say things funny.Collection: Funny Things
Men's legs have a terribly lonely life - standing in the dark in your trousers all day.Collection: Lonely
My teeth are all my own. I've just finished paying for them.Collection: Teeth
The trouble with Freud is that he never played the Glasgow Empire Saturday night.Collection: Night
I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform anywhere, anytime. My parents were wonderful when I told them I wanted to be an entertainer.Collection: Childhood
If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute -- Ive got to have them.Collection: Funny
Television is like a great monster, eating your gags as fast as you say them.Collection: Monsters