On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing.
- Adrian Edmondson
Cool, Want, Stage, Hysteria
There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
- Adrian Edmondson
Effectiveness, Beneath, Doubting
The most fun I ever have is sitting in with Rick writing, and we laugh at our own jokes.
- Adrian Edmondson
Writing, Most, Ever, Rick
I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling.
- Adrian Edmondson
Other, I Think, TV, Claim
Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
- Adrian Edmondson
Always, Like, Performers, Tommy
We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.
- Adrian Edmondson
Pants, Quick, Which, Bras
I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.
- Adrian Edmondson
Waiting, Fail, Take, Carpentry
Richie and Eddie couldn't exist without each other. They're two halves of the same person.
- Adrian Edmondson
Other, Same, Exist, Halves
We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.
- Adrian Edmondson
People, Lovely, Had, So Much Fun
It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again.
- Adrian Edmondson
Other, Been, Still, Refreshing
People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than we make anyone else laugh.
- Adrian Edmondson
Other, Very, Similar, Laugh
I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.
- Adrian Edmondson
Die, I Remember, Having, Laughing
We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.
- Adrian Edmondson
Never, Only, Been, Strictly
You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.
- Adrian Edmondson
Start, Comedy, Dangerous, Entering
Even though we work in the same field, we have an intense private life away from our professional lives.
- Adrian Edmondson
Away, Private, Though, Intense
From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.
- Adrian Edmondson
Good, People, Roaring, Humour
Most modern comedy is crap.
- Adrian Edmondson
Comedy, Modern, Most, Crap
It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous.
- Adrian Edmondson
Old, Show, Realised, Engaging
A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image.
- Adrian Edmondson
Cool, Image, Lot, Obsessed
I've always had a kind of visual eye, and it was a pleasant exercise for that.
- Adrian Edmondson
Eye, Kind, Always, Pleasant
I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance.
- Adrian Edmondson
Chance, Never, Before, Hero
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