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Norman Wisdom
English
Comedian
Born:
Feb 4
,
1915
Died:
Oct 4
,
2010
Because
Been
Comedy
Most
People
You
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As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
Norman Wisdom
You
Memory
Remember
Three
First
Older
Other
Get
Goes
Happen
Your
Things
Things Happen
Two
Such is life and life is such and after all it isn't much. First a cradle. Then a hearse. It might have been better, but it could have been worse.
Norman Wisdom
Life
Better
First
Worse
Could
Been
Cradle
After
Might
Then
Much
I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night.
Norman Wisdom
Home
Tired
School
London
Born
Dead
Got
Scotland
Used
Night
Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards.
Norman Wisdom
Most
Budgets
Comedies
Were
American
Low
Certainly
Standards
I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.
Norman Wisdom
You
Consistency
Mine
Stay
Some
Some Things
Rely
Had
Like
Same
Childhood
Want
Things
I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.
Norman Wisdom
Saxophone
Clarinet
Horn
Piano
Drums
French
French Horn
Trumpet
Play
Play Drums
Of course I've done musicals here in London.
Norman Wisdom
Musicals
London
Course
Done
Here
All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved.
Norman Wisdom
Boyhood
Wanted
Loved
Ever
I do play drums when I'm on tour.
Norman Wisdom
Tour
Drums
Play
Play Drums
I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.
Norman Wisdom
Music
Band
Compose
Learned
Boy
Taught
I've done seven shows at the Palladium - long running shows I'm talking about.
Norman Wisdom
Long
Seven
Running
About
Talking
Done
Shows
I've got one idea I want to do for a film and you know I just enjoy myself doing bits and pieces.
Norman Wisdom
Myself
You
Enjoy
Bits
Bits And Pieces
Idea
Know
Pieces
Got
Doing
Just
Want
Film
Well if I was going to describe my audience, it's going to take longer than you'd ever expect, hundreds of years in fact, because there's many of them, all over the world.
Norman Wisdom
You
World
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Years
Fact
Take
Longer
Over
Well
Because
Audience
Years
Expect
Than
Going
In Fact
Them
Many
Describe
Ever
I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12.
Norman Wisdom
Think
Thinking
Constantly
About
Feel
Ideas
Still
I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh.
Norman Wisdom
Me
Communism
Made
Nothing
Else
Laugh
About
Know
Because
Same
Anyone
Anyone Else
Loved
Loves
Them
Reason
I can never tell a joke, I've always found it easier to just fall over.
Norman Wisdom
Joke
Fall
Easier
Tell
Never
Over
Always
Just
Found
There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.
Norman Wisdom
People
Comedy
Mistakes
Making Mistakes
Easily
Over
Like
Making
Falling
Just
Ordinary
Which
Then
Who
Fun
My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.
Norman Wisdom
Sad
You
Comedy
Three
Childish
Sense
Humour
Slightly
Got
Very
Children
Need
When you're as famous as I am, stories take on a life of their own.
Norman Wisdom
Life
You
Own
Take
Am
Famous
Stories
Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main part of the theatre, and comedians earned a living by being funny. Now you have comedy in television instead. Comedians now have to be funny within a play.
Norman Wisdom
Funny
You
Theatre
People
Comedy
Down
Living
Every
Earned
Television
See
Variety
Main
Part
Instead
Town
Comedians
Within
Go
Years
Years Ago
Being
Being Funny
Paid
Now
Play
British
My only phobia is untidiness. My hair has to be neatly kept; my shoes are always clean. Everything has to be in a straight line, in its place.
Norman Wisdom
Hair
Shoes
Everything
Phobia
Only
Clean
Always
Line
Place
Straight
Straight Line
Neatly
Kept
I must admit I like to muck around a bit; I always have.
Norman Wisdom
Bit
Must
Admit
Like
Around
Always
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