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Ronnie Corbett
Scottish
Comedian
Born:
Dec 4
,
1930
Funny
Life
Me
People
Think
You
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I've had a very happy life, and although I have had tragedy, I've never suffered from any darkness.
Ronnie Corbett
Life
Happy
Darkness
Happy Life
Never
Had
Although
Tragedy
Very
Any
Suffered
It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.
Ronnie Corbett
Funny
Time
Good
Manners
Good Manners
Possible
Proved
Same
Same Time
Ronnie
Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Ronnie Corbett
You
Idiot
Faster
Slower
Than
Going
Anybody
Anyone
Maniac
Noticed
Ever
I have been trapped in some posh toilets, including those in Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and at Victor Spinetti's memorial at St. Paul's Covent Garden, I got locked in the loo.
Ronnie Corbett
Garden
Toilets
Trapped
Those
Locked
Memorial
Some
Windsor
Castle
Got
Been
Victor
Paul
Including
Palace
Posh
Comedy taste changes. It only changes slightly, but there's always a different angle, a different attitude.
Ronnie Corbett
Attitude
Comedy
Changes
Slightly
Angle
Only
Always
Taste
Different
Different Attitude
I love radio and have done a little bit for years - since 'Workers' Playtime' in the 1950s. It's also a good springboard for comedians.
Ronnie Corbett
Love
Good
Bit
Since
Comedians
Also
Springboard
Years
Done
Little
Little Bit
Workers
Radio
We knew what mums, dads, and children would understand and enjoy without resentment. I don't see the requirement to upset people. You're there to entertain and please.
Ronnie Corbett
You
People
Enjoy
Please
Entertain
Would
See
Knew
Without
Understand
Upset
Children
Requirement
Resentment
Dads
If I wear too much tartan, I tend to look like a Thermos flask.
Ronnie Corbett
Too Much
Too
Wear
Tend
Like
Look
Much
How long does it take to make 'They Think It's All Over?' It's just laughing at each other and thinking, 'Aren't we clever?'
Ronnie Corbett
Long
Clever
Think
Thinking
Other
Laughing
Take
Over
Make
Does
How
Just
Each
I like to do enough work to keep myself sharp and relevant without trying to be trendy.
Ronnie Corbett
Work
Myself
Enough
Trendy
Relevant
Sharp
Like
Without
Trying
Keep
I have had the most spoiled golfing life.
Ronnie Corbett
Life
Had
Spoiled
Most
Golfing
Golf is the most fascinating game, but other people's game is the most boring thing.
Ronnie Corbett
Game
People
Other
Boring
Boring Thing
Most
Golf
Fascinating
Thing
I actually found it very moving how destructive depression is. I was really saddened by this burden people have to handle.
Ronnie Corbett
Depression
People
Burden
Destructive
Saddened
How
Very
Handle
Moving
Really
Found
Actually
I watch the wonderful Dara O'Briain refereeing 'Mock the Week,' where they all compete with each other. I wouldn't be on that. It frightens the life out of me.
Ronnie Corbett
Life
Me
Wonderful
Other
Out
Week
Mock
Frighten
Where
Each
Compete
Watch
I've been lucky in that I've always loved my job.
Ronnie Corbett
Job
Always
Been
Loved
Lucky
I look forward to doing everything, whether appearing on TV or walking the dog.
Ronnie Corbett
Dog
Everything
TV
Look
Doing
Walking
Whether
Forward
Appearing
We go out of fashion but can also come back into fashion. So you've just got to hang around long enough until you are back in style.
Ronnie Corbett
Fashion
You
Long
Style
Enough
Back
Out
Come
Until
Also
Around
Got
Go
Hang
Just
There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some funny angles. But they are not genuinely funny.
Ronnie Corbett
Funny
Thoughts
Comedy
Clever
Say
Some
Angles
Outrageous
Deliver
Feel
Around
Genuinely
Comics
Really
Who
Many
Things
Doing things like 'Extras' and 'Little Britain' keeps me in with the youngsters.
Ronnie Corbett
Me
Like
Doing
Little
Youngsters
Keeps
Things
Britain
David Frost plucked me from the nightclubs.
Ronnie Corbett
Me
Plucked
David
Frost
Nightclubs
We had brilliant writers on our shows, and I do think that 'The Two Ronnies' has stood the test of time. It was certainly the greatest fun to do.
Ronnie Corbett
Time
Brilliant
Think
Our
Writers
Had
Greatest
Test
Stood
Certainly
Fun
Shows
Two
I have not survived 50 years in showbusiness by being Mr. Nice. If you are weak, this business eats you up.
Ronnie Corbett
You
Business
Nice
Weak
Eats
Years
Up
Survived
Being
When I'm stopped in the street, people want to talk about 'The Two Ronnies' and the sketches we did.
Ronnie Corbett
People
About
Talk
Did
Stopped
Want
Sketches
Street
Two
People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?
Ronnie Corbett
People
Extremely
Want
Mean
Who
Thing
Start
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