Laughing

[Bazile]

When I said I was going to be a comedian , everybody laughed .

They are not laughing now

[alavahalf]

Perhaps you need more practice .. or better material ?

[Bazile]

I don't think you realise how clever the joke is :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Old Monkhouse jest, I believe.

[Everhelpful]

Bob Monkhouse,circa 1960

[Bazile]

Indeed - by Monkhouse

Considered by some to be the funniest and cleverest line ever written

[Canary42]

Truly a wonderful joke - Monkhouse at his best (and very brave in a way as some of his jokes did actually fall flat).

Some of the earliest and best comedy I encountered was the radio shows of the Fifties for which, as a popular script-writing combination, Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin provided much of the material. Good old days.