Club Comic Quotes by Bob Monkhouse

My mother tried to kill me when I was a baby. She denied it. She said she thought the plastic bag would keep me…

— Bob Monkhouse

I'm rather relaxed about death. From quite an early age I've regarded it as part of the deal, the unwritten guarantee that comes with…

— Bob Monkhouse

I know I'm a sinner, but make me a winner!

— Bob Monkhouse

If blind people wear sunglasses, why don't deaf people wear earmuffs?

— Bob Monkhouse

My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle.

— Bob Monkhouse

Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional.

— Bob Monkhouse

My wife said, 'Can my mother come down for the weekend?' So I said, 'Why?' And she said, 'Well, she's been up on the…

— Bob Monkhouse

A tom cat hijacked a plane, stuck a pistol into the pilot's ribs and demanded: 'Take me to the canaries'.

— Bob Monkhouse

I told them I wanted to be a comedian, and they laughed; I became a comedian, no one's laughing now

— Bob Monkhouse

With my wife it was sex, sex, sex...Yes, three times in 35 years.

— Bob Monkhouse

Real happiness is when you marry a girl for love and find out later she has money.

— Bob Monkhouse

I can remember when safe sex meant a padded headboard.

— Bob Monkhouse

I'd never be unfaithful to my wife for the reason that I love my house very much.

— Bob Monkhouse

Where do the homeless have 90 per cent of their accidents?

— Bob Monkhouse

I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.

— Bob Monkhouse