I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform anywhere, anytime. My parents were wonderful when I told them I wanted to be an entertainer. — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to be embarrassed or insulted. They want to laugh and so do I - which is probably… — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night saying, 'Well that taught me a lesson.' — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute - I've got… — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months-I don't like to interrupt her. — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother. — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute -- Ive got… — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
Men's legs have a terribly lonely life - standing in the dark in your trousers all day. — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
Television is like a great monster, eating your gags as fast as you say them. — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform anywhere, anytime.… — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
Did you know that a laugh is something that comes out of a hole in your face? Anywhere else and you're in dead trouble! — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside — Ken Dodd Copy Share Image
