of comedy that is off limits? in terms of the off limits of things, again, it s complicated. the truth is always complex, and the truth of comedy is complex. and in the show, as you know, i tell some jokes that are about the holocaust. my point about doing that is that it s not about the subject matter. the subject matter is not how you tell whether a joke is unacceptable. you have to deconstruct the individualjoke because what happens in any joke is you can tell a very horrible, mean racistjoke about the holocaust. or you can tell an innocuous joke about it, or you can tell one that is profound and says something about how, perhaps, you know, humanity had never reached a greater point of darkness. and you can do that through a joke. so, you have to deconstruct the individualjoke and say, what s the target? what s going on? what s the semiotics, basically? could you bear to? i ll tell that joke, if you like. a very shortjoke. 0k. i ll tell this joke. ..which people will then decide w
and not abusers who will be going with thejoke and being funny, and it can make me feel. you have this wonderful phrase. i think you call it becoming the conductor of an orchestra of comedy . yeah, well, that s what it can feel like. slightly grandiose, but it does feel like that, because there s so many people. they re often the people you don t hear from, because the people you hear from are the angry ones. they re the loudest ones because that s what they re doing. anger is a way of increasing visibility on social media. it s a way of shouting, here i am, here is my identity, but there s all these people who are not doing that, who will come out sometimes for comedy, as it were. they ll be brought out by a joke and then they ll suddenly be really funny and witty and you think this is a marvellous thing. but i m intrigued by this idea that you ve given to me that you can t afford not to be on twitter, that somehow this is the conversation. of course, there are, frankly, millions o
one of the stars of only fools and horses, john challis, has died from cancer at the age of 79. he played unscrupulous second hand car dealer boycie in the bbc sitcom, alongside sir david jason and nicholas lyndhurst. our correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life. on only fools and horses, a comedy familiar to millions, one of its most familiar sounds. boycie laughs. though sometimes thejoke was on him. the person taking aim often his wife. are you happy now, marlene? john challis s extensive tv career began in the 1960s with roles in police dramas like softly softly, dixon of dock green and z cars? a whole number of components on the front page, and inside a sale rep card.
looks back at his life. on only fools and horses, a comedy familiar to millions, one of its most familiar sounds. boycie laughs. though sometimes thejoke was on him. the person taking aim often his wife. are you happy now, marlene? john challis s extensive tv career began in the 1960s with roles in police dramas like softly softly, dixon of dock green and z cars? a whole number of components on the front page, and inside a sale rep card. only fools and horses made him a household name. far more successful in business than del boy, their rivalry was a running theme for more than 20 years. marlene, have some sensitivity. don t talk about millions of pounds and big houses in front of del. he was lovable despite his snobbery.
our correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life. on only fools and horses, a comedy familiar to millions, one of its most familiar sounds. boycie laughs. though sometimes thejoke was on him. the person taking aim often his wife. are you happy now, marlene? john challis s extensive tv career began in the 1960s with roles in police dramas like softly softly, dixon of dock green and z cars? a whole number of components on the front page, and inside a sale rep card. only fools and horses made him a household name. far more successful in business than del boy, their rivalry was a running theme for more than 20 years. marlene, have some sensitivity. don t talk about millions of pounds and big houses in front of del. he was lovable despite his snobbery. i left the mercedes parked downstairs.