Adrian Edmondson

Most modern comedy is crap. ”

You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy. ”

I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling. ”

I've always had a kind of visual eye, and it was a pleasant exercise for that. ”

Even though we work in the same field, we have an intense private life away from our professional lives. ”

It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous. ”

I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry. ”

From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour. ”