Ade Edmondson quotes:

Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.

We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.

On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing.

We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.

Most modern comedy is crap.

There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.

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

A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image.

I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.

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

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