Paul Merton

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My school days were the happiest days of my life; which should give you some indication of the misery I've endured over the past twenty-five years. ↗


— Paul Merton

#endured #give #happiest #i #indication

When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won. ↗


— Paul Merton

#civil service #go #i #monday #monday morning

Am I allowed to call myself working-class now? Because obviously I'm now very rich. ↗


— Paul Merton

#am #because #call #i #myself

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh. ↗


— Paul Merton

#i #laugh #like #making #old

I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour. ↗


— Paul Merton

#elections #general #i #i think #labour

I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy. ↗


— Paul Merton

#comedy #contemporary #i #interest #really

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? ↗


— Paul Merton

#being #comedy #fascinated #funny #i

I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian. ↗


— Paul Merton

#especially #good #having #i #i think

I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties. ↗


— Paul Merton

#after #am #chronological #dvds #i

I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place. ↗


— Paul Merton

#disappointed #first #i #invested #much






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His experience of victimisation there as a working-class boy became a frequent subject of his comedy. Merton is a keen student of comedy particularly the early silent comedians and in 2006 BBC Four broadcast Paul Merton's Silent Clowns: a four-part documentary series on the silent comedy craft of Buster Keaton Charlie Chaplin Laurel and Hardy and Harold Lloyd. The Independent described it as "clearly a labour of love" but criticised the exhaustive and overly-thorough plot synopses of the films discussed.

He has also appeared as a regular panellist on Radio 4's Just a Minute and as one of Comedy Store's Comedy Store Players. Paul Merton (born Paul James Martin; 9 July 1957) is an English comedian writer actor and television presenter. Known for his improvisation skill his humour is rooted in deadpan surreal and sometimes dark comedy.