I've always wanted to be an expert on tadpoles; I've always fancied being a tadpole expert. It's a wonderful life if you become an experty tadpoleous, as they are known in the trade. You get invited out to all the smart parties and social gatherings. When smart people are making out their lists for the dinner parties, they say, 'Now, who can we have to make up the ten? A tadpole expert would be very nice. He could sit next to Lady Sonia.

Career


1960s
In 1961 Cook opened the Establishment club at 18 Greek Street in Soho in central London presenting fellow comedians in a nightclub setting including American Lenny Bruce. The benefits were dubbed The Secret Policeman's Balls though it wasn't until the third show in 1979 that the title was used.

Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor satirist writer and comedian. Cook has been described as "the funniest man who ever drew breath" although his work was also controversial.