Harry Enfield often tells people he’s retired, even though he hasn’t. “It feels better than saying ‘I’m not working’,” smiles the comedy legend. “I’m not ambitious, that’s the problem. I was when I was young. I look at people like Steve Coogan, who I knew back when we were both starting out, and he’s stillContinue reading “Harry Enfield: “There’s a new apartheid in comedy, which feels like a backward step. But that’s my age.””
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Eric Idle: “If I have to turn any more cheeks, my pants will fall down”
How good is Eric Idle – the man who exhorted the world to Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – at following his own advice? “I think I’m pretty good, to be honest,” reflects the 82-year-old Monty Python veteran, when Weekend catches up with him at his London hotel. “I always say I’m an optimist in theContinue reading “Eric Idle: “If I have to turn any more cheeks, my pants will fall down””
David Baddiel: “There are versions of me out there that aren’t me.”
David Baddiel is talking to Weekend on the day his son Ezra turns 18. (Don’t worry, he’s at school – we haven’t gatecrashed his birthday party or anything.) With his daughter Dolly now 21, it means that one of Britain’s bestselling children’s authors – among many other things – is no longer a father toContinue reading “David Baddiel: “There are versions of me out there that aren’t me.””
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