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Paul Merton

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In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it.


— Paul Merton


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On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't he said, 'Do you mind if I mug you here?'.


— Paul Merton


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The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear.


— Paul Merton


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Well, sanity, I suppose, is getting people to see the world your way.


— Paul Merton


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When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.


— Paul Merton


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When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations.


— Paul Merton


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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.

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