BBCNEWS Ian Hislops 2022 June 4, 2024 11:35:00
How does that affect the role of some of the stuff that you've done for many decades, which is try and make people laugh? people say, "oh, it's particularly bad now." it isn't really. i mean, not compared, you know, to the last 60 years, erm, and thejob is much the same. i remember explaining this to an american academic. i said, "our basic motto is the great philosopher mary poppins, "that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." very, very wise words. and that's what you're doing, erm, with, erm, comedy. i mean, yes, these events are grim. yes, it's...it's...it's bonkers and ghastly....