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Famous Bob Monkhouse Quotes

“I'd like to die like my old dad, peacefully in his sleep, not screaming like his passengers.”

Bob Monkhouse

Guardian obituary http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/dec/30/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries

“My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle.”

Bob Monkhouse

Obituary in The Independent http://web.archive.org/web/20100507114758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-monkhouse-549171.html

“People always say: "You're a comedian, tell us a joke." They don't say: "You're an MP, tell us a lie."”

Bob Monkhouse

Independent on Sunday obituary http://web.archive.org/web/20100522031727/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bob-monkhouse-jokewriter-to-the-stars-and-the-longreigning-king-of-primetime-comedy-dies-at-75-578058.html

“I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.”

Bob Monkhouse

Obituary in The Independent http://web.archive.org/web/20100507114758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-monkhouse-549171.html

“I can still enjoy sex at 74 - I live at 75, so it's no distance.”

Bob Monkhouse

“I suddenly realised I could maybe occupy a different position because of age, a kind of acceptance.”

Bob Monkhouse

Obituary in The Independent http://web.archive.org/web/20100507114758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-monkhouse-549171.html

Bob Monkhouse Quotes

“When I said I was going to become a comedian, they all laughed. Well, they're not laughing now, are they?”

Bob Monkhouse

Second obituary on BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1958051.stm

“The last time I was in Spain I got through six Jeffrey Archer novels. I must remember to take enough toilet paper next time.”

Bob Monkhouse

Time

“I've always known that I polarise opinion. Some people respond with enthusiasm and affection. In others, I awaken a lot of hostility.”

Bob Monkhouse

Obituary in The Independent http://web.archive.org/web/20100507114758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-monkhouse-549171.html

Hostility , People

“People who hadn't noticed me, or who had written me off as a game show host, started to reassess me. There were people who hadn't seen me as a stand-up artist and liked it. Suddenly I was in fashion again.”

Bob Monkhouse

People , Game , Fashion

“Although I have always loved the noise of laughter, I really can't fear the coming of quiet. As for funerals, I rather like them. Such nice things are always said about the deceased, I feel sad that they had to miss hearing it all by just a few days.”

Bob Monkhouse

Obituary in The Independent http://web.archive.org/web/20100507114758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-monkhouse-549171.html

Love , Sadness , Fear , Feeling

“No one watched it, not even the cameramen”

Bob Monkhouse

Of his first TV appearance
Obituary in The Independent http://web.archive.org/web/20100507114758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-monkhouse-549171.html

“I saw a specialist who asked me 'Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?'. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.”

Bob Monkhouse

Second obituary on BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1958051.stm

Thinking

“Silence is not only golden; it is seldom misquoted.”

Bob Monkhouse

Silence

“Smarmy, plastic, oily, greasy, unctuous, shallow, superficial, old-fashioned, superannuated, crap”

Bob Monkhouse

Summing up opinions of him
Obituary in The Independent http://web.archive.org/web/20100507114758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bob-monkhouse-549171.html

Fashion

“I'll never stop working. I want to die in the saddle. A day is wasted for me if I haven't done something even mildly creative.”

Bob Monkhouse

Obituary on BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3353445.stm

“We used to say he had a computer in his head. His memory was astonishing.”

Bob Monkhouse

Barry Cryer, Independent on Sunday obituary http://web.archive.org/web/20100522031727/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bob-monkhouse-jokewriter-to-the-stars-and-the-longreigning-king-of-primetime-comedy-dies-at-75-578058.html
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